I have a strange, odd (and wasteful) habit; I tote fruit. I’m being serious. I buy fruit with every intention of eating it, but end up carrying it around with me. Apples are my choice victims. I purchase a bag of apples and plan to eat one every day. I’d put one in my lunch bag or purse, but never touch it. Then it’s on my desk, then on the kitchen counter, in the car, in my hand, back in my lunch bag, next to the unhealthy sandwich I’m eating, and then back in my purse or lunch bag. Eventually,…
You know you’re on the right path when your desire to honor God outweighs your desire to please yourself.
Wondering how To Keep God First In Your Relationship? The best place for any relationship to start is in God’s hands.
Who hasn’t been in that awkward situation where you send someone a message, it shows that they have ‘seen’ the message, but they don’t reply? ‘Hmm,’ you wonder. “Is this person ignoring me?” Or have you ever delayed responding to a message after you opened it, then had the person ask you why you didn’t respond? No doubt, it’s an uncomfortable feeling when someone doesn’t respond, especially when you know they’ve seen your message. O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer – Psalm 22:2 It’s one thing when a human being has seen your message…
Most of us struggle to find time to meet with God. The Lord wants to spend time with us. Here are five tips for finding time to meet with God…
“For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.” 2 Corinthians 1:20 We were running errands. My 5-year-old son was in his spot in the back seat chatting away, mostly asking me for stuff. “Mommy, can I have …?” “Mommy, can you take me …?” “Mommy, can we go to …?” You know that place somewhere between kids being so adorably cute and totally driving you bananas?Yup. I was there. Every answer to his questions was “No.” I was on autopilot:…
Lord, Today don’t let me lose my joy, my peace, my mind, or my focus.
Have you ever felt like you were stuck or just going through the motions? Here are five things that could be blocking God’s work in you…
Here are tips for fasting… Fasting is a common practice in Christianity. As believers we must keep our focus on God, not on our circumstances.
These 5 Influential Women of The Bible are seriously #goals. Take a look at their brief stories.
Keep your faith! Things can turn around right at the moment you’re about to give up!
True love will build you up, not tear you down.
Here are 7 Things To Do When Your Faith is Tested… The real test of faith is not how much we praise God when things are good, but how we respond when things are not so good.
The greatest test of faith is when you don’t get what you want, but still you are able to say “Thank you Lord”. Here are 5 Bible lessons of thankfulness…
Sometimes what we think is love is not really love at all. Have you ever prayed about a relationship you wanted God’s blessing on just as thoughts of you in your custom made wedding dress started swirling in your head? …but God answered your prayer by showing you that this person was not God approved? You may think, “But God, I loveeeeee him!”… but do you really? That magical feeling when your eyes meet and you think that this must be the real thing is indescribable. Are you really falling in love? Sometimes we are just in love with the…
Give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways. – Proverbs 23:26 What does it exactly mean when we are on the fence about something? It means that we are unsure, we hesitate and we go back and forth about making a definite decision. The same thing happens when we do this with God. I would know, because I did it for many years as I went back and forth to God, but never fully surrendered to Him. For years, anytime that something went terribly wrong, I would pray my hardest and ask God to help me. Once…
Joseph’s story is one of my favorites in the Bible. Here are 7 Biblical Lessons We Can Learn From Joseph’s Story…
We’d reached the frayed edges of autumn, where flurries told us winter had come, and yet the calendar told us the winter solstice was not yet upon us. I pushed my aching body down the road in my weekend routine of a long jog down the dusty roads, and the black dog with pointing ears came at me so hard I screamed in an angry and primal way. I wondered if our long chain of unfortunate events might culminate with an attack from a defensive German shepherd. I questioned whether I should have stayed inside and exercised on the elliptical…
When we try to force relationships beyond their purpose, we will only end up disappointed. Here are 3 Ways to Tell if They Are In Your Life For a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime
I was lugging my medium-sized purse, filled with panty liners and lip gloss. Over the other shoulder, hanged my work-bag, overstuffed with my laptop and papers still in need of grading. Both of my hands were carrying a crate, that also encompassed my lunch-bag, now empty bowls from lunch, along with my water bottles and coffee mug from the day. With all these things weighing me down, I motioned for my colleague to hold the elevator for me. I was struggling because I was just carrying too much. I was going home to unload. “Wow,you’re carrying a lot of stuff!”…
