Today, Steven and I are celebrating 22 years of marriage! I am so grateful for this man. He was an amazing answer to a heartfelt prayer of a girl who had given up on her ability to choose the man for her. Going through my second divorce, as I knelt down in my room at […]
Gospel of Grace
Happy Holiness
Have you ever heard the saying, “What you focus on grows”? When it comes to expressing my flawless identity in Christ, I have found this to be true. When we mess up, the natural tendency is to focus on our failure. The thing is, the more we focus on our failure, the worse we feel. […]
He Is Not Convicting You
If you are a Christian and are struggling with feelings of guilt over sins you’ve committed, then you need to stop it. Yes, I said, “Stop it!“ Maybe you think by feeling guilty you are somehow helping to pay for your sins. But this is not biblical and it’s certainly not the gospel of grace […]
Get out of Your Head and into Your Heart
Back in the spring of 2016, I was going through hard, hard circumstances on several different levels: health, family, and ministry. My emotions were raw, and the anxiety was so bad at times that I broke out in hives. Super spiritual, right? But Jesus did what He always does, not matter what is going on […]
Live Christ, Live Happy!
Are you a believer in Christ, but have this gnawing feeling that something is missing from your life? You can’t quite put your finger on it. All you know is that you aren’t experiencing the love, joy, and peace other believers seem to be experiencing. You’re not alone. I’ve felt it, too, and would venture […]
Your Settled Significance in Christ
True confession. Because of my fear of failure, I dropped out of college twice before I started the third time and stayed the course, earning my Bachelor of Science in Mathematics for Secondary Education. I made straight A’s in high school and couldn’t bear the thought of making anything less than perfect in college. And […]
Do You “Get” Grace?
Your love story with Jesus might be a bit like mine. I lived for over thirty years not knowing I became a brand-new person when I accepted Him. And because of not knowing who I was in Christ, I lived just like I wasn’t in Him. In 1997, while going through some heartbreaking circumstances, I began […]
How God is Changing Lives through Fifty Days in His Pursuing Love Devotional
In last week’s blog post, “What’s So Good about Friday, Part 1,” I told you that this week’s post would be Part 2. Sorry, but I won’t be sharing that today. Instead, I want to let you know how God is already changing lives through my newest book, Fifty Days in His Pursuing Love Devotional, […]
What’s So Good about Friday? Part 1
Today is Good Friday, the day when Christians around the world remember and reflect on Jesus Christ’s crucifixion at Calvary over 2,000 years ago. It might seem strange to some that we would refer to the unspeakable suffering that Christ went through on our behalf as “good.” But if He hadn’t gone to the cross, […]
The Final Facet of Forgiving Others
In my last post, “The First Facet of Forgiving Others,” I shared with you that the fundamental reason you are miserable when you don’t forgive others is that you are a brand-new creation in Christ. And because of your eternal spiritual union with Him, you are a ‘forgiven forgiver at heart.’ Any time you aren’t […]
