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  • Spiritual Reflection Questions
    Purposeful Living

    10 Spiritual Reflection Questions for Growth and Renewal

    April 23, 2025 /

    Every three months, I set aside time to reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m going.  I use this time to rewrite my goals and ask God to give me a vision for the upcoming season.  Today, I’m sharing the spiritual reflection questions I use during these times. Space for Asking Spiritual Reflection Questions Four times each year—at set dates—I take time to step back and reflect on life. I’ve been doing this since I was 17.  As a teenager, these seasonal dates reflected the shift from one athletic season to the next. After graduating from high school, I used this time to reflect on my college goals.  Later,…

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    What If This Interruption Is a Divine Assignment?

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    How to Bear Fruit When You Feel Worn and Weary

    June 14, 2023
  • Overcoming Trials

    God Knows Your Pain and Cares About Your Suffering

    February 5, 2025 /

    Several years ago, our family endured a painful series of events.  I felt alone and forgotten by God when a friend gently said, “God knows your pain, and he hasn’t left your side.” Her words carried me through that dark season. Join me as I stroll down our country road, reflect on my journey, and explore God’s purpose for pain and suffering. God Knows Your Pain The forest shivers as the first signs of a cold front exhales over the rolling fields surrounding me. Above, a ragged edge of cirrus clouds warns us of what’s to come. We’re in the thick of winter in this part of the world.  I…

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    Seeing God Through Pain and Suffering: 5 Unexpected Things God Is Doing in the Dark

    November 28, 2018

    Prayers for Broken Hearts: 5 Prayers for Comfort and Healing

    April 17, 2024

    15 Scriptures to Destroy the Works of the Enemy

    October 4, 2023
  • Bible Truth for Everyday Life

    A Free 2025 New Year Devotional to Help You Connect With God

    December 26, 2024 /

    Do you want to start 2025 by renewing your commitment to spend time with God?  Today, I have a free 2025 New Year devotional for you.  Mornings With Jesus will help you connect with Jesus every morning for the next 31 days! I originally wrote this devotional several years ago, but I have updated it once again.  If you are looking for a devotional to help you start the new year with God, this is a powerful tool to lead you into his presence. Why I Wrote This 2025 New Year Devotional I spent years reading my Bible and practicing a morning devotional routine without regularly encountering God in the…

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    4 Prayers for Joy and Peace This Christmas and Beyond

    December 25, 2024

    God Is Sufficient When You’re Weak, Worn, and Weary

    August 3, 2022

    How to Show Gratitude Toward God When Life Is Tough: 3 Practical Ways

    August 18, 2021
  • Purposeful Living

    How to Renew Your Mind From Negative Thoughts

    November 27, 2024 /

    I recently set out on a slow walk down our country road as the sun set behind the barren maple forest.  I had no way of knowing that the walk was going to be a lesson in renewing my mind.  Perhaps you need this space as well.  Maybe you need to lean into learning how to renew your mind from negative thoughts. As I walked, I noticed that the tree line had turned gray with winter. I’m not ready for these long, dark winter months, I thought. I cringed at the thought of long evenings inside the house and whiteouts rolling in from the west. How to Renew Your Mind…

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    16 Practical Ways to Keep Your Heart on Fire for God

    August 30, 2023

    How to Glorify God in Your Body: 5 Practical Ways

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  • Purposeful Living

    How to Keep Your Joy in the Lord: 7 Ways

    June 26, 2024 /

    Daylight met us without hesitation today—clear and blue as infinity.  As I sat beside the window and prepared for another day, I felt the heaviness in my chest and realized my joy was lacking.  Perhaps you can relate.  You want to learn how to keep your joy in the Lord even when life feels challenging. In challenging times, it’s easy to take our eyes off God and get swept into the stress and anxiety surrounding us. How to Keep Your Joy in the Lord As I reflected on this tendency this morning, two familiar words came to mind: “Martha, Martha. . .” These two words come to mind often:  When…

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    5 Practical Ways to Sit at Jesus’ Feet

    September 1, 2021

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    May 12, 2021

    5 Prayers for Insecurity: When You Wonder If You Fit in

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  • Transformation

    Keys to Spiritual Growth: 4 Ways to Develop Spiritual Maturity

    April 10, 2024 /

    Last spring, the week after we bought a new furnace, I walked into the laundry room to discover a sudsy, wet floor.  The washing machine had broken, too.  Of course.  As I stared at the soapy water, I had no idea that God was going to use the situation to remind me of several life-changing keys to spiritual growth. Keys to Spiritual Growth As I moved boxes and began sopping up the water with beach towels, I calculated the cost of a new washing machine and thought, When it rains, it pours. Later that evening, as I lay in bed and reviewed the events of the day, I remembered the…

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    10 Bible Verses for Burnout (Including Practical Ways to Recover)

    August 29, 2018

    How Waiting on God Just Might Open the Doors of Abundance

    October 17, 2018

    5 Prayers for God’s Guidance in Uncertain Times

    December 15, 2020
  • Overcoming Trials

    4 Practical Ways to Overcome Fear With Faith

    January 10, 2024 /

    Welcome to our second post in the Set Free series.  Today, we’ll talk about how to overcome fear with faith.  This series offers a taste of what you’ll find in my paperback book, Lean Into Grace. And now, let’s talk about rising above our greatest fears. How to Overcome Fear With Faith Through the frosted windowpane, the world is colored by shapes.  An angular patch of green breathes life into the dull surroundings where the neighbor has tended to her plot of earth.  The C-shaped stretch of curving country road delineates the wild from the tame. I get lost in the scene and feel like I’ve stepped out of the latest…

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    The Truth About God and Your Emptiness in Life

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    April 4, 2018
  • Transformation

    How to Be Transformed by Grace—and Why Willpower Doesn’t Work

    January 3, 2024 /

    I sit beneath the snowy hemlocks and search the forest for any hint of movement.  God breathes in shades of grey today—smoky clouds rolling overhead while translucent ice encompasses the frozen world.  I’ve come to the woods because I’m feeling stuck, and I need to connect with the Creator so that I might be transformed by grace. Today, I feel stuck in the grip of a habit I can’t seem to break. I feel defeated and wonder if I’ll ever find victory over this besetting sin. I’ve been mustering all the willpower I can gather; however, much to my dismay, willpower seems to be failing me. I spent the first…

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    How Waiting on God Just Might Open the Doors of Abundance

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    January 8, 2019

    Falling Behind in Life: Permission to Be Where You Are

    March 29, 2023
  • Purposeful Living

    Transform Your Life With These 5 Prayers for the New Year

    December 27, 2023 /

    The wind howls all day—rattling the windowpanes and nearly bending the old poplar to its breaking point.  We watch through ice-glazed glass while the Christmas lights blaze white on the mantle.  I have no idea that stepping into the white world is about to help me begin praying focused prayers for the New Year. “You’re not thinking of taking your daily walk today, are you, Mom?” a little voice prods. “Are you worried about me?” I ask, turning from the window where the snow is swirling in small whirlwinds across the yard. “You shouldn’t go out in this,” our young son declares protectively.  “The TV said it’s 40-below zero with…

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    3 Unconventional Ways to Worship God While You Work

    September 2, 2020

    A Free 2024 New Year Devotional to Help You Grow With God

    December 26, 2023
  • Bible Truth for Everyday Life

    14 Free Devotionals for Women Who Want to Grow With God

    November 15, 2023 /

    Would you like to connect with God in deeper ways and experience his presence like never before?  I hope to help you encounter God in ways that transform your life forever.  For this reason, I have written a collection of free devotionals for women.  I pray these devotionals bless you deeply and lead you closer to God’s heart of love for you. Free Devotionals for Women Below, you will find a collection of free resources to help you connect with God in your daily devotional time, bolster your prayer life, and provide healing in difficult seasons.  I pray these words bless you and lead you straight into the arms of…

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    5 Tools for the Days When Your Quiet Time With Jesus Is Boring

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    3 Reasons You Might Have “Misheard” God’s Voice

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Lean Into Grace

Are you tired of feeling stuck in some area of your life? God wants to work in your life to accomplish what you've been unable to achieve through willpower alone. Let Lean Into Grace lead you into God's love as he heals your heart, refreshes your soul, and sets you free.

A mother-daughter shared devotional journal just for teen girls and moms!

This mother-daughter devotional helps moms and daughters discuss tricky topics, including purity, peer pressure, dating, and more, while also leading them both closer to God.

I also offer more than a dozen free eBooks and online devotionals!

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Recent Posts

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  • 6 Prayers for Loving Others Even When They’re Hard to Love
  • 7 Powerful Scriptures for Spiritual Attacks
  • What Is the Spirit of Offense & How to Overcome It
  • 12 Ways to Destroy the Works of the Devil
  • 10 Spiritual Reflection Questions for Growth and Renewal
  • Is God Calling You to a Balanced Life? (10 Insightful Scriptures on Balance in Life)
  • The Secret No One Tells You in Your Lowest Moment
  • 14 Free Devotional Books to Help You Grow With God
  • A Free 2024 New Year Devotional to Help You Grow With God
  • How to Cling to the Lord When You'd Rather Cling to Control
  • Your Pain Has a Purpose, and This Is Part of It . . .
  • How to Find Freedom From Your Secret Sins
  • How to Stop Worrying and Trust God in Tough Times
  • The Lie You Might Believe if You're in the Refining Fire

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