Blog For Christian Women by Christian Women

Expectations: The Alluring Illusion of Control

Eye the wisdom of God in all your afflictions. ~ John Flavel Faith Versus Entitlement Whether you are a planner who has your next five to ten years marked out ...

Real Christmas Trees

These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. — Matthew 15:8 Nothing says the holidays quite like a Christmas tree. It’s the centerpiece of ...

Who told you that?: Stop Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

Am I hard to love? Is there something wrong with me? Will I ever be enough? In tracking down my own sense of unworthiness, I remembered sixteen-year-old Madi, desperate for ...

You Are God's Temple

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? — 1 Corinthians 3:16 NKJV The Spirit of God dwells ...

Happiness Is Found Where You Least Expect It

Minnie Pearl once told me, “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.” Well then, I’m a bona fide comedian. Toward the end of 1996, I had ...

The Myth: True Success Is Always Doing More

The Myth: On Saturday, I went to my cousin’s high school graduation party. One of my aunts asked me what I had been up to lately. She knows I am ...

Perfection: No One Is Expecting Me to Be Perfect

Editor’s note: Emily Ley’s new book Near the Night is a perfect read especially for those of us who struggle with sleep. These meditations on God’s peace and rest will ...

Food, Grief, and Other Distractions

Sweet company refreshes the soul and awakens our hearts with joy. ~ James Herriot I suspect that a decade from now, maybe sooner, there will be scores of college classes ...

The Gospel of Grace

Editor’s Note: Alli Worthington has a new book out — Remaining You While Raising Them — that all moms need. New mothers, young mamas, mothers of teens, all y’all mamas need ...

Let Go of Regrets

Editor's note: Pastor Kim (also known as Real Talk Kim) says it how it is. She's full of spunk and Jesus and she loves to share the joy and hope ...

Learn from Hagar

Hagar was the woman Sarah instructed to sleep with her husband in order to get pregnant so her husband could have a son. Remember, this was normal back then, but ...

Leaving a Legacy of Prayer: The Praying Example of Susanna Wesley

If a passing stranger walking through the rural village of Epworth, England, on any given day between 1700 and 1720 had peered through the window of the home of the ...

Be Moved. Do Something.

Be Moved Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same. — Luke 3:11 NIV Human hurt ...

When God Is Silent... Discern the Reason for Your Season

God (Sometimes) Seems Silent One day, we won’t need to trust His love any longer, because we’ll be in the presence of our One Great Love. After endless years of ...

Life with a Louse

Editor's note: Join us for the God Never Gives Up on You Online Bible Study starting 10/23! * Genesis 30:25-31:55 Let’s Talk About the Laban in Your Life. I know. You’d rather ...

Hopeless — Then Jesus Arrived

Author’s note: Ever wondered what it was like to live in a country so dangerous for believers that you were forced to go to an Underground Church? For 20 over ...

Free Resources

Free Online Bible Study by Margaret Feinberg

Free Online Bible Study by Margaret Feinberg

Let's study James with Margaret Feinberg for 5 weeks! You'll read the entire book of James from start to finish, memorize a verse each week with companion FREE coloring pages for each Scripture, and receive FREE access to 5 study videos by Margaret. Study starts 4/22!