Equipping you to cultivate God-honoring disciplines
Like Jesus, we need to be resolved to have fellowship with our Father. It won’t simply happen. It doesn’t have to look one single way, but the determination to do it needs to be there. This can even look differently in various seasons, but if we value it, we will make it happen somehow because we …
I started this blog series with a focus on how we need these rhythms of returning to Jesus' feet for renewal. But let's take that one step further. We also need these rhythms to help us remember. Remember when we walked through Mark 6? Well only a few short chapters later, in Mark 8, we …
Continue reading "Pursuing Rhythms of Remembrance leads to Self-Denial and Deeper Dependence on God"
As we endeavor to trust our Great High Priest and pursue rhythms of renewal, there will undoubtedly be times when interruptions come our way. How do we view these and with what attitude can we approach them? Are they actually interruptions? That's what we're going to begin examining this week as we continue our journey …
Continue reading "Rhythms of Renewal: Responding with compassion like Jesus to the interruptions"
When I first started to pay more attention to my own health and fitness habits after becoming a mama, my goal was simple: to lose weight and have more energy. The Lord took that simple desire to begin to show me where I needed to develop discipline in many areas of life, and one of …
Continue reading "Habit Training for Mamas: Why do we need rhythms of renewal?"
“Above all else, love each other deeply” (1 Peter 4:8 NIV). I’ve been so struck by these words recently that I even purchased a watercolor painting of this passage on Etsy, and hung it on our living room wall. Why? Because it’s definitely an area where I need improvement in my own heart and home. …
Continue reading "Modeling and teaching love: It starts with Christ"
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I would have considered myself an active, athletic youth. Both of my parents were coaches and I grew up watching my sister's games and then participating in my own. Until the age of 20 I played organized, highly competitive sports. I loved it. And, sidebar...I miss it. (The above pic is just an excuse for me …
Time. I've used this reason and heard this reason used by others more than any other. It legitimately seems to be a good one. There are often days where I feel like I don't have enough hours to get done all I need to get done. But there's a heart issue with that perspective, …
Continue reading "The Time Issue: Selfishness or Stewardship?"
I was about fifteen months postpartum, tired and overweight. Although I'd lost some baby weight since my first was born, I had already gained it back and felt too overwhelmed to know where to start with losing it again. The worst part, though, was my lack of energy. I kept excusing it as just "being …
One of the pastors at our church spoke these words this past Sunday as he addressed wives during part of his sermon. Your husband is not your child. Now, this is a simple statement with which most of us would probably agree. Of course our husbands are not our children. I think I even nodded …
