Holidays and weekends are wonderful. Many of us get to enjoy a footloose and fancy free attitude. We get to "let down." But often this change in our routine brings with it some challenging trials...
Last week I posted about the battle I was going through. I wanted to give an update. As I said in the post, my battle plan was: to be in the Word, to pray, to thank the Lord, to read my truth...
Some time back, Carrie from South Africa, shared an incredible story of God delivering her from an intense eating disorder that had kept her imprisoned for years. That post gives context to this...
Image courtesy of Salvatore Vuono at FreeDigitalPhotos.net In the last couple of days I've been struggling. I know part of it has been that I haven't been renewing my mind as often as I need to...
Are you like many? Dreading the holiday season? Are you convinced that you will be taken out---knocked down for the count---all because turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie (etc.) have an amazing "left...
The holidays are quickly approaching, with Thanksgiving (in the United States) just a couple of days away. This means there may be a lot of opportunities to practice staying within our God-given...
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot...
Every year the Lord gives me a word for the new year. In December of 2012, I began to pray about what the word would be. Almost immediately the Lord said my word was "change". With that being...
1 Timothy 4: 7b-8 says: ...train yourself to be godly. 8For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to...