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  Have you ever met a prayer warrior? So many times I have heard that phrase used about certain women. In fact, I know a few who when their name is brought up in conversation someone will say, “Have you heard her pray? She’s a prayer warrior.” For a long time, I wondered what that […]

  Have you ever been lonely?  Since coming home from church camp recently my son has been bothered by the thunder and the storms that are very frequent in the South in the summer.  So, we talk to him about how God is the Maker of the storms and He is there for us. We […]

  Have you ever felt overlooked or unwanted? You might be thinking, “Seriously, is that even a question?” As women too often we feel overlooked or as though we are not enough. We tend to compare ourselves to those around us. In turn we end up striving for something more—to be better, to be more. […]

  Shock. Fear. Uncertainty. Confusion. We’ve all experienced monumental moments when overwhelming emotion ruled our thoughts, actions, and reactions. Those moments when adrenaline rushed in, causing a surge of energy or a paralyzing response of frozen fear. I imagine these same emotions overwhelmed Jesus’ followers as they discovered the stone had been moved on that […]

  “Yes I will, lift You high in the lowest valley…” (Vertical Worship) Today, as we continue to look at different women in the Bible, we are going to walk into a deep and dark valley—one of death and destruction, a valley where Satan likes to manipulate and pour on guilt and shame. Turn with […]

  Let’s get started: Read Esther 1-8 “If I perish, I perish”….the words I heard from a smiley passenger in the back as our group traveled up an unknown road in search of an unknown view on Lookout Mountain, Colorado. There were no errors and rarely any signs, but we thought, surely there will be […]

  But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” – Ruth 1:16  Naturally, I am drawn to the book of Ruth. In fact, […]

  Allow me to set the scene. Lazarus has been raised from the dead, his sisters are rejoicing in his company, and Jesus is celebrating with them in their house. Martha, ever the servant, is providing food for the table and all are gathered together. But then, Mary does something that is against the normal […]

  Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. –Philippians 4:8 Years ago, one of my children struggled with negative self-talk. I figured this out because he began acting out, saying hurtful things […]

  For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— his name is the LORD of Armies.  I have put my words in your mouth, and covered you in the shadow of my hand, in order to plant the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, “You are my people.” […]