Two Things You Can Do Today to Live Fully Alive!

In order to thrive in life, there are two things that are non-negotiable. If we can learn to strive for and rely on the Lord’s grace for these two things, our lives will be abundantly blessed and thriving! Are you willing to do what it takes to get to your thriving life with Christ? I […]

Five Ways To Be An Excellent Mom

I’m An Inadequate Mom Only weeks after our daughter was born I was sitting in the rocking chair with tears rolling down my face wondering why I’m not a good mom. How come I cannot handle one baby and one toddler when other moms have four, five or twelve? I love my children but I’m […]

The Secret To Being Used By God

If you asked someone to pick up your car from the shop and they brought back your key, what would you think?  Did they do what you wanted?  Partially, but not fully, right? In 1 Samuel 15 we read about a man named Saul who decided to partially obey God instead of fully obey.  Saul’s […]

My Dad Is Walking Across America! Want To Know Why?

Right now the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association video crew is filming my parents (for the second time).  Want to know why?  Because my dad is walking across America for Jesus! I am proud of my 66-year old dad (proud of my mom, too).  On his 3,000 mile journey to New York (from Newbury Park, California), […]

Your 7 Most Delicious Bible Study Ingredients

How do you like studying the Bible?  Do you wake up every morning ready to spend time with the Lord?  Ready to receive a piece of fresh yummy bread from the Bible? If not, I think I know what the problem is.  You are not equipped to fall in love with the Lord through the […]

Cancel Your Pity-party, Do This, And Be Happy Again!

“Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I think I’ll eat some worms…” And the song continues on a path of self-pity.  It meditates on the kind of worms that one would eat.  “Long slim, slimy ones, short fat, juicy ones.” You may experience this type of mood every so often.  Often times you can find […]

I’m Loving My Worship Playlist: Kim Walker-Smith from Jesus Culture

In January 2013, Jesus Culture’s Kim Walker-Smith released her newest solo worship album called Still Believe.  When I first listened to it, it didn’t stand out too much.  Yet, for some reason I could not stop listening to it.  I worshiped with it over and over and over again. For about a month, I listened to the songs on […]

Better Yourself While Driving: 3 Proactive Things To Do While Behind The Wheel

Driving is an obvious part of life.  Most of our days are filled with minutes, and maybe hours behind the wheel.  This time can be filled with one of two options: withdrawing from you or investing in you.  When you aren’t adding to who you are, you are wasting an opportunity.  You also open yourself up to heading down the […]

How To Cross The Finish Line

Could you imagine working hard for years only to find that you gave up right before your victory?  All that hard work resulted in nothing but a waste of time.  Sure, you might have “learned a lot” along the way, but you never tasted the success you were once driven to see.  What would that life be […]

Get Rid Of The Blues Once And For All

You might call it depression, being down in the dumps, or having the blues.  Whatever you call “it.”  It’s not fun.  That dark cloud feeling hovering over your mind, day and spirit is the worst feeling.  (At least in my opinion.) A few years ago I had that feeling while pregnant the first time.  I […]