Spend A Year With Jesus
The goal of spending a year with Jesus is to learn how to pray. Our prayers do not start with us. They start with Jesus. Before we ever open our mouths in prayer, Jesus is praying for us. Despite much …
Bankruptcy and Transforming Grace
Bankrupt! The word has a dreadful ring to it. In fact, it is more than a word, it’s an expression. It means failure, insolvency, inability to pay one’s debts, perhaps financial ruin. Even in our lax and permissive society, being …
Jesus’ Prayer on the Worst Night of His Life
Have you ever heard someone pray for you? Depending on the setting and the status of your heart, it could be unnerving or humbling or empowering or healing. Sometimes it’s all of the above. But when someone starts to speak …
What are you not doing because you think it’s too late or it might be too hard?
My friend Ellie Lofarro is a “Why not?” kind of girl. She’s always up for an adventure. She recently went on a mission trip to Costa Rica. Afterward I had to smile when she wrote: The mission trip to Costa …
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Take Up the Shield of Faith
One of the flaming missiles I frequently have to battle is my feeling of being totally imperfect and unworthy of God’s love. I doubt His ability to mold me and use me as He pleases. Of course, the Lord wants …
My Family Manifesto
For many young women, life just sort of happens to them. They don’t give much thought about where they want to go and what they want their lives to look like. In their families, that means they just get by. …
Lay Aside Doubt and Fear
The race in which we run has numerous opportunities for doubt and fear. If we don’t run with faith and trust, our race has no joy, no peace, and certainly no freedom. So how do we lay aside doubt and …
The Unexpected Rescue
I’d heard the phrase “God is love” plenty of times, but I never really took it to heart. After all, “God is love” seemed to contradict the way in which some Christians had treated me and others. I was never …
How to Stop Living Backward
I once dressed myself, drove to the airport, went through the entire security process, flew to another city, attended and spoke at an event, and finally found my way to a hotel room late in the evening before realizing that …
Lover of Life
How many followers of Jesus love life? I mean really love life, with palpable energy. Have you seen them? There are a few out there. I have met one or two. They are good people to be around. You feel …