I have talked to God a lot this year about pleasing Him. I have a people-pleasing bent and He has been revealing it to me in the gentle way that He does. I sense we will be unpacking how I can please Him with my faith and fill that desire so that I don't spend exhaustive amounts of energy trying to please people when that was never my job.

Mary walked in obedience to the promise of God even when it didn't match her expectations.

Submission with a dash of stubborn faith is my recipe this Thanksgiving.

Whatever you may feel is closing in on you, whatever is surrounding you today, stop looking for it and look for God. Stop focusing on what's in front of you and focus on Who is with you.

We are to be a people of grace and truth as we wait for the coming of the Lord. We fight a spiritual battle with our unseen weapon: prayer.

“Don’t fret or worry” Yeah, that gets me every time too. “Instead of worrying, pray.” I love how Paul gets right to the point, short and...

God I believe You and because of that I can trust You so I am going to place all my hope in You.

When we plant God is able to make grace abound to us in all things at all times. He produces the fruit from the seeds we plant and He decides when and where it grows. What are you planting that maybe hasn't grown yet? Can you keep planting and believe God will make it from at the right time?

We can easily take our freedom for granted. Both our physical freedom in this country and our spiritual freedom cost a high price. Remember the opportunities both of these freedoms present. Don't let apathy keep you in the dark.

We devalue prayer a bit like we devalue motherhood. We don’t see prayer as an accomplishment in itself. In the same way that being a Mom isn’t often viewed as a “real job”, prayer isn’t a “real solution”.

Pouring our actually makes space for God to fill me with something better... Him.

Sin is sneaky, when I leave the door cracked, it pushes its way into my life.

I used to think that prayer was for really important things, and then I realized that to God, I am really important things.

When we shift our dependence from God’s shoulders to our own. It always leaves us feeling the weight of trying to define ourselves.

We tend to look at prayer just like we look at exercise to prepare us for swimsuit season. We pray as a reaction more than a mindset.

God wants to lead us daily. He wants our trust and our belief. Those are demonstrations of love. Rest waits for us inside trust.

Obedience requires that we release what we currently have before God fills our hands, and for a minute they look empty.

God wants to do a new thing, I have to let go of my expectations to receive His plans.

Are you confident in God’s ability to work things out? It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going on the foggy days.

We don’t have to live our best life here, our best life is later. Remembering keeps my grip on hope.