Behold Him: Getting to Know God More

I love the word Behold! It’s definitely an attention-getter for me. That’s probably a good thing since getting our attention is what it’s supposed to do. It means to stop and take notice, to gaze upon, to survey, inspect, and contemplate. God graces the pages of Holy Writ with a…

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Are We Committing Spiritual Treason?

If you can’t view the video in your reader, please click this link. It doesn’t even sound like something I’d do. But after I lingered on the thought long enough I couldn’t help but wonder… Would I? Have I? While reading the account of Absalom’s revolt against his father, King…

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The Power of God’s Word

Do you love God’s Word? I mean really love it? If you aren’t sure, you can probably tell by the amount of time you invest in reading and studying it, and by your willingness to live according to it. God’s Word has the answer for every need of the human…

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3 Ways to Study God’s Word So We Will No Longer Be Silenced by Tough Questions ~ A Word from the Word

If you can’t view the video in your reader, please click this link. Today I had a radio interview. It’s actually the first one I’ve done in a long time, so I was pretty nervous because telephone interviews are almost always awkward. But I got to share about one of…

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What do we do now? (When Caring for Aging Parents – by Kathy Howard)

When you’re plunged into the tumultuous world of caregiving for your aging parents, you don’t always know what to do. For most of us, this is uncharted territory. How do we know what’s best? And what do we do when what our parents want is not necessarily what’s best for…

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3 Ways to Bring Back the Romance with Your Husband 

Marriage isn’t always easy. Sometimes, we talk over each other, see past each other, and completely misunderstand one another. But marriage doesn’t have to be as hard as we make it. My sweet friend, Cindi McMenamin, has a new book out that can help you navigate your marriage journey in a…

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Because God loves you deeply, passionately, intimately, relentlessly, and unconditionally… You are CHERISHED!

Welcome to CHERISHED! For the next three weeks, I’m going to share with you a message that I have shared at retreats and conferences. In this current climate of harsh words and brash behavior, let’s step back to the gentle grace that echoes through the ages filling up the aching…

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When you think God is calling you to more but He’s really calling you to “Come away and rest”

Do you find yourself feeling like you’re living life in 5th gear? Like you’re supposed to keep doing more? The other night, I was talking with a woman whose plate was overflowing, who had been living life in 5th gear, who had some crazy difficult experiences in her life that…

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Why we should embrace the small as if it was big

It’s not always as easy to embrace the small as it is to bask in the big… especially in a world that beckons us to the grand. But obedience and faithfulness is obedience and faithfulness no matter the size or shape of God’s call. Sometimes we embrace the small on…

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Three Characteristics of a Godly Woman

  After I became a Christian, it didn’t take long for me to learn that just because I was saved that I would automatically become a godly woman. I looked up to those precious women whose words oozed with grace and whose lives made us all want to know the…

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