As we enter the New Year, many will be making goals, resolutions, and dreaming big dreams. I want to simply this year with my “New Year’s Resolution.” I am going to chose ONE WORD to focus my heart. A word to move me forward. A word to help me remember the past. A word to direct me.  And help keep me on track for my dreams for 2016. A word God can use to draw me closer to Him.  I also…

As the month of November comes to a close, we can reflect back on a month of FAITH. Faith isn’t just free-falling into the unknown. Faith is more of a settled calm. An assurance, not in our future, but the God who lives with us. A God who never fails.  Faith isn’t trusting only during the good times, but the bad times as well. Instead of looking at the impossible and asking God to move, ask God to come in and remind…

Genesis 15:1, 5-6 – “After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: ‘Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great….And he {God} brought him outside and said, ‘Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.’ Then he {God} said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’ And he {Abram} believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.” Abraham waited for his…

Work. Work. Work. The secret to working hard is…. 1. Don’t sleep. 2. Give up fun things. 3. Add more things to your list. Are you still reading? Good. Because I have to confess, no one needs to read about getting more work completed. Or giving up sleep to get it all done. We do that fine by ourselves. Instead, we need encouragement to slow down and to be at peace. Maybe that’s why so many popular articles are focused on rest. Rightly so, I…