I was going through every dollar in the bank and I knew that God was preventing me from finding a job. Was He looking the other way, not noticing my need? I'd been walking closely with Him long enough to know there was a good reason, but my heart was jumpy and my mind anxious. There had been 2 other times He had led me to leave a job completely on faith. In both those circumstances, He moved me into the next job right away!  What was I doing wrong? Was I not hearing Him? Hadn't he said to resign from the position? Did I have some curse that needed to be broken? I thought I'd p ..read more

Could you for a moment be as still as an oak and let me come into your Kingdom of one hundred thousand leaves? Could I be covered by your one hundred thousand branches, a network of directions pointing everywhere at once? Could I feel you hide me in a hug of green where I feel with clean air like so much blue in a sky, so much water in a creek, drinking all I need? I am weary with running, caring, lifting on this burden-bearing dirt of Earth. Let me come up higher into your steel-strong, alive presence and have it wrap a high cool blanket of rest around my soul where I see from the top branche ..read more

Do you have soul-hurt?  I used to carry so much hurt, that it began shaping my feelings, thinking, and choices. I didn't know what to do with the pain of past events - trauma, verbal abuse, fearful things.  I couldn't 'get over' or move past what had happened in one day before the next day was beginning. I felt like I had to emotionally run to keep up but was lagging way behind.  Once I told someone that I felt like I'd been walking a rocky road so long that my feet were bloody. At one point, I couldn't even pray! All I knew was to try to keep going into the next day, and t ..read more

When I realized that God was calling me to waltz with Him, it sort of stopped me in my tracks. It challenged my ideas about God and I found myself thinking about dancing.   Dancing with Daddy My first dancing was with my Daddy as a very little girl. He would hold my hands, tell me to place my little feet on his feet, and then he would easily move his feet around. I would naturally go where he went. I felt like a dancing princess, all smiles, moving but with my little feet placed firmly on his, my little toes gripping so as not to fall off. I had no idea the direction he would take next, b ..read more

Have you ever been reading something casually and suddenly stopped to re-read a sentence? I love getting stopped in my tracks by a good writer! I was reading in Hebrews recently and got "stopped" by 2 little sentences that said... For we have heard the good news of deliverance just as they did, yet they didn't join their faith with the word. Instead what they heard didn't affect them deeply, for they doubted. - Hebrews 4:2 Wait. They didn't what? They didn't join their faith with the word.   In an age of "information overload," it's so easy to hear something without really hearing it ..read more

I magnify the Lord! For who He is, for how He is for me! He shines His love in my life  And I am whole and energized! Oh God, there is none like You! You make the nations shake And yet you hold me close to Your heart. Oh God, You are pure love!  Your heart of compassion floods my soul So that I can love You And love others made in Your image. Oh God, You know me intimately! You pry into every place in my heart So that there's nothing that can come between us. You are always pouring more freedom into me! Oh God, Your grace abounds! You empower me with Your presence. Nothing is impossi ..read more

Today, December 31st as I was seeking the Lord, He gave me this word to share with you. Let's welcome 2021 together in the Spirit of Jesus!  "2021 is going to be an amazing year for believers everywhere. I, Jesus, am lifting up and raising up those no one expects anything of to be My voice in the earth. In the coming months, you will see Me turn watered-down religious services and programs into deep, rich, and satisfying barrels of Heavenly wine! A new wine for a new people who will be sent throughout the earth proclaiming the goodness and the power of God to bless people everywhere.  ..read more

Each Monday, I host a live broadcast on Facebook at 9:00 am EST in my private Facebook group called Power Up, Prayer, & Positive Mindsets for Women. This includes about 15 minutes of teaching and prayer with a focus to strengthen you to live your purpose and know how to deal with the challenges that come. In a recent broadcast, I taught on dealing with fear by aligning our thoughts with God's thoughts and share a recent personal story from my own life - a recent spiritual battle I fought and won!   We each have about 70,000 thoughts a day, yet we actually have the power to choose our ..read more

There's nothing that means more to me than feeling a closeness to God. It's what we were born to know! But how do we get there? How do we cultivate a deeper relationship with Him and maintain it? What things hinder that closeness with Him?  In my Facebook Group, I recently taught on this and you can watch the replay right here.   You Reflect What You Focus On There's a spiritual principle that says we are "near" to whatever we are focused on. We also begin to resemble (look like, reflect) what we are focused on.  Since we are made in God's image, our lives are designed ..read more

That Kitchen Floor. I remember when it was normal for me to follow whatever thoughts came into my mind. I lived in a static state of fear - and honestly, so much had happened in my life that was threatening mentally, emotionally, and physically that it was hard to think positively and live above it. I did my best to maintain a positive outlook and I kept praying. But there were days where I would lie on my face on the kitchen floor in tears.  God's help would come when I would pray and especially when I would sing. Old hymns I'd learned as a child like "The Solid Rock" or "Great Is Thy Fa ..read more