Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Speaking
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Speaking
  • Contact
  • Donate
Please consider supporting our ministry financially and use the secure form below to make a donation.
  • $0.00

Are you on Instagram? C’mon and do a little life-on-life with me!

 


That’s transformation: In kindness, God takes us
That’s transformation: In kindness, God takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into radical life change. (Romans 2:4)⠀ ⠀ Change is the goal of transformation, and change is hard. When we come to Jesus and receive God’s gift of salvation the work of “sanctification” begins (being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ- Romans 8:29).⠀ ⠀ Whether we believe it or not, we NEED change, we want change, and we crave change because we’re wired for it. The cry of our flesh may be “No! I like my life the way it is!” But the cry of our soul is “Yes, Lord! Change me!”⠀ ⠀ The Bible tells us that as Christ-followers we are to no longer conform ourselves to the image or pattern of this world (meaning: we are not to “cut a pattern” for our life and our behavior according to the world’s standards) but that we are to be “transformed by the renewing of our minds- changed from the inside out by reprogramming our thinking to the pattern of God’s Truth in Scripture (Romans 12:2).⠀ ⠀ As we think, so we go. It begs the questions:⠀ ⠀ * How much of my life looks like the world?⠀ * How much of my life looks like Christ?⠀ * Where do I need to make some changes?⠀ ⠀ Step by step, day by day as we read God’s Word– holding it up as The Standard, the lens by which we view everything else– and apply it to our life, living it out… we are changed, transformed. Not perfectly but “progressingly”- making progress even if it’s 2 steps forward and 1 step back.⠀ ⠀ That’s the goal of the Christian’s life… love like Jesus, think like him, treat others as he did, conform our behavior to his and worship God with our very lives- as he did.⠀ ⠀ The Christian life was not meant to be walked alone. We need some flesh and bones help to navigate the road to follow Jesus. We need “good guides”- spiritual mothers and fathers in the faith to point us in the way of Truth, and show us how to keep going.⠀ ⠀ Somebody has been praying for someone to come alongside them, take their hand, and help them walk with Jesus. YOU could be the answer to somebody’s prayer.⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P ❤️⠀ ⠀ #lifeonlifepodcast #discipleship #lifetogether #bettertogether #MakingTheMostOfNow #faith

I love y’all so much! xo P♥️
.
.
#LifeOnLife
I love y’all so much! xo P♥️ . . #LifeOnLife #LifeOnLifePodcast #FixYourEyesOnJesus #Jesus #BetterTogether

Week 10 Starts Today!⠀
⠀
Read: Philippians 3:1
Week 10 Starts Today!⠀ ⠀ Read: Philippians 3:12-21 and study along with us.⠀ ⠀ Remember, download the Philippians self-study guide (link in profile - or http://punkytolson.com/blog) to get started! Then, join me on Thursday on IGTV to "Sum It Up!" with what we've learned this week.⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P❤️⠀ ⠀ #biblestudy #bible #summer #philippians #summerreads #women #faith #christian #joy

God calls us to the front line, not to the front a
God calls us to the front line, not to the front and center. He calls us not to the limelight, but to let our light shine for him in places and in ways that go unnoticed by most... ⠀ ⠀ Where the applause of Heaven roars above the applause of man for His recognition, for the victory He delivers. For His name and His fame.⠀ ⠀ The front line is for making His name known. If we are reaching for front and center, we’ll never reach the front line. And the front line is where He is!⠀ ⠀ Read: Isaiah 26:8 and Matthew 5:16⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P ❤️⠀ ⠀ #lifeonlifepodcast #discipleship #lifetogether #bettertogether #MakingTheMostOfNow #faith

Here’s something fun and different for Friday –
Here’s something fun and different for Friday - my favorite salad and dressing! Whenever and wherever I serve this I’m always asked for the recipe, so I thought I’d share with y’all, too. You can substitute red or white wine vinegar for the lemon juice. 🥙 Change it up however you like and let me know when you do! I hope you enjoy making it and serving it up to those you do life with. Happy Friday! (Don’t get excited. I’m not starting a cooking show 🙃). I love y’all! xo – P ❤️ #fridayfavorite #lifeonlifepodcast #discipleship #lifetogether #bettertogether #MakingTheMostOfNow #faith #food

Join me today to "Sum It Up" for Week 9 of our Phi
Join me today to "Sum It Up" for Week 9 of our Philippians study! The video will post on Thursday morning - check IGTV to watch! (Also available on YouTube and Apple Podcast!)⠀ ⠀ As a reminder, you can start anytime! Download the Philippians self-study guide using the link in profile or at http://punkytolson.com/blog!⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P ❤️⠀ ⠀ #biblestudy #bible #summer #philippians #summerreads #women #women #goodreads #christian #christianliving #christianfiction #selfhelp

Here’s book 11 for the Summer Reading Club! Each
Here’s book 11 for the Summer Reading Club! Each of these books have helped me to fall more in love with Jesus, I pray they do the same for you. ❤️ You can follow along weekly with me, or read the entire list on my blog. Pick one or several(!) and fall in love with Jesus all over again!⠀ ⠀ Book Title: _He Speaks to Me: Preparing to Hear From God_ by Priscilla Shirer (Christian Growth)⠀ ⠀ Why I read it: Next to my salvation in Christ, nothing blows my mind more than knowing that my God, the Creator of the universe, wants to speak to me (John 10:27). With my insatiable desire for intimacy with God, I desperately desired to hear his voice and to know that it was Him speaking. At the time I knew very little of @priscillashirer, but I did know one thing: I wanted to hear God speak. And not just speak through someone else, I wanted to hear God speak to me.⠀ ⠀ Why I love it: Communication is critical to human relationships—it brings a depth of intimacy and trust that is vital if that relationship is going to thrive and flourish. Our relationship with God is no different; we must know how to communicate with him, how to position our self to hear his voice and respond if we are ever to develop intimacy with him. I read this book in the summer of 2007 while in the mountains of Colorado—the place I often feel so close to God and it took my relationship with the Lord to a whole other level. One I’ve never come back from. Over the years I have grown to know and love and be taught by beautiful Priscilla Shirer, a true lover of God who lives what she teaches… and she does both so very well. You will love this book. (Also the Bible Study, “Discerning the Voice of God.”) Follow @priscillashirer ⠀ P.S. Remember to access ALL the summer books using the link in profile or http://punkytolson.com/blog!⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P ❤️⠀ ⠀ #punkysfavoritebooks #biblestudy #bible #summer #bookclub #summerreads #women #goodreads #christian #christianliving #christianfiction #selfhelp

Only God is good. And the “goodness" of the Lord
Only God is good. And the “goodness" of the Lord is God Himself. He gives us good things to enjoy and experience so that we can know better just how good HE is. He is ultimate Goodness.⠀ ⠀ Seek Him. Seek Him above everything else, and you will find Him to be your Everything!⠀ ⠀ That was David’s prayer... the “one thing” he desired above all else: to dwell in the presence of the Lord all the days of his life (Psalm 27:4). That was his heart’s desire. Let’s make it ours.⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P ❤️⠀ ⠀ #lifeonlifepodcast #discipleship #lifetogether #bettertogether #MakingTheMostOfNow #faith

Week 9 Starts Today!⠀
⠀
Read: Philippians 3:1-
Week 9 Starts Today!⠀ ⠀ Read: Philippians 3:1-11 and study along with us.⠀ ⠀ Remember, download the Philippians self-study guide (link in profile - or http://punkytolson.com/blog) to get started! Then, join me on Thursday on IGTV to "Sum It Up!" with what we've learned this week.⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P❤️⠀ ⠀ #biblestudy #bible #summer #philippians #summerreads #women #faith #christian #joy

What’s on your mind this very moment? Look at yo
What’s on your mind this very moment? Look at your last several text threads, your social media posts & follows. What do they consist of? What do they represent? Six months ago we got a great big shaking awake by God. I’m not professing to know the mind of God except for what He’s already revealed in His Word. But you’d have to be dead not to realize that He‘s shaking us AWAKE. I mean weren’t we all stunned when our lives came to a screeching halt? Our 2020 plans, goals & calendars were wiped out leaving us feeling unstable, afraid...as if we’d stepped onto a floor of marbles that left us slipping & sliding & reeling & grabbing for something to hold onto. Many of us reached out to God and we’re still reaching to Him. But how quickly our thoughts turned from God and our minds & vocabulary became filled with all sorts of news, & words of conspiracies, prophecies, critical theories, politics & pandemic paranoia lulling us into delirium? And all the while God is calling, “Return to Me. Look at Me.” We must be wise, informed & aware of the circumstances. But has God shaken us awake only for us to become preoccupied with the new noises of our culture? Please don’t mistake being awake with awoke-ness. I’m talking about waking up to GOD; to who GOD is, what GOD is saying to us & what GOD thinks about. And the only way we‘ll know and experience that is if we intentionally turn our thoughts, our heart, our mind & energy to focus on HIM in His Word. We’re caught up in a whirlwind of worldly information right now and it’s overwhelming our minds. We’ve opened the door to allow a barrage of stuff of all kinds to come in a fill the space—the space that God’s wants to fill and rule over. Friends, we must value the Word of God above all else by opening The Book and investing our time & energy in reading, studying, absorbing & thinking deeply about God’s Truth *first*. Who could have planned for 2020? None of us, that’s for sure. But there is One who did plan—and 2020 belongs to Him; it’s part of His Grand Plan. So, stay awake. Stay alert. Stay focused on Him. *Lord, turn my eyes from worthless things and keep me fixed on You* (Psalm119:37). I love y’all! xo P♥️


Load More…

© The Punky Tolson | All Rights Reserved

Contact Punky