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Experience God’s Power Today
The power God offers is readily available. You can experience God’s power today. We live in a power hungry culture. It seems everywhere we look we can find someone rising up trying to gain more power and more influence – more, more, more. We have access to power that is not going to leave us wanting…
Read MoreWhen You Feel Stuck
You know God has a plan, but in this season you feel stuck. It’s hard to know which way to go, where to turn, and how to move forward even a little bit when you are stuck. I’ve been there too many times to count. I know deeply what it feels like to want to…
Read More5 Ways to Respond in Difficult Times
If you are anything like me, your first response to unexpected tragedy, turmoil, and pain isn’t always praise and faith. Sometimes I find myself in the depths of despair hoping someone might come pull me out. I want to have faith and pursue God in every situation, but hard circumstances march into my life and…
Read More5 Tips to Conquer 2021
With every day that passes this year, we have an opportunity to make it a year that honors God. We can let the days slip away without a thought. We can grumble and complain about what life should look like. Or we can embrace it and pursue God in it. Let’s look at 5 tips to…
Read MoreHappy New Year
Happy New Year! I love the fresh start of a new year and the excitement of new possibilities and plans. But as we learned in 2020, you never know what a day might bring. As we look toward the opportunities and unknown circumstances of each new day, remember what God has done in the past. …
Read MoreWhen Change Is Difficult
I first wrote these words about when change is difficult when we moved from Baltimore to Virginia. It was a new season with a lot of change. As I sit now in our home in Tennessee, the principle still rings true and encourages my heart. I hope it encourages you too! The wood beneath my…
Read MoreA Thanksgiving Prayer from A to Z
Rather than thanking God for what He can do for me, today He prompted me to praise Him for who is with me. My prayer of thanksgiving changed from “Thank you Lord for this and that,” to something much more focused – a Thanksgiving prayer from A to Z. This prayer of thanksgiving will be something…
Read MoreGod, Are You Going to Show Up for Me?
I pull the covers back over my head and take a deep breath. So many things to do and so many errands to run, but the desire to get moving has escaped me. I wonder if God is going to show up for me. I nuzzle back into the comfortable place on the bed and…
Read MoreFind Real Peace Today
Find Real Peace Today
Read MoreOverwhelm and How to Deal With It
Sometimes the struggles of life take us under and sweep us away into unknown depths we’ve never experienced. How do you deal with overwhelm? You want to be strong, have faith, and smile through the storm, but tears, unknowns, and difficult scenarios bombard your mind faster than your faith can respond. We all have those seasons.…
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