“And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.” Isaiah 30:21 As I lie there on the bed, praying about what it was I needed to do next, I noticed the picture hanging on…
Prayer. It’s supposed to be as natural as breathing for the Christian. Or is it? The makings of an intercessor are birthed from labor pains of love, not only for those we pray for, but for the only One who is able to know what is best for the object…
My dear friend, Kathy Howard, has written an absolutely wonderful devotion and it is my privilege to share an excerpt from it with you today. I remember a couple years ago when she told me this devotion was on her heart. A devotion for the hurting, the broken, the baffled…
Today, we enter a new year, with new dreams, new visions and new possibilities. But as we look at the days ahead with a fresh heart, we also have a fresh new opportunity to dive in the Word…to intentionally draw closer to God during the year. Knowing God and knowing…
We’ve all been left speechless by the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. There are no words. Only shock, grief and disbelief. But right now, many are asking where the goodness of God is in all this. So, I want to encourage you who are wondering that very thing…and those of you…
If you can’t view the video, please click this link. You’ve seen it on the news, heard your friends talking about it and even heard sermons preached about it. Will the world really end on December 21, 2012? The answer is easy. No. The Bible says that no man knows…
When I was eight, I jumped into the deep end of a public pool where our friends had gathered for a party. The only problem was, I had forgotten how to swim. Three years before that, a neighbor had taught me to swim. But right after that we moved to…
We’ve all been wounded. We all bear scars. Some scars still twinge with pain and an occasional itch that runs deep below the surface of the skin. Words, wielded without a warning and without regard prick our hearts with pain. Cowards, who conceal their true character behind titles, roles and…
Sweet friends, who we are positionally is oftentimes not lived out in our reality and we walk around broken from the experience of our past not realizing that our identity has healed us. You may sometimes feel invisible, incapable, inadequate and unloveable, but the truth is that not only are…
We live in a politically correct culture that doesn’t understand the Gospel of Christ and the power of the cross. As I travel to conferences and retreats, I hear a lot about being broken women. Messages that are sincerely meant to bring healing and hope, yet every time we…