Battle Prayer Week

I pray that you help us turn conflict into conversations.

Battling Anxiety With the Promise of the Dawn

As I laid my head to rest last night, anxiety crept in like a thief, waiting until I was just drowsy enough to lack the alertness to pull out my weapons and fire away.

I LOVE MONDAYS!

We all need a do-over from time to time. A fresh start, a second wind, a clean slate.   That’s what I love about Mondays!  For most of us, Monday is the beginning of our week. I think Mondays get a bad rap…to me it’s the chance to get things right this week. The chance…

I Have A Secret!

I’m often told, by those that know me the best, how “strong” I am. I am not. I look back at what all my day, week, year and life has entailed and I think, “How did I do all of that? Get through all of that?”. “I” didn’t.

Here’s My Secret:

Richly.

Yesterday I joined my husband Todd, on a visit to his uncle in the nursing home. A gentleman being rolled past asked his CNA to stop. He looked at us in Uncle Rog’s room where we were along with Mr. Snyder, Uncle Rog’s roommate. This gentleman, Frank, asked us if we’d pray for him. Todd…

Christmas Gift Idea for Parents: Praying the Scriptures for Your Teenagers

I often share with my boys the scripture I am praying over them and why. I will even pray these prayers over them by laying on of hands. Even if they are in a rebellious season, their spirit draws comfort from knowing their parents are doing battle for them when they themselves may seem incapable, unworthy, or uninterested. Do your children know you pray for them?

Are You A Fat Sheep? Love a Lost Sheep? He Sees You.

This piece of scripture wrapped me up like a warm blanket today. It inspired me to dig in context, the entire passage and to see it back to Jesus. God is declaring to Israel, his flock, that he is tending to all of them,

Thankful He Hears Me.

How to Make it Last and Want More

… marriage is not just for us. As a matter of fact, it’s for them. It is for our family and it is for our offspring. It’s the dynamic in which God chooses our relationships to do works in.

You’ve Been Slandered! Now What?

Have you ever been minding your own business and then BAM! Out of nowhere, an ugly attack launched at your character, your integrity and your works has hit you like a heat-seeking missle? Perhaps it’s even been at the command of someone who claims they are a Christian?  How do you remain who you are…