Walk Boldly With Jesus

When Life Feels Like Too Much — Day 5 - God Is Still In Control When Everything Feels Out of Control Proverbs 3:5-6 “Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind, and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.” I thought this was really fitting fo...

When Life Feels Like Too Much — Day 4: Take Captive the Thought Before It Takes You Captive 2 Corinthians 10:5 “…and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” Wow, this is a great verse for all of us to write down and place it all around us.  The thing is, when we read this, it sounds so simple. Just like Matthew 6:34, which says, “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomor...

We have all seen God working in our lives; however, we might not all be aware that it is God who is working in our lives.  This is why it is so important that we start talking about it more.  The more we share our experiences, the more people understand how God works and how much He truly loves us.  If you would be willing to share any experience you have had of how God has worked o...

When Life Feels Like Too Much - Day 3 - What If I Can't Shut My Mind Off? Philippians 4:4-7 “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.  Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all u...

Welcome back to Day 2 of our series, When Life Feels Like Too Much: 31 Days of Finding Peace in God. Yesterday, we talked about Jesus' invitation to bring our burdens to Him and allow Him to help us carry them. But here's something I've noticed: Even when we give our burdens to God, we often have a hard time stepping back and letting Him work. We want to fix things. We want to find solutions. We w...

Today we are beginning a brand-new 31-day series called When Life Feels Like Too Much: 31 Days of Finding Peace in God. I don't know about you, but sometimes life just feels overwhelming. There are so many things going on in the world, in our families, in our personal lives, and sometimes it feels as though we are carrying the weight of it all on our shoulders. Maybe you're worried about your chil...

Hope in the Waiting – Day 31 – What If I’m Still Waiting? Psalm 27:13-14 “I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” Today is Day 31, the final day of our Hope in the Waiting series. And I know that for some of you, the thing you were waiting for on Day 1 is still the t...

We have all seen God working in our lives, however, we might not all be aware it is God who is working in our lives.  This is why it is so important we start talking about it more.  The more we share our experiences the more people understand how God works and how much He truly loves us.  If you would be willing to share any experience you have had of how God has worked or is workin...

Hope in the Waiting - Day 30 - What If I Never Understand Why? Proverbs 3:5-6  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” One of the hardest parts of waiting is not only that we don’t know when God will answer—we often don’t understand why He has allowed us to wait at all. I find it easy...

Hope in the Waiting - Day 29 - “Who Am I Becoming While I Wait?” James 1:2-4 “Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.”...

Hope in the Waiting - Day 28 – Your Prayers Matter More Than You Know Ezekiel 22:30 “And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.” We spent last night in class talking about prophetic intercession. I have discussed intercessory prayer before on various episodes, as I think i...

Can I Still Make Plans While I’m Waiting on God? Proverbs 16:9 “The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.” The title of this episode is a question I think we've all asked ourselves at one point or another during our wait. Waiting for the answers to our prayers can take a very long time, and we can get stuck in the trap of thinking we can’t make any plans until our prayers are a...

Today’s guest speaker is my good friend Nancy. Nancy was the leader of the prayer group when I first joined and has been a great mentor to me on my faith journey these last 4 years. She will be witnessing this week about a prayer she prayed for a very long time. A prayer that seemed to go unanswered for many years. I think we all have those prayers we feel God doesn’t hear. Nancy’s witness provide...

Hope in the Waiting - Day 26 - The God of Hope Romans 15:13 “ May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” The God of hope- what a great way to refer to the Lord.  He is the God of hope.  All hope can be found in Him.  I like the thought of God filling me with joy and peace as I tru...

Your Prayers Are Never Wasted 1 John 5:14–15 “And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.” I love this verse because God is reminding us that we can trust Him. He reminds us that if we ask anything according to his will, He hears...

Hope in the Waiting - Day 24 - Can I Still Have Joy While I Wait? Habakkuk 3:17-18 “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.” Talk about a bad day.  This verse is from a ti...

Hope in the Waiting - Day 23 - Praise While You Wait Acts 16:25-28 “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.  Suddenly, there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once, all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the...

This morning, on Witness Wednesday, I have my friend Crispina. I met Crispina through the Watchmen Prayer Group. It is a prayer group of women that meet on Wednesday mornings at 6:30 Eastern time on Zoom. We pray together, we praise the Lord and worship together, we listen for any words the Lord would like to share with us, and we share how the Lord is working in our lives. This morning, Crispina...

Hope in the Waiting - Day 22 - Thank God Before The Answer Comes Psalm 3: “Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because t...

Don't Give Up—God Is Still Working Jeremiah 30:7 “Alas! That day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be rescued from it.” What a great promise from the Lord!  Our God is so amazing.  He acknowledges that it was a time of great distress for Jacob, and yet He says Jacob will be rescued from it.  How many of you really need to hear t...

Hope in the Waiting - Day 20 - I Waited and Waited and Waited Psalm 40:1 “I waited and waited and waited some more, patiently, knowing God would come through for me. Then, at last, he bent down and listened to my cry.” My friend gave me the verse above, and I instantly loved it. I love that it captures our reality at times, and it also really captures the love of the Father. Sometimes, we feel lik...

Hope in the Waiting - Day 19: What Do I Do While I Wait? Psalm 43:3-4 “Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!  Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.” I love the idea of the Lord leading us with His light and His truth.  What I like most...

Today is Witness Wednesday, and this week I want to share the witness of someone who shows us that you don't have to live a long life, do something spectacular, or have everything figured out in order to become a saint. His name is St. Carlo Acutis. His feast day was just a couple of days ago, on October 12, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to talk about his life and the incredible w...

When You Don't Understand What God Is Doing Isaiah 40:31 “They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength; they will soar on eagles’ wings; They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.” This is a message that I have been receiving a lot lately.  The part where it says they will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.  I feel that God wants us to know that he i...

What If The Answer Is No? Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.   “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” This is a verse that can bring us comfort in difficult times.  It is also one that can be frustrating at times.  It can be fr...