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You Can Do Hard Things: 3 Steps to help you reach your goals This past weekend I went on my first official hike with a small group of friends. Let me start by saying I’m not an outdoorsy type of person. It was not a cake-walk at all. There were more times than I couldContinue reading “You Can Do Hard Things”

It’s time for us to stop accommodating worry as a normal part of everyday life. Peter said, “Cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). Because this phrase has adorned countless Christian greeting cards and posters, it can become so familiar and soothingly poetic that we fail to receiveContinue reading “A Worry-Free Zone”

Do you want to effectively lead through crisis? So often we define leaders as those who have a title, a position, or those considered to be in charge. But we all have an opportunity to lead. Influencers/Leaders have the capacity to affect the character, development, or behavior of someone. That means every day of ourContinue reading “Lead Through Crisis”

“…In every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” The word for prayer in this passage does not refer to making requests. It means to be up close and personal with Jesus and exchange with Him in every situation. Think about that. We get to exchange with the One whoContinue reading “Exchange”

“Here’s the ONE thing I crave from God, the one thing I seek above all else: I want the privilege of living with Him every moment in His house, finding the sweet loveliness of His face, filled with awe, delighting in His glory and grace. I want to live my life so close to HimContinue reading “Seek His Face”

A TALE OF TWO FATHERS by Jesse Gill, Psy.D. “As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15) There has never been a greater need for godly men and fathers than the age in which we live. Absent fathers, ineffective fathers, and distracted fathers, along with angry fathers, have created aContinue reading “Leadership and Love”

Then, with a unanimous rush of passion, you will with ONE voice glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Romans 15:6 TPT SCRIPTURE READING: John 4:23-24 In His conversation with the Samaritan woman, Jesus shared that what pleases the Father’s heart is whole-hearted worship with true united passion from us in spirit. SoContinue reading “Oneness”

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Romans 1:21 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,Continue reading “Imagination”

Are you afraid of what is happening in our world today? If so, I want to encourage you not to fear but to believe in the power of God’s love. God’s love displayed in our lives destroys fear and hate God’s love displayed in our lives annihilates injustice, division, and combativeness God’s love displayed inContinue reading “Rise in Love”

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 NIV SCRIPTURE READING: Romans 15:13, Jeremiah 29:11 As the world goes through seasons of chaos and turmoil, I’m hearing the song in my spiritContinue reading “Can You Perceive It?”