Women

Do you feel God asking you to leave your job and step into something new, yet you’re worried about the financial implications? If so, here are five truths that encourage me when it comes to releasing money worries. I hope they encourage you

As women, we are constantly pressured by social media, billboards, and even relationships to look a certain way. We know that our identity is found in Christ, but it doesn’t make the mirror any more forgiving.

In case the concept of spending quiet time with God is unfamiliar to you (as it was to me for a long time), it’s basically taking time either within your normal prayer time or throughout the day to get silent before God and listen for His voice.

...sort of like having coffee with a friend....

As a single, I have learned that I have been waiting on too much from a non-existent but hoped-for relationship.

These 3 qualities are what expecting "too much" from a relationship looks like.  Do you have them?

Too often, we suspect that great riches hide behind all those closed doors; we imagine that God is withholding the best. But that's not who God is.

We hear a lot about effective ways to deal with stress. After all, stress is incredibly bad for you—and it’s unavoidable. That said, sometimes the best way to deal with stress is to avoid it altogether.  Whatever your major stresses are, see how to eliminate these particular problems can be applied to your own situation.

How Near is God to Me...? 
In the mundane, in the insane, in the horrific, in my unbridled pride, in all the ups and downs that this life can bring....how NEAR is God to me?

If you’re feeling uneasy about the days ahead, please know you’re not alone. 

Here are 7 things to do when the fear clouds your future...

“Am I willing to serve, sacrifice for, and forgive the person I’m with...until death do us part?”

Have you ever felt like an exile in your own church? COVID has only served to make that feeling worse. 

Here's how one woman reassessed her community and found friendship.

Confess - who here is addicted to Social media?  It makes us glued to our phones for a good part of the day, creates negative affects on our relationships, makes us less productive, and it can give us a skewed perception of what reality is. 

What can we do to make sure that our lives don’t get consumed with social media?  Here is an easy 4 step social media fast to free your soul...

There are a lot of myths out there when it comes to our closeness with God:  “If you would just read your Bible more, go to church more, share your faith, then that'll bring you closer to God.” So I try doing all of those things—but that feeling of closeness with God still doesn't come. 

But then, I discovered where I'd gone wrong. 

I don’t know about you, but in the face of all the bad news in the headlines. In the face of all the hard things happening in the world I want to see God show up!

We wouldn’t expect our bodies to stay healthy if we binged on sugar or never exercised. We can’t expect our souls to stay healthy either when we don’t feed our spirits the Word of God and experience Him in deep community -- even over the summer!

Are you currently in a place of waiting? Though we’re all familiar with it, we can often grow wearing in our waiting, and our hearts grow heavy with worry and doubt.   Sometimes we might wonder if God has forgotten about us or given up on us....

But take heart...find your encouragement.

Wouldn't it be nice if life consisted only of pleasant surprises, not the disappointing ones?  Yet therein lies the true test of faith.
How do you not only HANDLE real disappointments in life, but stay STRONG through them?

After surveying nearly 100 women, I found several common areas in which women, myself included, need the touch of God to be whole and complete. I also found that Scripture addresses these areas of a woman's life so that we can receive His healing touch.

See if you can relate to needing God's touch in these areas of your life, as well...

The space between selflessness and codependency can be incredibly small.

Here are 5 possible indicators that your relationship is in dangerous territory....

“Ask and ye shall receive”—we all rely on that verse when we pray diligently and confidently for something important in our lives.

But what if God's answers are not in the way we need them to be....?

A Walmart truck driver is a tough job, even in the best of times. But in light of the coronavirus pandemic, it's downright unimaginable.

But here's a story of divine appointment where one Walmart trucker is seen through new eyes - on a mission to help others.