When He called Joshua into the Promised Land, God reminded him that he wasn’t alone. Joshua could obey God with strength and courage, by focusing on God, not on the obstacles. Over and over throughout scripture, God tells us not to be afraid and He reminds us of the reason WHY… because HE IS WITH US. Joshua could have been overwhelmed with fear; this was a HUGE undertaking! God, in His sovereignty, knew this would be hard for Joshua. His mentor and leader, Moses, had passed a

The outpouring of encouragement has been overwhelming since I shared my diagnosis of cancer. So many sweet words and prayers are being said! One phrase that keeps blowing me away is when people say, "Your faith is so strong". When we’re kids or new Christians we think we will “grow up” and “be better” and “not struggle” once we learn all the “right things”… and then we beat ourselves up when we fear and doubt and fail. What I’m learning is that I'm still the same, broken, fla

Sometimes when I pray, I’ll be honest, I find it hard to come up with the words for what I want to say. There have been many times when the only thing that comes to mind is “Jesus”. Sometimes that’s all I say. God has been continually bringing my focus back to not only the name of Jesus, but to all the other names we use for Him. We posted a graphic a couple weeks ago with just a few of those names. God challenged me to look at the names used for Him that may not be as famili