Do It Anyway Just last month I wrote this in my journal: “I don’t feel like reading my Bible this morning. Nor do I feel like praying…Feelings overwhelm me at this moment. Feelings of justified anger. Frustration. Weariness with how we are being treated. I’m so tired of not having support.” Maybe you’ve thought about similar things in your life. Like what in the world is God doing and how can I move past those feelings? Can I let you…
The Hidden Work of Prayer When the medical brigade came to Honduras last month I found myself in an unusual place. If you aren’t familiar with our ministry my husband and I are part of a team. We host teams from the U.S. regularly during the year. Our biggest team is from the organization called Medical Missions Outreach. In July we hosted a team of sixty people from the U.S. During the week they were here, the team served over…
The Best Journals to Buy to Write God’s Word Recently I shared about several different ways we can journal God’s word. In this article I encourage you to just use what you have laying around – even a blank spiral notebook would work! However, if you are overwhelmed with where to start with this method, I want to let you know you aren’t alone. When I was first starting out I was too afraid of not doing it “right” I…
5 Minute Prayers for Hope One of the things God has taught me over the years has been to pray for the things I want. I’m not talking about having a genie in the bottle. I’m not talking about asking God for things. I’m saying we need to ask for the things God wants to give us. If you know me a little bit you know I very much believe in the sovereignty of God. In fact, I pretty much…