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  • Purposeful Living

    An Online Advent Devotional for Less Stress This December

    November 22, 2024 /

    Last year, I released an online Advent devotional to help others slow down, cultivate wonder, and connect with the Lord.  After receiving wonderful feedback, I made a few updates and am excited to release a second edition this year! Here’s a glimpse into this new online devotional.  I pray it blesses you deeply. Still My Soul: An Online Advent Devotional for Deeper Peace I sit with the dawn and let my thoughts gather.  The grey morning light lifts her sleepy head, and the thin air is embroidered with a crimson cardinal’s song.  My mind is scattered, and I feel like a woman who is stretched too thin.  I’m thinking about…

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  • Purposeful Living

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

    December 26, 2023 /

    Do you want to start 2024 by renewing your commitment to spend time with God?  Like me, maybe you enjoy reading from an Advent devotional throughout December, but you hit a wall when the devotional ends.  You feel a bit lost and aren’t sure what’s next.  I have fantastic news.  I have a free 2024 New Year devotional for you.  Mornings With Jesus will help you connect with Jesus every morning for the next 31 days! Why I Wrote This New Year Devotional I spent years reading my Bible and practicing a morning devotional routine without regularly encountering God in the process.  My devotional time felt more like homework than…

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    15 Bible Verses for Mothers and Daughters

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  • How to Be Still and Listen to God
    Transformation

    How to Be Still and Listen to God: 7 Practical Tips

    October 25, 2023 /

    Daylight finds us with an unseasonable chill, and we close the windows and wrap ourselves in fleece blankets. Pulling out my Bible, I flip to a familiar Psalm.  It reads, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).  I’ve been learning how to be still and listen to God for decades and have yet to master the practice. My mind has been racing again lately, and silencing my thoughts today feels next to impossible. Instead of being critical of my racing mind, I am kind to myself today.  I lean back and let the thoughts pass like clouds in a sapphire sky.  Finally, after several minutes, my mind…

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  • Purposeful Living

    16 Practical Ways to Keep Your Heart on Fire for God

    August 30, 2023 /

    We gathered around the campfire as fireflies illuminated the hoary breath of dusk.  As I watched the flames dance, I thought about my walk of faith and felt a deep desire to fan the flame of my passion for God.  I want to be a woman who is on fire for God, and when I feel the flame dwindling, I come back to today’s list of practices. On Fire for God Let’s get right to the heart of the matter today. I pray these practices will help you fan the flame, too. 16 Ways to Stay on Fire for God 1. Stay on fire for God by seeking him for…

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  • Purposeful Living

    How to Declutter Your Mind With God’s Help

    May 24, 2023 /

    Last night I took a walk beneath a canopy of beech trees as patches of fog hovered over the creek beside me.  I’d spent the week keeping up with the kids and trying to stay on top of a full schedule.  Desperate to sort through my thoughts and declutter my mind, the forest called me. Sometimes, it’s hard to know where to begin when it comes to sorting through our mental chaos. I go outside when my mind feels cluttered. As I watch the sun sink beneath the hills or listen to the sound of red squirrels gnawing on walnuts, my mind clears. Nature offers space to sort through my…

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  • Bible Truth for Everyday Life

    A Free New Year Devotional to Help You Start Strong

    December 26, 2022 /

    Do you want to start the year by renewing your commitment to spend time with God?  Like me, maybe you enjoy reading from an Advent devotional throughout December, but you hit a wall when the devotional ends.  You feel a bit lost and aren’t sure what’s next.  I have fantastic news.  I have a free New Year devotional for you.  Mornings With Jesus will help you connect with Jesus every morning for the next 31 days! Why I Wrote This New Year Devotional I spent years reading my Bible and practicing a morning devotional routine without regularly encountering God in the process.  My devotional time felt more like homework than…

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  • Bible Truth for Everyday Life

    5 Ways to Rest in God’s Presence: A Review of Just Rest

    April 29, 2022 /

    Snowflakes fall like a quiet benediction on a hushed spring morning.  I awaken feeling groggy after another night of tending to coughing children.  I’m desperate to rest in God’s presence this morning—to let his love wash over me and fill the empty places. Opening Melanie Redd’s new book, Just Rest: A 90 Day Devotional Journal, I read the following words: “True rest for the soul, however, comes from one place only—and that involves walking in the good way.  This is the path we choose when we walk close to Jesus.  The pathway to rest is found in Him alone.” We live in a culture in which hurry and hustle are…

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  • Transformation

    How to Hear God’s Voice: 4 Keys

    September 29, 2021 /

    Do you want to learn to hear God’s voice and stay in step with him as you make decisions?  God wants to reveal himself to us and teach us how to discern his quiet whispers. How to Hear God’s Voice Today, we’ll begin by discussing the most common ways God speaks to us.  Then, we’ll explore a practical way to create space for listening to God.  Let’s start with the ways God often speaks. 1. God speaks through his written Word. Most reliably, God speaks through his written Word. Has a Bible verse ever jumped off the page as if it were written just for you? Have you ever felt…

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  • Transformation

    14 Free Devotional Books to Help You Grow With God

    May 22, 2021 /

    Are you ready to develop a deeper, life-giving relationship with God?  My vision is to provide tools to help you encounter him.  For this reason, I have compiled a list of free devotional books to help you draw close to God’s heart. The first three books on this list are free as eBooks with the Kindle Unlimited plan (you can sign up for a free three-month trial if you do not have the plan) and also available to purchase in print.  The remainder of the list is available to download for free with just one click.  No plan is required. I pray these books help you connect with the tender…

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  • Transformation

    A Surprising Reason You Might Feel Spiritually Stagnant

    January 20, 2021 /

    Winter wind washes the outside world with white, and the fields once so luxuriant with farmers’ crops are pale with sleep.  I remember the sun-splashed fields of goldenrod as I read beside the window.  Like this sleeping world, something inside me feels spiritually stagnant today. I want to be vibrant and faith-filled, but we’ve shifted into a season of simply trying to put one foot in front of the other with each passing day. Awakening Our Spiritually Stagnant Souls I’m reading Dr. Robert Mullholland’s book, Invitation to a Journey, as I sit by the window. He makes a point that catches my attention: Some of us feel spiritually stagnant because we…

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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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