I recently experienced a joyful high because something amazing happened to my family. I felt such a burst of joy when we got the news that I’d love to bottle up the moment and relive it every day. For a while, you’d think it was impossible to wake up with any more life’s questions or prayer requests. God has answered all my prayers instantly, and everything is good enough now for me to run a million miles for the Kingdom.

The word ‘fear’ always sends our mind to darkness because our brokenness has us accustomed to the fear of evil. However, understanding that the fear of God is born in light eliminates the worry of darkness because it ascertains God’s presence. How else can you walk through the valley of the shadow of death and not fear?

Fear is not necessarily negative because who we fear determines how we fear, and how we define fear determines how we approach it. To fear the Lord is to walk in wisdom (Proverbs 9:10); to fear man is a snare (Proverbs 29:25), and the fear of evil is the consequence of a lack of fear for God. 

The division, wickedness, and uproar all around me bother me, so as I lie awake in the night, asking God what I can do in my little corner in the world to remind people how much God loves us and wants to see us do better in taking care of one another, the picture of the nestling bowls came to my mind.

The value of a single life created by God has multiplying effects because within each person lie treasures beyond understanding. We cannot fully grasp the creative power within us until we go beyond mental and societal limits to activate the gifts God has given us. These divine gifts should reflect God’s goodness, change many destinies, and outlive us.

The magnitude of Moses's adventures with God has captivated generations and serves as the most pivotal story of redemption from bondage outside Christ’s death and resurrection. The number of humans God used him to deliver from slavery at once, with wisdom, patience, organization, and management needed to handle them, is baffling.

In a world that desperately needs Jesus, there are too many Christians journeying through life without harnessing and using the power of God’s gifts in them to bless humanity. We allow the world’s dictates to limit our abilities, reducing our pursuit to mere survival goals rather than godly, lofty, and transformative ones.

In a world that desperately needs Jesus, there are too many Christians journeying through life without harnessing and using the power of God’s gifts in them to bless humanity. We allow the world’s dictates to limit our abilities, reducing our pursuit to mere survival goals rather than godly, lofty, and transformative ones.

If I have to name the different seasons of life I’ve walked through, they’ll be too many to count. I have enjoyed many good seasons and endured a few challenging ones. Through each, I learn and grow, cry and laugh, fall and rise, and while the last builds on the former, no two seasons of my life have looked exactly the same.

To walk with God is the greatest blessing of anyone’s life. It places you among the giants who have walked this earth, experiencing the power of the Almighty God and living extraordinarily. It makes every burden feel lighter and the journey of life easier. It builds an immovable tower of trust inside you.

I woke up this morning and could see the snow covering my neighbors’ roofs as I looked out the window. It’s beautiful, and, most pleasantly, it reminds me that Christmas is just a few days away.

As I reflect on 20 years of marriage, here are some lessons I have learned along the way. Everything we go through, our triumphs and shortcomings, can become mighty tools in the hand of God to help and bless others when shared in love and truth by the Holy Spirit.

All my children are in an orchestra, each playing a different instrument. I view marriage as I do my experience watching them start when they were younger and get better with each practice and concert. The first practice is like a torture chamber for the entire family, thanks to the scratches and off-key plucks. However, the last concert before the final bow in High school

Humans, we love formulas; we are always in the mood for mixing two sticks of butter into a pint of flour to get a result. However, our emotions are far too complex for that, and “The secret” is that there are no secrets to a successful marriage beyond what’s in the pages of the Bible, of which the greatest is “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37.

Although many marriage teachings hinge on compromise, I will take a different approach to it. I don’t necessarily believe in it beyond being a minor player in the overall picture. I am a lifelong student of the Bible, so even if every Christian I know adopts an idea, I still think it through and align it with what I understand from the pages of scripture.

It’ll be 20 years next month since we walked out of the Church, my husband holding my hand. Through all, it’s been a journey filled with God’s grace, love, growth, and determination to honor God. For the one person who needs encouragement and those looking for assurance that God’s intent for marriage works, I’ll spend the next four weeks sharing from the pages of our life together and opening a rare window into the…

There are some people I give the liberty to speak into my life and correct me if they see me sliding off the edge of a cliff, because I know they love me, and they walk in God’s truth. I also have a handful of people I can correct if I see them making decisions that could harm them and hinder their walk with God.

There is so much condemnation and negativity in our world today. Everyone always has a box of stones with them. We are ready to condemn before we listen, and judge before we correct.

The journey of a million miles is said to start with the first step, and I agree, but before that first step, something must move you within. It’s easier to train someone willing to try than to force someone reluctant to make a move. They might respond to the lesson grudgingly and take one or two things away from it, but because their heart is not in it, they’ll miss out on a lot more.…

Because someone uses God’s name in a lengthy charismatic speech does not guarantee Heaven’s stamp on it. We must live affirmed by God, not the other way round; just because it affirms God does not mean God affirms it.