Apr 1, 2014 | Hope and Encouragement
Are you facing any struggles in your life right now? Are you in any kind of pain? Fighting a physical illness? An annoying co-worker or client? Fighting against fear due to unemployment, debt, or financial troubles? Are you struggling with an addiction? Are you...
Mar 3, 2014 | Hope and Encouragement
In 4 days it will be the 1 year anniversary of my hospitalization and battle with “flesh eating bacteria!” As I look back on 2013 I have to say, that experience is one of the best I have had. I know it’s not the common thing that most would say, to some it...
Feb 26, 2014 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
Have you ever said or thought,”I know God forgives me, but I just can’t forgive myself!”? Many people struggle with this issue; t’s important that you get to the root of what you are really saying if you are to live in the freedom that...
Feb 11, 2014 | Christian Worldview, Hope and Encouragement
I’ve always wanted to do something that made a difference in other people’s lives. When I was young my heroes were Albert Schweitzer, Jane Addams, and Harriet Tubman, which is why I chose to pursue a master’s degree in social work: I wanted to ‘save the...
Jan 3, 2014 | Hope and Encouragement
We were visiting my husband’s family in WV, when Grandma came out of the house and announced that she had contacted everyone in the will and asked them to come over and put a sticker with their name on every item they wanted when she died. “If you weren’t asked to do...
Dec 30, 2013 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
What is the fruit you would like to see in your life in 2014? This is the time of year when people are most likely to set new goals, dream of accomplishments and determine to change unprofitable behavior. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and...
Nov 15, 2013 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
What are you anxious about? anx·ious -full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous. We cannot have both fear and peace at the same time. Faith and fear cannot coexist. You either trust...
Oct 10, 2013 | Godly Relationships, Hope and Encouragement
As I was praying for my precious friend whose husband was unfaithful to her and had deeply wounded her, the Lord gave me a vision of her husband. First, let me say that her husband is a charismatic man who at one time had been a bold evangelizing believer, but...
Sep 2, 2013 | Hope and Encouragement
On Saturday morning I was enjoying an intense workout at my Crossfit gym which included a 400m outdoor sprint in several parts of the workout. After our first sprint the members in our “team” trickled in one by one. Once we were all at the next workout...
Jul 21, 2013 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
I don’t know any person who does not want to be blessed, happy, fortunate, and prosperous; however, I know many people who attempt to do so by listening and following ungodly advice. Eve “walked” in the counsel of the ungodly in the garden. Genesis 3:4-6...