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Take That First Courageous Step

I didn’t plan to write books. Today’s call to courage? I need to be willing to write about some things I don’t want to share but feel nudged by God ...

God Made You on Purpose

The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; Your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of Your hands. — Psalm 138:8 ESVI like the idea ...

100 Days to Brave: Just Start

Sometimes, life feels a little too ordinary and understated. We go about our days as if nothing meaningful could ever happen to us. We’re held back by fear and what ...

Change Always Happens

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. — James 1:17 NIVEverything you have, ...

When Change Hurts

Note from the Author:Dear friend,This says a lot to me, you being here. It says you are feeling what I sometimes feel — like there is more than this. Your ...

Your Words Matter

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of ...

You are Braver than You Know

What Is Brave? For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. – Isaiah ...

100 Days to Brave: Pray

PrayThis is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. — 1 John 5:14 NIVI’ve had a long (and ...

100 Days to Brave: You Can Be So Brave

You’re invited! We are launching Summer Book Club for the first time ever! We will be reading Annie F. Downs’s awesome new devotional 100 Days to Brave together and would ...

Change Always Happens

Change Always HappensEvery good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. — James 1:17 NIVEverything ...

Your Church

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is ...

Courageous Waiting: No Word From God Will Ever Fail

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, ...

Being Loved Makes You Brave

I love my people.I could write an entire book on that, which probably means this is going to be too long, but I don’t care. I want to live brave. ...

Hold On to HOPE!

I’m a quitter. It comes way too easy for me to walk away from something that feels hard, whether it’s a gymnastics class, a friendship, or a diet. But as ...

Let It Go!

Sometimes we just let go because we were supposed to let go. Not because something better is in view. God just makes it clear that the time has come.Letting go ...

Free Resources

Have you ever wondered if God can really use someone like you?

Have you ever wondered if God can really use someone like you?

Join the free "God Never Gives Up On You" Online Bible Study by Max Lucado and get access to 5 weeks of study videos, plus some other great free resources. Be encouraged, friend. If God could love and use Jacob, might he be willing to do the same with you? Study starts 10/23!

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