Have you ever had to make a sacrifice because of your faith in Christ? One of the greatest testimonies I saw was a high school student in my ministry years ago. She was a star soccer player on her high school team. Often, her travel team would have to play
You need to know this today: You have been uniquely crafted and gifted by the Creator of the universe. You are not a mistake. You are a masterpiece. The same God who put the earth in motion, the stars in the night sky and the detail in very flower, also
Have you ever thought about the process of sharpening iron? With the friction of two iron rods rubbing together, the heat between them increases, allowing them to create a spark that heats them enough to be molded. As the body of Christ, we forget that we need to sharpen other
If you and I were to grab a cup of coffee today and if I were to share my heart with you, this is what I’d say. I struggle with discouragement. I fight against it like a boxer in a ring. Some days I win, but many more days I
Today´s Scripture is one of my favorites. I learned it by heart many years ago without knowing that God would use it to comfort me in the years to come. Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword separate us from the love of
Hospitality. This is one of the areas I’d like to grow in 2019. I have two groups of people in my life. The relative few who can walk in my house unannounced because they’ve proven themselves loyal and love me despite my messes. And, those for whom I frantically clean (ahem,
As my family celebrated the New Year with fireworks, my son asked his dad if he could help with the pyrotechnics. Most eleven-year-old boys love the chance to engage danger. However, Daniel has a proper perspective of fireworks. From an early age, my husband taught him the power and potential
Love. A simple word that changed the world. Do you know what´s great about this word? It´s more than a word: It´s an action. Love is not something you feel. It´s something you do. Christian love, especially, should be reflected by what we do. Galatians 6:9 tells us: “Let us
An LGG Afrikaans Testimony The fact that I can read these studies in Afrikaans means so much to me. It means that I understand what I read so much better. Lots of Bible Studies are in English, and because English is not my mother tongue, I regularly have to
We live in a world that needs to see brave women rise up. I have the honor and privilege of raising 3 daughters. More than anything, I want my girls to follow hard after God. I want them to choose to live counter-culturally and flee from what the world values,