Archive for the ‘Devotions’ Category

Celebrating love—real love

Celebrating love—real love

I’m debuting my redesigned blog today with the theme, “Color your perspective in Christ.” And because it’s Valentine’s Day, you know what color was just begging to be featured—
RED. For [Continue reading…]

Crazy Believing—A Way of Life

Crazy Believing—A Way of Life

A Mother’s Day gift helped confirm it.  God wanted “Crazy Believing” to be a way of life for me.
Many of you know my story, how God’s been prodding me out of my [Continue reading…]

Spiritual Attack? Praise Him!

Spiritual Attack?  Praise Him!

There’s something about spiritual attacks I’d bet we’d all agree on—they’re no fun.  I was reminded this past weekend in Billings, Montana.  It was the kickoff event for Women of Faith’s Imagine [Continue reading…]

Friday to Sunday

Friday to Sunday

From Good Friday to Resurrection Day, my emotions run the gamut.  On Friday, it’s all about Jesus’ death on the cross.  When I read anew what He went through—from His arrest to [Continue reading…]

More than Conquerors

Some Bible truths evoke more excitement than others. I taught a workshop recently called “Who am I?” and listed on a whiteboard several words that define who we are in Christ, such [Continue reading…]

You are Significant and Important

“Do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Luke 12:7 (NASB)
I brought my Bible to my desktop computer yesterday to respond to a message a woman had sent me, [Continue reading…]

A Heart Change for Valentine's Day

Seventeen years ago, Bill and I were—as the older generation might call it—shackin’. When we graduated in 1991 and moved from D.C. to Madison, Wisconsin to begin our careers, the thought never [Continue reading…]

Moving "Me" Aside, Pt. 2

Well, last week’s devotion was challenging, based on your feedback. It certainly challenged me—the very next day. It was a small thing. My daughter wanted to bake cookies from scratch, and she [Continue reading…]

Moving "Me" Aside

Me. It’s one of the smallest words in the English language, and its counterpart—I—is even smaller. Yet, they seem to control much of what we do. The default position in life tends [Continue reading…]

Women of Faith

You all probably remember the Crazy Believing devotion last month. I posted it on a Monday, and two days later, the thing I was Crazy Believing about came to pass! It’s still [Continue reading…]