The Furnace of Affliction: Book Review
The Furnace of Affliction by Horace Williams Jr. helps readers discover how God uses pain to accomplish His purpose in us and shares how pain develops our faith, determines our path, deepens our commitment to God, and brings us comfort, joy, and peace. Williams...
Slaying the Giant of Fear: Book Review
by Krissy Nelson helps readers fight fear by sharing three supernatural weapons David used to defeat Goliath. The first part of the book shares the problem of fear and how we need to recognize it and face it with truth. Fear tries to redirect our focus from Jesus and...
God is Doing a New Thing
Ash tickles my skin as it drifts aimlessly, settling in thick, variegated layers on my car. Smoke eclipses the morning sun and chokes the day. There’s a profound, uneasy feeling in my soul. The world is so different now. The pandemic has forever changed our lives in...
5 Ways to Renew Hope so you can Write
It’s been over five years since I pressed publish on my first blog post. I love to write posts that answer questions I have about living out my faith. It’s always rewarding to find a trail of answers in God’s Word and share what I’ve learned with others. Some of the...
Too Good to Be False: Book Review
Too Good to Be False: How Jesus' Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality by Tom Gilson takes a fresh approach to help others understand the reality of Jesus by accounting for the things Christ didn’t do. This book helped me appreciate the uniqueness of Christ being...
Anyone But Me: Book Review
Anyone but Me by Ray Comfort shares 10 ways to overcome fear and share the gospel. Comfort writes about his many experiences evangelizing by interviewing people for his Youtube channel. He also worked with Kirk Cameron as the cohost of the TV program,...
Reborn: Book Review
“Impossible is where Jesus does his best work. Are you facing an impossible situation? Something you can’t fix? A problem you can’t solve? Then you’re in the perfect position to see Jesus perform a miracle because a miracle doesn’t happen until there’s a mess that...
50 Scriptures That Will Help You Communicate
Have you found communication to be frustrating? Do you try to work out conflicts with your loved ones or those particularly difficult people in your life only to find yourself suddenly in a quarrel? When we find ourselves in an unexpected argument it’s easy to speak...
Supernatural Courage: Book Review
Mickey Robinson was a nineteen-year-old professional skydiver when a plane crash left him with catastrophic injuries. In Supernatural Courage, Robinson shares how his near-death experience helped him discover spiritual bravery and live his life empowered by the Holy...
Warfare Prayers for Women: Book Review
Does your prayer life feel dry? I know mine felt a bit stagnant and so I decided to read Warfare Prayers for Women: Securing God's Victory in Your Life by Quin Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock. This book has a prayer for many different struggles and stages in...
Called Out: Book Review
You may have seen Paula Faris on ABC News, Good Morning America, or The View. In her book, Called Out: Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling Faris shares what she learned about God and herself as she followed her dream to become a successful broadcast...
How the Holy Spirit Magnifies His Presence
"But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom" (Corinthian 2:16). The Altamont Wind Farm is about a fifteen-minute drive from my home. Interstate 580 divides the...
Thriving in Love and Money: Book Review
In Thriving in Love and Money: 5 Game-Changing Insights about Your Relationship, Your Money, and Yourself, relationship researchers Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn discovered that money tension is not really about the money, but about how money makes us feel. 92 percent of...
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I’ve loved the Lord since I was seven-years-old. But for forty years of my Christian walk, fear ruled my life. I made a decision in 2014 to do everything I could to be the person God created me to be. I knew God wanted me to live with confidence in him and face some...
Don’t Overthink It: Book Review
In Don't Overthink It, Ann Bogel provides simple strategies and subtle shifts in perspective that will help overthinkers stop negative thought patterns. “What if instead of wasting our time overthinking, we focus on the good we might do?” I wanted to read this book...
Sorrento Girl: Book Review
Reading Sorrento Girl by Dawn Klinge was a peaceful escape for me during California's Shelter in Place order. Since all non-essential businesses are closed in CA at this time due to CLOVID-19, I found the historical references...
How the Holy Spirit Comforts You
Have you ever felt the comfort of the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit manifests the attributes of God in our lives. He can give us peace when peace is beyond understanding, and hope in the middle of crisis. Our world is experiencing great uncertainty due to COVID-19. I...
With All Your Heart: Book Review
With All Your Heart: Living Joyfully Through Allegiance to King Jesus helps Christians examine how our love for God is divided. Author Christine Hoover captured my attention with her transparent and relatable writing. “If our hearts are divided according to...
“I Am With You”
Friday was a day of cancellations. I canceled my writing conference to Mt. Hermon. My husband and I canceled our 24th-anniversary trip. My son’s band trip to Universal Studios was canceled. My daughter will not wear her new dress or the sparkly silver shoes that...
Fight Your Fears: Book Review
Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid by Kristen Wetherell helps readers fight their fears by cultivating the fear of the Lord. “When we no longer fear God as we ought the result is that we fear lesser things too...
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