Most of us are just sitting ducks. One of the scariest verses in all of Scripture to me is Luke 4:12. It talks about how Satan waits for an “opportune time” to test, tempt, and trip us up. He just pulls up a chair and waits. He’s got his spiritual gun pointed and...
The posture behind ‘God willing’ Jesus taught us how to pray and in Luke 22:42 Jesus said, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” If we’re being honest, how often is our heart posture in prayer “NOT my will, but yours...
THINK OF THE BIBLE AS FOOD I love how C. S. Lewis said it: “God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the...
In my last blog (Is the Kingdom of God operating in your life right here, right now?), I talked about God’s Kingdom operating in and through our lives NOW. But HOW does that happen? Well, it starts with a willingness to spend time with Jesus on a regular basis. There...
Mean is just mean. “MEAN people exhaust me.” You can fill in the specifics: My mother exhausts me. My child exhausts me. Politicians exhausts me. My boss exhausts me. You get the picture. For me personally, I was super exhausted all of 2022. And earlier this week, I...
Let’s jump right in with what Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me." — Matthew 16:24 It’s true that every good and perfect gift is from God, but until Jesus restores all things, every...
Jesus came that we may have life and have life abundantly. Unfortunately, Jesus’s words can be reduced to mean nothing much more than the American Dream or ‘Just living the dream.’ But what is this American Dream anyway? Well, thanks to Wiki we know that “the American...
To be weary or not to be weary… Ever read the Bible and come across a verse you’ve never “seen” before or that takes you by surprise? Ecclesiastes 1:8 was that kind of surprise for me. It says this, “Everything is wearisome beyond description.” That hit me hard! ...
Spiritual and Emotional Maturity If I asked you to assess your spiritual maturity, which measures would you use? Reading the Bible, attending church, and even mentoring other women may be on your list. While those are all important aspects of spiritual growth, one...
This is a testimony and hopefully a “you can do this too!” all in one. So, I grew up learning Scripture here and there through songs and memory verse challenges; however, as an adult, Holy Spirit called me to memorize the book of James...yes, the whole book. I...