The story of Nehemiah has been on my heart lately. When I’m weary and tired, stressed and overwhelmed, his story keeps coming to mind. It can be an encouragement to anyone trying to ‘build up’ something in their life – faith, a marriage, a child’s self-confidence. Discouragement will come, and the Enemy will rise up when you […]

Two weeks ago, my church, Believers Church, started a new series called Once Upon a Time. During this series, we are looking at 8 specific parables told by Jesus. The first parable we reviewed was The Good Shepard found in John 10:1-42. I wrote a post about this very passage several months back called Are

As I sit and meditate on the love Jesus has shown me over the last several years, my mind wanders to the Garden –not a garden, but the Garden of Gethsemane.  The Garden of Gethsemane is an olive tree garden, where in Jesus’ day olives were plucked and then pressed for their precious commodity of oil. Let the symbolism

Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;     but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.  Reward her for all she has done.     Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.  –Proverbs 31:30-31 NLT If you had told me two weeks ago, ‘life is going to be radically different,’ I would never have imagined

Goodness -How do you define it? When looking up the word goodness in most dictionaries these synonyms are listed: integrity, honesty, uprightness, virtue, and my personal favorite -moral excellence. And evil, yes, there are synonyms for this too, but let’s just call it by its real name -sin. Daily, I struggle against the sin within

In our culture, when we think of kindness we think of simple acts, such as providing a meal, sending flowers, or giving a gift of money. All these things are kind, but Jesus wants us to go deeper. Supernatural kindness starts with the Golden Rule: “Do to others whatever you would like them to do

This week I just wanted to share with you why I think the Bible is a huge love letter from God. First, nothing is more important to us than something written down. Sure, we love to hear family and friends tell us they love us, but there is just something special about having it ‘in writing.’ Second, the most

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 NLT Tonight as I pondered what to pen in this post, I could not help thinking about all the things I am hopeful for. The past two weeks have been pretty exciting, and there were days filled with hope

Each year, at the end of July or the first of August, a team of volunteers from Believers Church goes down to Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Believers partners with the local church there, Verbo Church, via Orphanetwork. As August draws near this year and the time to return to Nicaragua comes, I am getting excited all over again. Each

For those who profess to be Christ followers, I ask: “Are you sheepish?” Oh, I don’t mean shy or embarrassed easily, that would be the total opposite of what Jesus meant. When teaching on who is a true follower and what they will do, Christ used the following example: The Good Shepard and His Sheep “I