Where’s your favorite place to meet with God? I’ll tell you mine. Well, I do my Bible study lesson at my work desk early in the mornings… But my favorite thing of all is on Saturdays, when I save an hour or two to meet God at Caribou Coffee. 🙂 I’m a hot chocolate girl,…
Category: In the Word
How to Read the Bible for More than Information
How do you think the first dictionaries were created? I recently read a book called, “The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary,” by Sarah Ogilvie. Here’s Amazon’s description of the book: The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind’s greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered….
A Verse for When… You Want Motivation and Spiritual Urgency
How often do you think about the day Jesus comes back again? The Bible talks about it quite a bit. One place is at the end of Romans 13, where we are reminded that the day is near. Romans 13:12 says: The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put…
A Verse for When… You Want Closeness With God
Sometimes when I’m reading the Bible, a verse just hits me. Does that ever happen to you? Obviously it’s the Holy Spirit at work, saying, Hey! Stop and think about this one! Meditate on it, and let it resonate within you. I’m so thankful for the Holy Spirit’s activity inside me as I read the…
Scripture’s Wisdom About Life That May Surprise You
Imagine this… The Major League Baseball season is winding down, and there’s only one game left in the season for two teams set to face off. Both teams had “down” seasons and didn’t amass too many wins. There’s no chance of any postseason play for either side. (Side note: This is a situation I’m quite…
A Verse for When… You Need Something Better
I studied Hebrews with some sweet girlfriends over the summer. We gathered around the firepit once a week and talked about this book that our study called a “hinge” between the Old and New Testaments. Two weeks into the study, we came across a verse that literally resonated in my mind for the rest of…
A Verse for When… You Need a Faith Pep Talk
There’s a verse that runs through my mind anytime I’m feeling worried or scared about stepping out in faith. It’s so hard to take risks sometimes! …especially when God has called you to something, and you can only see the very next step. It would be so much easier if we could see the blueprint…
Scripture: The Ultimate, Guaranteed God-Finder
One of my favorite summer adventures each year is taking a little fishing trip with a couple friends of mine who love to fish. We’re not serious fisherpeople by any means, as it’s literally something we do only one time every year. But we enjoy it immensely! Over the past decade or so, most of…
How to Read the Bible Like a Treasure Hunter
I got caught up by a verse in Proverbs the other day… Proverbs 2 is talking about the moral benefits of wisdom. When we seek out God’s wisdom, we gain understanding and insight. It also brings us protection and guidance as we traverse through life. Read the entirety of Proverbs 2 for more precious verses…
A Verse for When… Your Life Feels Stuck and Small
Feeling “closed in” can happen in many different ways. You might feel stuck in a certain job or relationship. You might feel like you got cornered into a significant commitment that you weren’t necessarily interested in. You might feel physically closed in if your living space is something other than ideal. Or, have you felt…