I love comfortable shoes. I love getting comfortable after a nine-hour day when all I want to do is put my feet up and relax. I also love comfortable situations in my own backyard when I know everyone, and everyone knows me. But I have to be careful. Sometimes it’s...

When reading the collection of praise Psalms (146-150), you'll see that Psalm 150 is the grand finale: "Let everyone and everything that has breath praise the Lord." Imagine the final moments of the firework show on the 4th of July - a continuous flow of mortars, the...

Seeking Him with our whole heart is pushing back the questions, stepping aside from the doubt, rolling up our sleeves, and doing the work. It's time to roll our path onto the Lord's, no matter what that looks like. It's time to repent and return.

I love the way Paul describes how we wait for our new bodies in Heaven. He compares our earthly bodies to tents, waiting for our buildings from God. We could take this imagery one step further and say that so many times, we have this reversed. We like to build our...

I get it - life is busy. We keep marching forward, days rolling into each other, and before we know it, it's a new week and another Monday. But with our forward motion and busy schedules, we can forget how important it is to be intentional in our relationship with God...

Scars. We all have them. There are the physical ones, like when my Uncle's motorcycle fell over on me and left a mark on my ankle. I have one on my wrist where they removed a cyst. And the one on my abdomen where they went in for laparoscopy surgery. These can be...

So many times, we think when we give up something to follow God, we will be shortchanged. Yet if we look to the covenant God made with Abraham, God did not ask him to give up anything that he was not going to replace. God promised Abraham a new land with offspring...

I think the first words out of my mouth were, "I can do it." I wanted to get dressed, tie my shoes, and ride my bike by myself.But the challenging part about growing up to be self-reliant and wanting to do everything on your own is learning to be dependent on God. And...

All of us either have children, grandchildren or know of someone who does that are going back to school. It has never been more critical than now to stay committed to praying for our children. They face the same battle we do each day, but they are not capable of...

Here are some of His many names...AlmightyI AMJehovah JirehAdonaiMasterYahwehThe Ancient of DaysThe Son of ManThe Alpha and OmegaConsuming FireThe PotterFatherRockSaviorLORDThank you, Lord, for this day! We praise You and lift Your name high! Amen