Why are you here? What has God called you to do? Who has God called you to reach? What is your mission statement? For believers, it is imperative that we know we are thinking and acting according to God’s Word. God has called us to be His representatives.
For a long time, I thought that having a “successful” prayer life would require me to spend hours at a time with the Lord. I thought that to really pray effectively, I needed to get better or improve my prayer time. In my imagination, having a healthy prayer life meant
“How long, Lᴏʀᴅ, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, “Violence!” But you do not intervene! Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must
Can I ask you a question? Are you indecisive? Are you hesitant in making choices? Perhaps you are like my friend who agonizes over the menu in a restaurant because she just can’t choose, and when we go shopping she comes home empty-handed because she couldn’t make up her mind.
One of my favorite parts about the story of Elizabeth is the way loving female friendship is featured. Elizabeth and Mary were relatives who were chosen by God for incredible tasks, and they praise God together while they honor and support one another with humility and love. Here’s the thing
If I was asked to guess the most famous verse in the Bible, I would say John 3:16. It is the only verse that a work colleague has ever asked me to quote over lunch. He’d been watching a sports game over the weekend, saw a sign with John 3:16
Sometimes I think about recording the things I say over and over to my children, where I could just play them back on repeat. It would include a remix of: Have you brushed your teeth? Where are your shoes? Be kind. Have a grateful heart. Gratitude – it’s important. Gratitude
There was a season of my life when I was my own boss, and that season came with a lot of tears, mistakes, pains, and regret. Scriptures tell us that we were created to give God pleasure. The entirety of why we are on earth is for the will and
In the summer of 2018 I watched the daily news, hoping for good news about the Wild Boars, a junior football (soccer) team in Thailand. They’d gone into a set of caves with their young coach to celebrate a birthday and became trapped due to rising waters. After nine days
“For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function, so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.” –Romans 12:4-5 A Christ-centered friendship should be a friendship that builds