1. Prayer is the Best Way for Breakthrough Every year I ask God for a word to live by and my word in 2017 was “pray.” After year of living out the word “sacrifice” in 2016, I pleaded with my heavenly Father to give me a happier word like “breakthrough.” “Please LORD, can my word…
“Our favor is for God’s purpose, not for status.” Christine Caine As I listened to well-known author, speaker and warrior against human sex trafficking, Christine Caine yesterday, I chewed on her words about “calling,” especially the part about pride. Coming out of a media background I’ve struggled with the “P” word. You know one of…
6:50 a.m. Normally, I’m up at 5 or 5:30 a.m. so I couldn’t believe I slept this late on a blogging day, but the days getting ready for Christmas and my husband’s 60th birthday have been packed. Combine those responsibilities with work and I fall into bed exhausted each night. The Lord knew I needed…
“Do I have to write about it? It’s a painful topic for me.” I was having an argument with the Holy Spirit about today’s blog post. The Lord wanted me to cover a subject that is prevalent among women. It’s broken up many friendships. It’s provoked hateful words. It has the potential to eat you…
The sun was still asleep. I had to take my husband, Jeff, to the airport at 5:45 a.m., so even this early bird couldn’t have an appropriate quiet time with God. I read a quick Psalm, didn’t do my usual praise song before I read, and did not have a chance to pray. When we…