Listening Digest: “Laughing Through the Ugly Cry and Finding Unstoppable Joy” by Dawn Barton

10 A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need. John 10:10 GWT Life gives us choices. It is our personal responsibility to make the right one. But as life would have it, we don’t always do that. […]

Reading Digest: “Present Over Perfect ~ Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living” by Shauna Niequest

10 “Be still, and know that I am God.    I will be exalted among the nations,    I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10 ESV 7 Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him.Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his waywhen he carries out his schemes. Psalm 37:7 GWT Recently I had the opportunity to […]

“The Cost of Trying to Control Everything” ~ Lysa TerKeurst

33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 ESV 31-33 Jesus answered them, “Do you finally believe? In fact, you’re about to make a run for it—saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I’m not abandoned. The […]

Lift Your Spirit ~ “You Are Good” (Ulungile)

You, Lord, are forgiving and good,    abounding in love to all who call to you. Psalm 86:5 NIV Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Psalm 34:8 NKJV Ulungile! Siyabonga! Siyabonga! I envision heaven being a lot like this ~ all the unique languages lifting up praise to the GOD of all creation. In holy worship, […]

“Healing the Soul of a Woman: Now What?” ~ Joyce Meyer’s Talk It Out Podcast

17 Jesus heard this and said to them, “It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, but the sick. I did not come to invite good people but to invite sinners.” Mark 2:17 NCV 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead to life again, heal those who have skin diseases, and force demons out of people. […]