We need you to shepherd, to pastor, to lead, to use your influence for Kingdom impact as darkness consumes. You are called–we are called–to be a wall of light in this dark world. We are called to expose the darkness, stand firm against it, and with the full authority of Heaven make it recede. The culture of “my truth” is not receding; in fact, the silence of the Church has emboldened it and in many cases embraced it…
Read MoreFor forty days in a few brief minutes, you will encounter Jesus so that you discover or re-discover the power of a life surrendered to Jesus Christ. The next forty days are a sweet reminder of who He is and what we have been gifted. Drawing from His well, with the sole desire to know Him better, I pray will ignite a passion to make Him known. I pray it will encourage and embolden each of us to stand unapologetically on His firm foundation in an ever-shifting world and joyfully proclaim the truth. Because when we get caught up in the Hope we have in Jesus, everything changes….
Read MoreForgiveness is the very character of God. We are His image bearers and therfore are called to forgive as we have been forgiven. The calling is not easy, but we can trust that when we seek God’s will, we will be equipped and empowered to conform more to Christ. Even when its hard.
Read MoreLet’s build one another up in all that is true.
Read MoreHe will never forsake you. He pursues, relentlessly. He waits, patiently.
Read MoreToday’s culture is fixated on self. Lord, fix me on you.
Read MoreIn a world fixated on outward appearance, we have been falsely led to curate a perfect self-image. But, the truth lovingly reminds: to see as the Lord sees. to look at the heart.
Read MoreYou are enough. Worthy and Seen. Jesus beckons you to the well and will fill you to overflow with living water. Live in the freedom of HIs love.
Read MoreSo I do this thing, I have this constant rambling conversation with God in my head. The other day, driving home from Oxford, MS, after a particularly trying two weeks, my conversation revolved around my desire to be anchored to EVEN IF because of His promise: EVEN WHEN.
Even If I’m in a waiting season
Even if I’m walking through a deep valley
Even if the answer is NO
Middle School. Always depicted as a gauntlet that must be endured and survived. For many reasons, this is not an unfair depiction. Middle school and the years between 12 and 14 are tough! Tough for kids: navigating puberty, growing independence, insecurities, and figuring out who they are individually and in a group. Tough for parents: certainly a glimpse of the greater challenges to come in the high school years (this momma’s heart has now survived that stage twice!); helping them navigate—-well everything I listed above.
Middle school is transition. And transition is never easy.
Read MoreTension is a refining and transformative force. We were created by God to grow into wholeness. God’s call to walk in tension is not to compress; rather, it is a process where we are refined and transformed through the constant pulling force of His perfecting love.
Read MoreWe find ourselves in a time—in a culture —that is feelings led. People have strong feelings about all sorts of things, no doubt. And, before I dig this hole any deeper: it is important to remember: feelings are valid.
BUT how a person feels does not make it the truth.
Read MoreA spirit of self-control or a need to control? Developing a spirit of self-control is the path to spiritual maturity because it seeks to glorify God. Control. Well that’s just self-seeking and exhausting. I know. Because I stumble over the stronghold of control….all. the. time.
Read MoreA Spirit-empowered life fills you to overflowing.
Read MoreAs women, we not only carry our own emotional and physical burdens but also those of everyone we love. As women, as we juggle to carry the weight of it all, we are often unaware that we are being scraped too thin or, worse, drowning as we keep others’ heads above the water.
Read MoreIf you are like me what the heck is a balanced life?!?! Does my life, your life, ever achieve a:
“state of equilibrium” let alone a “constant state of mental and emotional stability, a harmonious proportion and pleasing harmony of various elements in any given situation.”
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