CategoryEncouragement

I write a lot about reading the Bible. That’s because there’s nothing more life-changing we can do. You want to change, be healed, have more peace, know what true joy is, have better relationships and experience the greatest love you’ll know? Then read the Bible. If you know me, you know I grew up in the church, hearing the Bible my entire life and yet I always share that my life lacked meaning, power and the stability I desired. It […]

Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” – John 4:13-14 It doesn’t matter who we are, the cry of every heart is to be loved and accepted, and only God can satisfy this longing within. When we look to “people” or “things” for what […]

 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance;  perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.  Romans 5:3-5 (NIV) Paul’s encouragement to “glory in our sufferings” probably doesn’t feel much like encouragement. Like me, your initial reaction might be, “Really, Paul???!!!” But it’s important to understand that Paul said this […]

     But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God. – John 3:21 My husband and I were ministering to a couple several years back and there was infidelity on the wife’s part. The husband was willing to forgive and work on their marriage but there were a lot of issues to deal with. It was not an […]

I was barely living life, in bondage to an eating disorder, BUT I PRAYED and God set me free. I was sick and dying, BUT I PRAYED and God healed me. I was told I may never have children, BUT I PRAYED and God blessed me with two sons. I had a need that looked impossible to meet, BUT I PRAYED and God provided. Marriage was harder than I expected, BUT I PRAYED and God healed us both so that […]

Miracles come in all shapes and sizes. And sometimes the miracle we want isn’t the miracle we need. Don’t miss the miracle God wants to do in your life because you’ve placed Him in a box. The Bible says in Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. […]

God is a miracle-working God! Mark 11:22-24 says;  “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. The church I grew up in, had this verse displayed, […]

I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 I remember going through a season of difficulty and crying out,  “God, I just need You to show up in my life.” This went on for a while and yet God still felt so distant to me. I remember one evening feeling discouraged that yet again, God hadn’t shown up. But then, just as […]

Hey Everyone! This is the second one-week study I wrote for you all. I received a lot of feedback after posting the one-week study on Colossians 3. If you haven’t done it yet, you can get it HERE. This study is a little more in-depth so I am not posting it in its entirety here. Just click the link the download the entire study. Feel free to share as you study. I love feedback. Blessings! CLICK HERE to download the […]

Romans 6 and Galatians 5 have impacted my life more than any other scripture passages in the Bible. For years, my life was filled with the pain that came from living a life of bondage, and the truths I learned from these two chapters set me free. If you’ve never heard my testimony there’s a link at the bottom of this post. Romans 6 is all about how to become free from bondage while Galatians 5 is about staying free. […]