Blog Posts by Lysa TerKeurst

When Christmas Feels Chaotic

We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it. – Psalm 39:6Last Christmas, I was rushing ...

Uninvited Q&A with Lysa TerKeurst

Watch this Special Video Message from Lysa Just for Us!A Conversation with Lysa TerKeurst about Rejection and Living Loved1. What inspired you to write Uninvited?Most of the time when I ...

Humility: To Love God Is to Cooperate with His Grace

There is a woman named Abigail in 1 Samuel 25 who had to decide between grace and bitterness.Abigail was a woman well acquainted with hardship, negative people, rejection, and things ...

Uninvited Session One: Living Loved

Live from a deep assurance that you are fully loved, and you won’t find yourself begging others for scraps of love. Live loved.If you were to write the definition of ...

Desperate for Reassurance

Whatever is true… think about such things… And the God of peace will be with you. — Philippians 4:8b, Philippians 4:9b (NIV)If you’ve ever heard me give my testimony, you ...

Pinches and Grace

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. — Hebrews 4:16Thought ...

Crushing Times When You Want to Run Away

Watch this Special Video Message from Lysa Just for Us!Jesus Could Have RunJesus knew the crushing heart feeling. He felt it. He carried it. He wrestled with it.And there was ...

Prayers Where I Don’t Speak at All

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless ...

Because I Am Loved

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. — 1 Peter 5:6Thought for the Day: Doing something in order to be loved ...

A Healthier Lifestyle: A Better Way Home

So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” — Hebrews 3:7-8aThought for the Day: I can’t keep driving through the dangerous ...

Finding True Fulfillment In Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl

In this six session video-based bible study, Lysa TerKeurst encourages participants to trade going through the motions for the spiritually exciting life for which we long. Below is an excerpt ...

But What If I Say No and They Stop Liking Me?

Let’s just call the elephant in the room what it is — a massive, dirty, grayish, tusk-adorned, tail-swinging, giant-legged, big-bellied creature with ears that some cartoon creators believe make them ...

The Best Yes: You've Got a Part to Play

Life is a constant barrage of choices. It can be overwhelming if we always say yes in an effort to please others. We can end up doing things we’re not ...

What the Word of God Says to Our Insecurity

Fixed Mind-Sets and Growth Mind-SetsA friend left this thought on my Facebook page: “We do what we do and feel how we feel because we think what we think.”1 And ...

What's It Like to Do Life With Me?

Above All Else, Guard Your Heart, for Everything You Do Flows From It.This Deals with My AttitudeHave you ever interacted with a know-it-all? Know-it-alls see themselves as a resident expert ...

Training Your Wisdom Muscles: Show Up to Practice

How do I discern a Best Yes? Great question, but this question doesn’t have just one answer. It has layers of answers. The first layer we discussed was “consider the ...

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