Maybe what “You” need most is mind rest!

Maybe what “You” need most is mind rest!

“And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent More »

Change What is, Let Jesus Show up!

Change What is, Let Jesus Show up!

The young man was enthusiastic, energetic, and highly motivated. He was determined to stand true to his leader regardless of the cost. Confident in his own ability, he boasted, “Even if all More »

Going through? Jesus can help!

Going through? Jesus can help!

Jesus wants us to invite him into our storms so he can speak peace to our panic and hope to our dread. Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the More »

Hang in there, Jesus is still at work!

Hang in there, Jesus is still at work!

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented More »

Problems too much? “Invite Jesus to Meet You at “Your” Crossroads”!

Problems too much? “Invite Jesus to Meet You at “Your” Crossroads”!

In life, we all come to a point where it can seem like what we are going through becomes too heavy, the struggles seem to be too overwhelming plus exhausting, and the More »

 

Jesus wants to be at the center of your life!

Without Jesus at the center of our faith, we are left with only an empty form of religion. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you

Maybe You’re like “the other disciple standing by”!

Everyone wants to be front and center like Peter, but no one wants to be that “other disciple.” The Bible uses that phrase five times. Four times in chapter 20 and the other in John 18:16. In John 19, Jesus saw

Is fear keeping you in a crucible?

I don’t have all of the answers. And I will never fully understand why God allowed my husband, Andrew Stoecklein  (lead pastor of Inland Hills Church in California) to die at 30 years old the way he did. But I still

Jesus is Helping YOU, Signs are everywhere!

Here are seven signs that God is pushing you into something much better. Correction When things start falling apart, possibly because you and I are doing something contrary to God’s will, He will gently nudge us with a bit of

Perplexed? Jesus may be Preparing you to be, “Armed&Ready”!

When I was growing up, my stepdad was a plumber. It wasn’t unusual for him to have to crawl under houses or up into attics to work on someone’s faulty pipes. One time, he was squeezing into a crawl space

Jesus can still help you get the victory in 2022!

The Church is always to be engaged in spiritual warfare. The people of God face some powerful enemies in this world. Satan and his demons are doing all they can to undermine the work of God … to defeat and

Do what Jesus did, get help!

How remarkable that Jesus felt such fear. But how kind that he told us about it. Are you struggling with fear today? Is it the pandemic, a job, food, something else? Are you seeing the size of your worries and

Really Getting To Know Jesus Changes Things….

Don’t you want to know more than just facts about Jesus? Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord; My spirit pants for Thee, O Living Word! In the version of this song I sang as a kid, the editor

Become More Like Jesus, get your life Blessed!

I want to grow spiritually — to be more like Jesus — but can I really do that? Jesus is like a seed planted into the soil of our lives (Colossians 1:25-27). We must yearn for Jesus to become firmly

Jesus Responds Well to us Even When We Don’t To Him!

I didn’t like the preacher I sat by on the plane. I know, I know. You’re supposed to like everyone, but this fellow… To begin with, he took the seat next to me. I’d hoped it would stay vacant. The

Someone For Us!

Jesus said it as clearly as humanly possible: Jesus called [his disciples] together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead,

Which way will “You” Run?

Will I run in faith to follow the Jesus of the empty tomb even if it means I have to follow him to a cross of my own? Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set

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