Tomorrow is my birthday, and guess what? God has given me the most amazing gift, but I didn’t even realize the unique timing of it all until today. You see, the day after my birthday, I get to launch my Confident Heart Online Bible and Book Study with YOU…and a few other women from around [...]

So excited to start this “Confident Heart” journey with you! The first thing I want you to remember: This is YOUR journey. You’ll be reading the chapters, listening to God speak to your heart, highlighting sentences, promises and quotes you want to remember and apply. You’ll be answering reflection questions and interacting with the group. [...]

Happy Monday! It’s day 2 in the first week of our Online Study and I”m so glad you are here! Here’s today’s message: Please click the arrow below to watch it. I share how we can make sure our lives are BLESSED and not cursed as well as some  share  things God’s laid on my [...]

Welcome Confident Heart Online Study  and Encouragement for Today friends!! If you’re new here, welcome! On Sunday, I started an online study of my book, A Confident Heart and I’d love to have you join us! (Click here for more details). One of the first things I learned, when it came to overcoming self-doubts and [...]

Praying God’s promises — it’s changed me. That’s why I included a prayer, at the end of each chapter, weaving together Scriptures from that chapter and others I sensed God wanted us to engrave on our hearts. “Praying God’s Word has been one of the most life-changing ways I’ve learned to live in the security [...]

If you’re reading via email, please click title above (“Known”) so you can read it to my website. This post includes a powerful video and a FREE download that won’t come through via email. _____________________________________ From Chapter 2, A Confident Heart “Jesus knew Sam’s  (the Samaritan woman’s) story and He knows yours. The Greek word [...]

This week, I think we’ve all come to realize we’re not the only ones who find it hard to let people know how we’re really doing. As I shared this week in Chapter 2, sometimes I think we tell people we’re fine even when we’re not, because we want to be. Or we hope that [...]

Leah and I took you to Athens, GA with us! Here we are driving back to Charlotte tonight after our Confident Heart conference today. (I apologize for video whiplash when I try to show you the blog comments I’m reading- but after that I stay steady.) If you’re reading this via email, just click on [...]

My friend Heather is a Word girl!! When she was in college she performed in over 14 plays and memorized hundreds of lines, so I’ve asked her to share some tips to help us hide God’s Word in our hearts this week. Here are a few she shared. I’ll post more each week. Ideas for Memorizing Scripture [...]

In chapter 3, I share how “our hearts leak and will always end up empty when we find our worth in anything but who we are in Christ. Our value is not measured by what others think of us—but we surely live like it is, don’t we? It’s almost as though we wake up every [...]

“When our questions make us doubt God’s heart, our pain can lead to bitterness and bondage. Yet in the security of our relationship with Christ, God wants us to ask the hard questions and look for answers that usher us into the depths of His redeeming love. He wants us to live in the promise [...]

“We can trust God’s plans as we realize that His story is being written into ours. His power is perfected in the broken places we consider to be our greatest weaknesses – our most vulnerable emotions we don’t want anyone to know about. In those hiding places, God calls us out of captivity. When we’re [...]

In chapter 5,  we talk about Gideon who, like us, doubted his strength and abilities. When God called him to defeat his enemy’s immediately Gideon’s insecurities started shouting excuses, listing all his inadequacies. Yet through his story we see God wasn’t limited by Gideon’s limitations, and He’s not limited by ours either. God could see [...]

Our word for the week: CHOSEN Download in a PDF or in MSWord. Be sure to print it and post it everywhere so you can remember YOU ARE a CHOSEN child of  God!! God’s WORD for us this week: “You are a chosen [woman], a royal priesthood, a holy [daughter], a [woman] belonging to God, that [...]

Chosen…I love that word. I don’t know a heart that doesn’t long to be chosen? Yet the disappointments of life and the deep pain of broken relationships can cause us to forget that we are – chosen, loved, and sought after. “You are a chosen [woman], a royal priesthood, a holy [daughter], a [woman] belonging [...]

WEEK 8 Update: My week 8 email update included the wrong link which brought you back to week 7. Sorry about that. Please click here to go to week 8′s word of the week. *** Our word for the week: CONQUEROR Be sure to print it and post it everywhere! You can download in a PDF or in MSWord.  God’s WORD for [...]

Has someone ever said something to you that made you feel valued and loved? Affirmations that gave you a sense of meaning and purpose? In my Encouragement for Today devotion, Just the Right Words, I shared a story of how one woman’s words changed the course of another. Sadly, many of us don’t have people [...]

My sweet friend Kimberly has kindly given me  permission to share a powerful video her church created based on something God showed her. In openly shares her struggles with condemnation and how they were making her see herself so differently than God does. When I watching this months ago, I knew I wanted to make [...]

Our word for the week: MASTERPIECE Be sure to print it and post it everywhere! You can download in a PDF or in MSWord. According to Distionary.com, a masterpiece is: a person’s greatest piece of work, as in art anything done with masterly skill a consummate example of skill or excellence of any kind God’s [...]

I know you sometimes feel ordinary but you’re not. You are one of a kind ~ a unique and beautiful blend of all God wants you to be. You are God’s prized possession, a valued treasure of great worth. You may feel invisible…like you are just one of millions of others. But God sees you. [...]

Photo Credit Beloved :  greatly loved; dear to the heart. When God led me to this word and verse today, it dawned on me that there is a reason God calls us His be-loved not his do-loved. It reminds me that I don’t have to “do” anything to be loved — by Him. I just [...]

I’ve got so many fun things to share with you today!!  First, I have a special video message – just for you – from Chapter 10 of A Confident Heart.  In it I share about the power of knowing God by His Names and learning to living in the security of who HE is! Praying [...]

“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 In Chapter 10 we’re learning a lot about grace. What has it meant to you to find out that following with God consistently isn’t about perfection? [...]

“Jesus did not die on the cross just to get us out of hell and into heaven. He died on the cross to get Himself out of heaven and into us. It’s what we were we made for. It’s why we long for glory. The truth is, we were created to reveal glory – just not [...]

A Confident Heart Ebook is available for FREE!!! {But hurry – it’s today only} My wonderful publisher has graciously given me the opportunity to give away FREE copies of A Confident Heart via Ebook as a celebration of you – and the life-change stories you have shared as you read A Confident Heart – as [...]

Happy Easter friends! We are on Spring Break so I’ve unplugged a little bit. But today we watched something I wanted to share with you. Our family has seen this powerful video message a few times. {Maybe you have too.} But it’s a message I just can’t get enough of. I thought you’d enjoy watching [...]

As we begin chapter 4, I wanted to share a few thoughts with you via video. In it I talk about what you might experience while reading this chapter and what I would have done differently if I could write this chapter again. PLEASE take time to listen to this short message from my heart [...]

Today is another day where I can’t just write what I want to say – I need to “show and tell” you. In today’s short video message below I share how God walked me through a process of looking back with courage – so I could move forward with hope. He helped me identify things I [...]