Inscribed By God
Not Just Whale Rejects: Life Lessons from Jonah I was sitting on the couch the other evening with my husband. It was dim and quiet…in other words, the kids were already tucked in for the night. As much as I love my kids, I always look forward to the after-bedtime-hours […]
Believe and Be Your Best Self I serve on the prayer team ministry at our church, and as part of that privilege, I meet with other prayer team members prior to the service to pray over the leadership, congregation, those serving that day, and to tune into God’s heart for that morning. Recently, one of […]
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy As someone who operates in the prophetic, the value of the power of words and faith cannot be underestimated. Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue,” and Romans 12:6 says, “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether […]
Do I Trust God or My Illusions? I was sitting at the kitchen table along with two of my kids, and the conversation went something like this: Me: What did you guys talk about in church today? Kid 1: Obedience. Me: Oh, that’s wonderful! What did you learn? Kid 2: We should obey God and […]
SMASH YOUR JAR FOR JESUS Recently, I went to an evening church service with a friend. Wow! The worship time was so powerful, and the sweet, amazing presence of God could be felt on a whole new level. During the worship, God asked me a question, “Do you love your fear more than Me?” My […]
GOAT’S SKIN, KING’S ARMOR, AND A SHEPHERD’S TUNIC: DITCH THE COSTUME FOR CONFIDENCE IN GOD-IN-YOU The last post I made, I had intended to compare Jacob and David, however, my fingers decided to write something else! So, here I am at my computer again, and we’ll see what winds up coming out today. As I […]
An Overpriced Bowl of Stew Recently God has been speaking to me about living life like David, not Jacob. As part of my process of better understanding this heart nudge, I went back to Genesis totake a closer look at how Jacob lived. Inevitably, of course, I came to the story of Jacob and Esau […]
STILL WATERS: SANCTUARY OR SOVEREIGN PROTECTION? All my life, I read the following verse from Psalm 23:2 “He leadeth me beside the still waters” and imagined myself in a serene, lush sanctuary where the water barely ripples in the gentle breeze, the sun is perfectly warm against my face, all is quiet around me, and […]
DON’T CLEAN THOSE NETS YET! It was one of those days. Have you ever had one? I was doing a really GREAT job of feeling sorry for myself. I had stepped out, big time for me, and felt like I failed. Instead of chalking it up to experience, picking myself up, and watching the dust […]
Ordinary Yeses with Extraordinary Results I recently developed a five-session seminar for women based upon my book, Gentleness: It’s Not What You Think. As I pondered what type of material I was going to include, I began to think about how living a lifestyle of gentleness is something God has asked us to do, therefore, […]