Be Strong and Take Heart
Try this, turn on the song Oceans with instrumental or other song with instrumental (no vocals) that brings you into a place of praise and worship…
Traci Frees
Why the Dove?
I was watching our backyard bird feeder from my desk and noticed something very interesting about the Dove. We have a family of small Finches…
The Life of the Heart
Let’s continue our examination of freedom from mental anguish. The study below deals with our hearts and spiritual blocks that can take us off course…
Mental Anguish & Obsessions
Jesus said, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me” (John 14:1). Below are two videos that can bring…
You Are Not Hidden
So many think God has forgotten them. So many think there is no hope. So many have been attacked by these lies through spiritual warfare…
Fear, Rumination, & Self-Pity
These three states of mental anguish (fearing, ruminating, and indulging in self-pity) really pack a punch. Let’s define these in order to understand them and…
Way Not Hidden from the Lord
For those who are seeking the Lord and feeling restless where they are, take hope, your path is not hidden from the Lord. He is…
The Simplicity of Surrender
In all we do and struggle with, His grace covers us. I hope it blesses your hearts and encourages you as you continue to walk…
When Your Call is Devalued
Are you discouraged in your role at work or at home? Are you striving for a promotion that just doesn’t seem to materialize? Be not…
Courage to Keep Going
Whether we are dealing with challenges in our lives related to daily living, relationships, career, personal challenges, or in our spiritual walk, God is the…
Be Thou My Vision
Sometimes a simple, classic hymn can draw one away from the noise of the world and into divine worship of God. Be Thou My Vision…
What is a Shepherd?
I came upon this video that vividly explains how Jesus is the Good Shepherd of our souls! If you are lost and undone, watch this…
Jesus, Salvation, & Baptism
For those who don’t fully understand the whole Jesus and Salvation reality, please see this movie. In the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John…
Advice for Living Today
Let us look to the Holy Bible as the roadmap for navigating in our world today. Be not discouraged, beloveds. If you know God through…
From Grief Re-lived to Relieved
For a long season I went about wondering, “Why am I so sad?” I finally began to notice the pattern. Pictures of devastating loss and…
In Awe of God
Take heart, oh weary one. Do not be tossed about with the noise of the world. Look unto the author and perfecter of your faith:…
His Peace Stabilizes
When you do not see ahead, when you are surrounded by loss and grief, when you are filled with joy and rejoicing, when you are…
Broken Hearted
Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil. For any who have suffered loss, disappointment, or discouragement.…
Ponder These Things
Luke 1:39-55 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house…
Do I Love God Enough
For a long season I have questioned whether I love God enough. I wrestle with what Paul did when he said that which I don’t…
What Do Chickens Know
Did you know that hens talk or cluck to their chicks whilst they are still in their eggs? As the chicks grow older and develop…
Longing Fulfilled
Oh God, this longing for Thee is quenched by nothing else in the world – whether substances, materials, or actions to appease our flesh, whether…
What’s in Your Mouth is Nothing
While letting three backyard hens run in the yard one morning, one of them picked up a piece of plastic and began to celebrate. Thinking…