Since my last therapy session I’ve wrestled with the thought of complete and total surrender. I’ve tried to imagine what my life would be like on the other side of it, but I was merely left with fearful “What if …” scenarios. I decided to take a walk and pour my heart out to the Lord about it. I shared my fears with Him: fear of a loss of control, fear of my surrender becoming transactional, fear that everything I held dear would be loosened from my grip. Everything that I pr

In John 4:1-39 we learn about Jesus and the woman at the well. On His way back to Galilee Jesus had to go through Samaria - this was on purpose and for a purpose. Jesus stopped at this well to rest, and this is where he would encounter a woman, the Samaritan woman. Now we know that Jesus was a Jew and the woman was a Samaritan … Jews and Samaritans hardly interacted with one, but that did not stop the Savior of the world. Jesus asks the woman for something to drink and she’s

“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.” - James 1:4 MSG God is a God of process. Everything is done in His timing and His way. Through process there is freedom and deliverance, but it takes time

When my husband and I went through premarital counseling we were advised to take the Five Love Languages Test by Gary Chapman. A quick google definition for the purpose of this test says, “to help individuals know and understand the ways they give and receive love”. So, from this test I learned that my top love language was Words of Affirmation . Words of Affirmation is basically showing love and appreciation through your words, which for most of my adult life, tracked. Now h

With Dr. Gena Crawford Exodus 16:19-20 (CSB) , “Moses said to them, ‘No one is to let any of it remain until the morning.’ But they...

Overall, over the last two years, the Lord has revealed Himself to me as the God of Entrances and Exits, particularly in the area of...

How do you pray for patience … but then rush the growing and cultivation of it? Can somebody make it make sense? This is a question that...

People pleasing is exhausting. It’s something that takes work to rid yourself of, if you really want to. For me, people pleasing...

“Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be...

I had been bursting at the seams with so much unforgiveness, resentment, and frustration towards my dad. I remember when Miles was 7...

Psalm 51:10 (AMPC) says, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, preserving, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 26:2...

Psalm 23:1 (NIV), “ The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” For the last week or so, I have been reflecting on my personal finances...

In Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus speaks on the importance of listening to and following his teachings. Simply put, not only being hearers of the...

God is sovereign, meaning he’s in total and complete control of everything. It also means that even in his sovereignty he gives us free...

It’s hard to be obedient to what God has called you to or is calling you to do when you become concerned with what people will think...

You know that prayer that people often talk about, that if you pray it don’t be surprised when God answers it (Honestly, it’s a bunch of...

Sometimes we as believers, as followers of Christ, give satan too much credit. We attribute a lot to him, we chalk up too much to him....

Holy Spirit has really been pressing some things deep into my heart here lately and I know the timing of these things has been on purpose...

We’re all familiar with Matthew 13 right? The Parable of the Sower that Jesus was telling to his disciples and the large crowd that...

I know you’re looking at the title of this post like “What in the world, Tenia???” LOL - I do mean it literally, but also very...