Crazy Elevators – Finding Peace in Believing

January 24, 2012

When God is stretching my faith, and He is asking me to take steps outside of my comfort zone, I have the same reoccurring dream – Elevators. When I dream about elevators, I’m always apprehensive to walk in them. They look unstable and ready to plummet to the earth. Though my mind is screaming for [...]

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Verse Meditation: Genesis 1.4

January 22, 2012

The Light in Darkness “And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness” (Genesis 1.4 NKJV). God spoke light into existence on the first day He created the heavens and the earth. He divided the light from the darkness, but Scripture never says that He created the darkness. Because God [...]

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The Walking

January 15, 2012

I began the Bible fresh for the New Year. I dove into God’s perfect creation and His gift of free-will to His beloved people made in His image. I saw human’s embrace of sin and the consequent corruption of God’s perfect design. After Cain killed his brother, Abel; Eve gave birth to Seth, the son [...]

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Internet Cafe: Bushy Eyebrows

January 9, 2012

While my husband drove us home from church, I sat irritated in the passenger seat. The sermon was amazing as usual – all about expecting “greatness” from God. This reminder used to encourage me; but after six years of waiting for God to publish my first book, I felt disillusioned. I’ve been down this road [...]

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Eternal Echoes

January 1, 2012

“Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven” (Matthew 18.18 NASB). One afternoon, I found myself driving solo in my car, which is rare for a mommy of three young kids. When I’m alone, my [...]

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Crushed

December 25, 2011

“Jesus replied, ‘Now the time has come for the Son of Man to enter into his glory. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives’” (John 12.23-24 NLT) (emphasis added). [...]

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Dirty, Beautiful Feet

December 18, 2011

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! – Isaiah 52.7 (NLT) I’m in the kitchen a lot. It seems that I’m always cooking or cleaning something in that space. I think when [...]

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Day 40: Why Jesus?

December 14, 2011

Lessons I Learned from Reality TV & MMA “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3.16 NLT). One of the producers from the CMT Show was driving me to our next location, [...]

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Day 39: The Glory of Crushing

December 13, 2011

Lessons I learned from Reality TV & MMA “And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering” (Romans 8.17 NLT). I trained hard to be an MMA fighter. I [...]

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Day 38: A Warrior

December 12, 2011

Lessons I learned from Reality TV & MMA “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6.12 NLT). When I first met my lead trainer, he asked me if [...]

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