I wrote in my blog a few weeks back about a wonderful devotional by Charles Stanley. His book is called Every Day in His Presence and it inspired this week’s episode of my podcast much like it inspired my blog. The headline for the daily reading assigned for the very day I planned to write…
Do you believe that you are blessed? Today, I want to encourage you with a blessing that God wants spoken over his children. God instructed Moses to have the priests speak this blessing over the Israelites because He truly wants his children to be blessed. I am going to speak the blessing over you and…
live in Central California and we’ve been having quite a heat wave. I love the thought of God standing beside me as my protective shade. Yes, Almighty God is my shield, my fortress, my deliverer and defender, but he is also my protective shade. I would never limit God to the role of a parasol…
I’m following the journey of a teenager who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. Her mother posts regular updates and prayer requests to Facebook along with pictures that absolutely capture my heart. I pray and pray for this precious family, asking for healing, hoping for good news, believing God is all-sufficient. Some prayers are answered. Others…
This morning I moaned in frustration to God. Another Wednesday had arrived and I was still in no condition to type and send a Mid-Week Miracle. I didn’t want to say anything to you about my hands because I just told you about my hip surgery and what happened when God didn’t heal me. But… I had…
The book of Romans doesn’t teach us that we will never sin again. Declaring that sin has lost its power over me is different from saying sin will never again happen in me. If (and when) I do mess up, I won’t have to pay with my life because Jesus already paid the wages for…
I’m glad you’ve joined me as we continue our four-week series from Romans 8:1-19. This is part two of our series, which remains focused on the transformed nature of those of us who live by the Spirit. I remember overhearing a group of twenty-somethings reacting to the news that one of their friends had unexpectedly…
Don’t you love it when you hear God loud and clear? I can always trust that it’s really him speaking to me when he speaks through a Bible verse. Sometimes when I meet with God in the pages of Scripture, words jump off the page with unmistakable force. That’s when I know without a doubt…
Welcome to the beginning of a miniseries from Romans 8:1-19. I’m going to spend a total of four episodes on these verses that focus on the transformed nature of those of us who live by the Spirit. I decided to do a miniseries for a couple reasons. For one, I was inspired by Pastor Jack…
In November 2013, my mom treated my sister and I to a guided tour of the Holy Land. One day, while we were in Jerusalem, I broke away from the group to spend time with a friend my daughter had met through a discipleship training program she’d attended in California. Josh has dual citizenship in…
