Prayer and Thanksgiving The scrolling took me by surprise. I wouldn’t believe that I was still scrolling through social media when I had a ton of work to do. My heart felt heavy as I closed my phone and put it aside. I pulled out my Bible. The whole reason I had gotten up early was to read and pray before the kids were up and getting ready for school. When I looked at the clock I realized that it…
3 Things to Think About When You Look Back Stepping into the future with hope means we have found a home in God. It also means we look back and remember all God has done for us. Our story isn’t over, but by looking at Moses’s story we can take comfort in knowing that ultimately the story isn’t about us. Record where God has you today. Then look back to where He has already led you. In remembering we can…
Three Things God Already Knows In 2020 we all watched the news unfold about a new virus. Plans were canceled. Countries were closed. Flights landed and never took off again. People lost so much. Their jobs, their loved ones, and security. In so much uncertainty I remember wondering how this would change my own life. Turns out it shifted everything on the outside and even shifted something inside of me as well. Only a few years prior to this our…
5 Things Prayer Shifts in Your Heart Have you ever been going about your life and suddenly God seems to speak to you through a variety of different ways? A song. A devotional book. A friend. A sermon. It seems like He is saying the same thing through all of this. I’ve had this happen to me several times in my life but really for the past year I’ve read and seen and heard about one thing. Prayer. The Importance…