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Laying Your Burdens Down (3 Practical Ways)

So much is happening in our world today - the pace and pressure of life can often feel like it is just too much! In today’s world it is easy to feel overwhelmed, overstress, and overburdened.   With news about mass shootings, controversial laws, political...

Thoughts on Psalm 1

Thoughts on Psalm 1   1 Blessed is the person who stands not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 2 But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and on His Law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be like...

What to Do When Disappointed

What to Do When Disappointed? The scripture tells us that God’s ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are not our thoughts.   If we are to be honest, it is not always easy to know and understand His will. And even when we do, sometimes it is not easy to...

What to Do When You Are Stressed About Money

What to Do When You Are Stressed About Money   Have you received this advice before as it relates to money … “Don’t worry about it”? Chances are, you probably have not found this very helpful.   When it comes to areas related to our finances, it seems almost...

How to Pray for Your Family

How to Pray for Your Family   Needless to say, these are very challenging times that we are living in. Given that reality, we wanted to share some inspiration and encouragement with you to continue to cover your family in prayer. So, we’ve created 4 prayer types...

Ready something new?

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, the new creature has come: the old has gone, the new is here! Romans 8:26At the outset of every new year, we hope for things to be different... After the last few, who could blame us? As the calendar has now turned to January our...

What is God doing in your life?

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. Romans 8:26Think about this for a moment… Recently, what has God done in your...

How Has The Bible Changed Your Life?

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. ISAIAH 40:8With so much turmoil and instability taking place all around us, our world appears to be in upheaval. When everything else fades and fails, there is one place that we can look...

The True Value of Kindness

Kindness is an underrated virtue. During the pandemic we have all witnessed the rise of anger, animosity, and hostility within our nation, society, and communities. It feels like so many are on edge (understandable based on what we have been through), and so many have...

5 Prayers for Spiritual Growth

  Have you ever had the conversation with yourself or with someone else about what it means to grow closer to God?  What does spiritual growth look like? Feel like? How about this one... What does it sound like? Our relationship with God has similarities with...

4 Ways to Grow Closer to God in 2021

Last year was a year of hard lessons learned! It forced us to slow down, taught stock of our lives, and evaluate what was truly essential. However, today as we embrace a new year and prepare for a new season, let’s talk about 5 ways to help you establish healthy...

Start Fresh Start Strong

Every new year presents a new opportunity for a fresh start! We have the chance to make different choices in order to experience the changes that we desire. Now, while we don’t know what tomorrow holds, we can be very confident in the One who keeps today and holds...

A New Year But What’s New?

As 2020 comes to a close, much conversation has been had about bringing the year to an end as quick as possible. Who could blame anyone for taking this approach after all that we have endured? Normally, the new year brings with it a sense of optimism as we embrace the...

No Turning Back…

  The story of Lot's wife sums up all too well the important lesson God was trying to teach regarding SELF. His instructions to Lot were to flee Sodom and Gomorrah and not look back, literally. However, Lot’s wife was so absorbed in all that she left that she...

Thankful for 2020?

When recalling the year of 2020, being thankful can prove difficult when the narrative has been death, distance, division and the difficulties that accompany them. This is a time when it seems that good news is in short supply and truth is relative. How does one give...

In 2020, What Should I Be Thankful for?

  The euphonic ancestor, Mya Angelou once stated, “Be present in all things and thankful for all things”. The other day in preparation to enter into the season of Thanksgiving, I asked one of my children considering all that has transpired in the year 2020, what...