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The older I get, the more focused I become on prayer—the amazing privilege of talking to the Creator of the Universe, the omnipotent, all-powerful, compassionate God.

Early on in my walk of faith, I thought that God already had everything…

With Father’s Day approaching, we want to take time to value dads. Proverbs 20:7 states, “The godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children who follow them.” Thank you, dads, for being that example.

We appreciate how dads protect and…

You’ve heard of the last supper. Well, this was the last breakfast. 

It was over. Jesus was gone. Peter had given three years of his life for what? It was not supposed to turn out this way. They were going…

In my pursuit of joy this year, I have noticed that folks in my counseling office who have sustained a lot of trauma, and that includes me, have a hard time entering into joy. If something good happens, we find…

Since my word for the year is joy, more specifically Choose Joy, I’m investigating ways to live in that space. Last week, I looked at how important perspective is. I believe it makes all the difference. And this story about…

Did your mother ever tell you that attitude was everything? My mother-in-law told me that attitude was mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter! But the truth is that I can “mind” too much. We can let…

My word for the 2026 is “Joy.” But then I realized that so much gets in the way of that, from our inward negativity bias to outward news headlines. So, I added “Choose” to my word for the year to…

Prayer has been my focus for the first month of this new year. I actually want it to be my focus for the rest of my life. Here is a prayer quote by Andrew Murrray: “Prayer is not a monologue,…

In this New Year, I am setting my goal to pray more. Truth is, I pray a lot. But I want to present my prayers, and not “worry” them. I don’t want to come to God full of fear and…

I found this in a file and realized how much I need it for the New Year. Maybe you can benefit from these truths as well.

When you are the neediest, God is most sufficient.

When you are completely helpless,…