Words for the Journey

God often has a perspective that is different than ours, something we can solve by receiving truth and getting healing. Unhealed wounds and false beliefs can blind us, making it easy to head in destructive directions. Find out how you can abandon the Dirt Perspective and adopt the Peak Perspective.

Defeating our pride and learning how to trust God is challenging. Today’s teaching will break this problem down into its three core elements: Power, Protection, and Provision. These helpful handles will help us see where the problem of pride is showing up in our life.

Trying to live the life we were created for, while painful wounds are living is us, doesn’t work. That’s why God brought Joseph’s family back into his life, so he could be fully restored and free to lead Egypt in strength and wisdom. Joseph is an example for all of us.

When we disconnect from God, we put other things in his place, things that steer our life in the wrong direction. These false idols take our life captive. Today, Cyndy will share thoughts on how you can get your life back on track.

Everyone puts their trust in someone or something, but if it is not God, we will not experience the help and blessing of his power working on our behalf. False idols come in a thousand different forms, but one thing they all have in common, they steal us away from God’s best.

God clearly spells out two roads of which we can travel. His Word arms us with ample reasons and encouragement for choosing Trust Trail, as well as an equal amount of warnings why we should avoid Pride Pathway. Even so, making the right choice is difficult.

God has outlined for us two roads, roads I call "Trust Trail" and "Pride Pathway." One leads to life and happiness, the other to disappointment and destruction. There are reasons why we make the choices we do. Find out how you can avoid pain and suffering by traveling on Trust Trail.

Our beliefs affect how we conduct our life: every relationship, every decision, every reaction, which is why it is critical that we know what we believe, and that our beliefs line up with God’s Word. Otherwise, our beliefs will continually derail our life, leaving us disappointed and frustrated. Find out how you can get your beliefs back on track.

Learning from Joseph, Moses, David, and Paul, we will see a pattern God uses to prepare his children for their created purpose. Getting healthy has to come first before we can realize that purpose.  We need God’s biblical healing before we can achieve our dreams and see our passions fulfilled.

Our beliefs affect how we conduct our life: every relationship, every decision, every reaction, which is why it is critical that we know what we believe, and that our beliefs line up with God’s Word. Otherwise, our beliefs will continually derail our life, leaving us disappointed and frustrated. Find out how you can get your beliefs back on track.

Why should we keep fighting when the battles are so difficult? There are compelling reasons, one being to help others avoid the reality of hell. Cyndy shares 10 tips to help all of us find spiritual victory when we are serving in the Lord’s battles.

It’s natural to have curiosity about heaven. Some even question whether we will like it or not! While some mystery will remain, the Bible does give us many clues, including the certainty that heaven is going to be a magnificent place of beauty, joy, and significance. We’re going to love it!

Traveling on Trust Trail requires we replace our pride with humility, a lifelong journey for us. Understanding six key concepts will help us head in the right direction: Believe without doubt, Transfer the Center, Endure Affliction, Bear with Others, Defer Gratification, and Accept Our Limitations.

Job is a tough story because he was a godly man, yet experienced great adversity. How can we believe God is good when we’re suffering? Four pillars of truth will give us stability when we are navigating difficult circumstances that make it hard to trust God’s character as good.

God created Saul to be a man who was passionate and committed, whatever he was pursuing. The problem was he was pursuing the wrong thing, at least until his moment in the light. We’ll see how God make a dramatic change in Saul’s life by changing his beliefs.

While we normally hope and pray God will let us avoid the fire, there will, no doubt, be times he allows us to go through it. When he does, he goes with us. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego’s choice to face the fiery furnace will inspire our faith to trust the One True God.

Peter is a figure of hope for anyone seeking to follow Jesus. He made glaring blunders, yet God used him as a pillar of the new church! How did God transform him from a man full of fear and pride to become Peter the Rock? We’ll see how his failures were as essential as his victories.

Figuring out how to approach special events and holidays when we are going through painful seasons can be daunting. Having survived many such times herself, Cyndy shares helpful ideas along with her story of how one pink, plush robe taught her how to make it through the holidays without being a victim.

God has outlined for us two roads, roads I call "Trust Trail" and "Pride Pathway." One leads to life and happiness, the other to disappointment and destruction. There are reasons why we make the choices we do. Find out how you can avoid pain and suffering by traveling on Trust Trail.

Today’s instant, all-about-me world, encourages us to quit whenever serving God gets tough, often without consulting with God first. But God needs servants who will persevere even in the face of obstacles and difficulties. Noah and Moses’ spectacular examples reveal 12 traits of perseverance, traits to help all of us.

God created Saul to be a man who was passionate and committed, whatever he was pursuing. The problem was he was pursuing the wrong thing, at least until his moment in the light. We’ll see how God make a dramatic change in Saul’s life by changing his beliefs.

This life is a hard journey. There’s a reason why this world doesn’t feel like a good fit, one Scripture addresses. But if we’ll remind ourselves of the promises of heaven, it will help us maintain today. Cyndy has 3 tips and 3 promises to encourage us while we’re still here.

In his famous Psalm, David gives us great insight into the close relationship he enjoyed with the Good Shepherd. Taking a look at the elements of intimacy revealed in these 6 verses will help us find more satisfaction in our relationship, as well.

There is a time to forge ahead and a time to retreat. It is important to know when we need to pull back for rest and restoration. An example from Elijah’s journey in 1 Kings 19 will encourage and guide us when we’re feeling a little beat up from the battle.

James 3:13-18 gives us eight traits of wisdom: Pure, peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, merciful, fruitful, impartial, and living without hypocrisy. But what does that mean in practical terms? Find out the two enemies of wisdom and how you can begin to live in God’s wisdom.