"This summer I found myself in a particular time of weakness where God reminded me that He isn’t here to just fight our big battles. He wants to fight our everyday battles too, and those are the ones I tend to try to work out...
"If I’m honest, I find myself asking for wisdom in a lot of situations simply because I’m afraid to fail...
"The Holy Spirit empowers believers to receive God’s grace, live out our faith, testify about Christ, and bring about transformative changes in the world"...
"One of the things I appreciate about reading through the gospels is how many relatable and “human” emotions we can see from the disciples"...
Transformation is a hard, refining process that many of us give up on...
"A life that walks in the gift of forgiveness allows us to release the shame that holds us back and allows us to grow into the people He created us to be"...
"Luz had been abandoned and taken to the hospital. In some parts of the world, hydrocephalus is very curable if caught early enough. Luz was not born into one of those parts of the world"...
"Four years ago, I sat in an ultrasound room and heard the dreaded words, 'I’m sorry, I don’t see a heartbeat'"...
"I personally had to put my hope in this promise (God is our refuge and fortress) when my daughter was admitted to the NICU"...
"My seven buddies and I jumped into a van with nothing but a fold-out map and a printed copy of MapQuest directions"...