Resources
Freedom from shame; my story of God’s redemption
God’s amazing grace and power has changed my life, which is why I’m willing to be so transparent in this short film produced by the team at RUUT.co.
How To Handle Discouragement (A Lesson from Nehemiah)
Have you ever started on a big project and were unable to finish it because you got discouraged? Projects like running a race, remodeling a room in your home or writing a book are often plagued with challenges. Maybe you are an artist or an entrepreneur. I find that...
Aiming Our Hearts Toward God
When we run away from idolatry and toward God, our hearts are aimed toward his. When our hearts are aimed toward his, we can receive all that he has for us.
Learning to Share the Gospel like Paul
With the help of Betty Crocker and her fudge brownie mix, I am told I make the world's best brownies. They are so popular, I make two boxes at a time. They usually disappear shortly after they come out of the oven and before the wonderful aroma of warm chocolate...
Do Good for All People
The Apostle Paul frequently wrote on the theme of doing good for all people. When Paul talks about the freedom we have in Christ, he essentially says it is expressed through doing good things. In Thessalonians, it says, "And as for you, brothers and sisters, never...
Jesus’ Family is Our Church Family
Today I want to talk about our church family and the family of God, because I recently read this passage about Jesus' family and it made me think. When you watch a beautiful family, it's incredibly inspiring, isn't it? If you're blessed to have one of those, it's a...
The Proof of Genuine Faith: What We Do Matters to God
We have bumper stickers and Christian messages everywhere in our culture. Some have email address that are Christianized, like "IBelieveInJesusMySavior@howaboutyou.com." But what good is it if we display or say those things but don't show it in our lives? Our faith,...
Who is God’s favorite? What the Bible says about favoritism.
We all have a tendency to show favoritism, don't we? We have a tendency to treat some people better than we treat others. I am grateful that God is not like us. The issue of favoritism shows up in the Bible often. In James 2, he...
The Generosity of Nehemiah
I believe the world is hurting. One way that I think we can show our hurting world the loving God we serve is through our generosity. The world deeply longs to see more cheerful and generous givers, so I want to write about generosity today from the Old Testament. I...
Where Sin is Born
Do you ever feel like someone else is making you behave badly? I do, I think we all do. In reading James 1 today, though, I realized that I can't blame God for my failures. I can't blame Satan or even all of the clever demons or spiritual warfare. I can't blame evil...
Speak Life! (A Study of James 3)
Words have tremendous power to hurt and to help. They can discourage, they can cause anger, they can cause separation, but words can also heal, they can encourage, they can lift up, and they can empower someone else. Words have an enormous amount of power. When I was...
Earthly Wisdom vs. Heavenly Wisdom
When I moved to California from Puerto Rico, I was 16 years old, and I came with a vocabulary of English words. In Puerto Rico, they teach children from kindergarten through high school English, so I came packed with knowledge of the English language. I had a lot of...
