Next step devotional
Bigger Picture Moments
Who else is competitive by nature? Anyone? Besides me? I compete all the time…and it’s especially apparent at the grocery store. to get a great parking spot save money collect…
Giants Will Fall
When someone asks you to share your testimony, what you do you tell them? I love to hear the story of when you first said yes to Jesus, but…
That’s Your Cue
Have you ever been to a dance recital? Once, Mr. 4-Ever and I (along with hundreds of others) sat in a hot, crowded auditorium for hours to watch a…
God is Speaking
A widow in deep sorrow sat alone at the park. Months earlier, her husband of many years had been killed in a car accident. “God, I’m so lonely and…
Have you forgiven yourself?
After an event where I was speaking, Elisa approached me with a simple request for prayer to feel God’s love again. She had gotten into something she wasn’t proud of,…
Safe Landing
When I married Adventure Boy (Craig), he came with an airplane, a motorcycle, and a riding lawn mower. “Babe-a-licious,” he said to me one day (that’s what he called me),…
“White-Knuckle” Listening
A man in the back row of the church came forward for prayer. The pastor asked him what he wanted to be prayed for. “I need prayer about my hearing,”…
Not Forgotten
I was hanging out with several friends when they began to chatter away about a party everyone had gone to. Everyone except me. The conversation turned awkward when they…
Love Like Jesus
I was waiting at a diner for a girlfriend when I spotted a young man, maybe seventeen years old, staring at a glass of water on the table in front…
Overcoming Adversity
I grew up in a little town that boasted a large community pool. My mom would sit on a towel, slathered in baby oil, sizzling in the summer sun reading…