Recently, I was talking to a friend who is coming to the close of a season in her life and is looking for the next purposeful thing to do. After our conversation ended, I began to reflect on my own life. I thought about the...
I am an absolute believer in the Word of God. As you may have heard me say a time or two (or ten!), “God’s Word works when you work it into your life.” The Word of God is living and active and powerful, operative, energizing,...
Doing the same thing the same way = the same results. And then Jesus calls to us, “Follow me!” out into the deep, away from the comfort of the shallows. Out into the deep, away from ease of living marginally. Out into the deep where your feet...
Today’s reading [DAY 32] is near and dear to my heart. In fact, it’s the actual *heart* of this ministry - fulfilling Jesus’ great commission to all believers to make disciples (who make disciples). Making disciples is the hardest work I've ever loved. Much like raising...
Remember, remember, remember. This word appears 36 times in the New Testament (130 in the Old Testament, NIV). Why would God tell us so many times to remember? Because he knows how easily we forget. That’s why it’s so important to spend DAILY time in God’s Word....
"If you want to leave your best legacy, write it yourself. Focus on who are you more than what you do. Care less about what the world thinks of you than what you can do for the world. Be your best self and leave the...
“Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others. Think about all you can praise God for and be glad about.” Philippians 4:8, TLB I did not grow...
I don’t think there has ever been a woman more surprised by motherhood than Sarah. You know, Sarah: the beautiful wife of Abraham, the patriarch of our faith. Sarah- the one who doubted that God could or would actually do what He’d said He would...
There's no experience on earth quite as extraordinary as being in love. To love someone and know that you are loved and desired by that someone is an intoxicating high that no substance can come close to reproducing. In love we live differently, we think...
Happy Mother's Day...