Have you ever felt like a fasting failure? Maybe you broke your fast early, couldn’t complete a church-wide fast, or felt ashamed because your body wouldn’t cooperate the way it used to. In this post full of encouragement for Christian women, we explore what Scripture really says about fasting, humility, and God’s grace. Biblical fasting is not about performance—and God is not disappointed in you.
Read MoreFasting is talked about often in churches today—but Scripture shows us that not all fasting is acceptable to God. In Isaiah 58 and Matthew 6, the Lord makes something very clear: fasting has never been about performance. It has always been about your “why”, your heart posture. If you’ve ever wondered what makes a fast truly biblical, this post walks carefully through what God accepts—and what He rejects.
Read MoreBeing a woman of God isn’t a secret that only a few uncover. Discover what God had to say to me about being a biblical woman in an ungodly world.
Read MoreGod can use everything in our lives to grow us but some things will slow us. We need to evaluate how we spend our time, our choice of reading material, and our heart to discover if there is room in our lives for both the Bible and Christian fiction.
Read MoreOur beliefs come from those we allow to speak into our lives. We must come to a point that we are no longer satisfied with what others tell us to believe. Instead, we need to begin to search Scripture for ourselves.
Read MoreDoes God play favorites? Does He love some of his children more than others? If so, why? How do you get to be one of the chosen ones? What to do when you feel God plays favorites and you worry you will never be one of them.
Read MoreBefore God created us, He gave each one of us a specific purpose. In a surprising way, God used my son’s track career to bring this biblical truth home. Learning to run the race of faith.
Read MoreHave you gotten out of balance with your spiritual gifts and fruit? Because it is easy to get off track and lose our balance, let’s look at what the Bible says about spiritual gifts and spiritual fruit and how both are manifested in our lives.
Read MoreWhen going through a battle, one thing we can count on is someone telling us to “count it all joy”. Are they wrong? What is biblical joy and how can we take an account of it when our situation is less than ideal?
Read MoreBiblical fasting is a spiritual discipline with amazing blessings. As we study Jesus’ 40-day fast we see how to handle temptations, what we can expect during and after a fast, and when to draw the line.
Read MoreA mature Christian woman doesn't consistently incorporate these habits into her life religiously or legalistically but as an act of love and a desire to draw closer to Jesus. Christian maturity is a process that happens one decision at a time.
Read MoreEveryone gets tempted (James 1:13-14) so we need to learn to deal with temptation biblically before it becomes sin. When we are tempted, the decisions we make decide our future; we either draw closer to God or further from him. The good news is that if we will turn to God, he will provide a way out of the temptation.
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