What would you change if you could go back in time? I’m sure we’ve all thought through that question at some point or another. For me in particular, the whole area of love and relationships is one that I wish I could go back and “tweak”. There is much I wish I would have known, much I wish I could have done differently, so many lies I wish I wouldn’t have believed. But I can’t go back- and you know what, that’s okay. Because through the process of finding love I’ve learned a lot. My eyes have been opened to a lot…
If you’re praying about it, God cares about it! Here are 3 Things to Remember When Waiting For an Answered Prayer…
It was a serene Saturday night as I was on my way to church for a Young Adult Ministry engagement. The topic of discussion that night was: “Finding Purpose.” I was listening to a powerful song entitled, “Let It Be Known” by gospel artist, Casey J . The first line of her song simply says, “Let it be known that our God saves.” As I was chanting this simple yet provocative line, all I felt was intense and immediate impact. Before I could comprehend that another car had collided into me, I was swirling in circles several times over into…
Just when you think God doesn’t hear your prayers, He sends a reminder that He’s always there.
Relationships are hard these days whether you’re Christian or not. Here are the Top 5 Reasons Christian Relationships Fail…
If you’re hurting because of rejection, please know when God has selected you, it doesn’t matter who has rejected you.
Good morning! It’s Monday! So let’s go into prayer knowing that God is in control of all things. Have a blessed week.
We miss out on a lot of beautiful things when we worry, Here are just a few of them.
Guilt and shame are two of Christian’s biggest enemies. They slither into our lives taking our joy, our confidence and hindering our relationships. We try hard to ignore them hoping they will just leave us alone but they only become a heavier weight to bear. Guilt and shame are the voices in our heads that tells us we are not doing enough for God, for our family or job. They are the voices that scream at us telling us to believe that everything that goes wrong is somehow our fault. They spew the lies: If you only would have done this…
For most of my life growing up I struggled with depression and mental health related issues. At the age of sixteen I became frustrated with my life and my depression began to overpower my faith. I began to engage in self-mutilating behaviors and I became more enticed by the idea of death by suicide. I could never understand why this other half of me existed and I felt shameful and dirty for being what some would call mentally unfit. Being raised in the church, depression and mental health is not a topic I ever heard most pastors preach about or…
If you’re constantly waiting on that one thing to be happy, you will only make it to the top and find that it is still not enough.
Here are three things I have to remind myself everyday in order to stay on track:
Upgrade your prayer life with these important four keys to answered prayers.
If I had to choose a character in the Bible that I am the most like it would be Martha. We read in Luke 10:38-42 that she invited Jesus into her home but soon became distracted with all the preparations that had to be made. Her sister, Mary, on the other hand sat at Jesus’ feet while He taught. This frustrated Martha. Here she was doing all the necessary work, so she thought, and Mary and Jesus are over here enjoying some small talk. Martha then approaches Jesus and points out that Mary is not helping her. She then takes…
Recently I have been having my quiet times with the Lord in the evenings after I get home from work. For the past twelve days I have been going through the book of Jeremiah. Throughout this book God asks His prophet to be His mouthpiece to the Israelites, warning them to turn back to the Lord or else there will be consequences. If the Israelites do not forsake their idols and repent then He will turn them over to foreign nations. While I have been working through this book of the Bible it has been fascinating to me how conversational…
It’s easy to praise God when things are going good in our lives, but the sign of true faith is how we react when things are not so good.
We’re not always going to understand everything that happens. True faith is trusting God even when it doesn’t make sense.
One of the best feelings is to look back on how God has brought you through, and suddenly you’re confident He’s going to do it again!
Have you ever prayed, “Lord, show me if He’s the One! And if he’s not, remove him from my life!” If so, I’m here to tell you those words are not the best way to recognize your Boaz. Here’s why: Most women who pray this are leaving it up to some supernatural sign, when God wants you to have wisdom and discernment so you can make the best choice. They say things like: He prayed over his food, so I figured he’s a God-fearing man I’ve never had a man quote scripture to me to encourage me before. He must be…
It’s interesting the number of times people in my life have discounted the Bible. Once, a man I am close to argued, “But a human man wrote the bible, which means it can be wrong.” Another person said, “How do you know which bible to read? They’re all so different.” And, yet another stated, “I took a theology class in college that discounted the bible and other stuff behind Christianity.” Whoa. This is some heavy stuff. So, why didn’t their arguments drive me away from reading the Bible? My first and only argument for people who present these issues is:…
