Have you ever reached a point where you just didn’t know what to do next? Perhaps you’re there now, in this very moment. Maybe you feel stuck, trapped, even sinking deeper into the pit you’ve found yourself sitting. First, let me extend a warm embrace and tell you that I get you. I’ve been there, […]
Category: mentoring
“Being Soft in Hard Times”
9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. 11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? 12 A person standing alone can be […]
Reading Digest: Children’s Books ~”He is Always With Me” by Laval Alsbrooks, Jr.
18 Take these words of mine to heart and keep them in mind. Write them down, tie them around your wrist, and wear them as headbands as a reminder. 19 Teach them to your children, and talk about them when you’re at home or away, when you lie down or get up. Deuteronomy 11:18-19 GWT Children are truly a gift […]
“Next Door” ~ Dr. Anita Phillips
7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”: 8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have […]
“The Woman in the Arena”
7 I have worked to serve Christ well. I have finished everything that God wanted me to do. I am like a runner who has run to the end of the race. I have continued to believe God’s true message. 2 Timothy 4:7 EasyEnglishBible 5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of […]
“Sipping on Honest Tea”
Honesty doesn’t have to be brash or abrasive, neither rude nor arrogant. And yet in our current culture where we toot the horns of transparency and ‘being real,’ we seem to have strayed into the fields of muddy maliciousness when speaking our truths. I’ve heard it said, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” […]
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. […]
Lift Your Spirit ~ “Keep Holding On”
13 So then, “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13 GWT 28 “Come to me, all who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. 29 Place my yoke over your shoulders, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble. Then you will find rest for yourselves Matthew […]
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 […]
