The Devotional for Women

I love finding great tools to help me in my quiet time connecting with God. There's so many great devotional tools out there today and one of which is the new Devotional for Women. I love this devotional, it's got a lot of really awesome features let me share a few with you. 

First in the back it has a daily Bible reading plan that you can follow along with and check off as you go. This book has the look and feel of a Bible. I like the leather and silver lined pages. 

There's also a spot at the end of each devotional for you to write thoughts and reflections. This is really helpful to look back on and see spiritual growth. 

If you're looking for some new resources to add to your daily quiet time I encourage you to pick up a copy of this one. You can grab yours here. 

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I'm apart of the B&H bloggers program, I was offered a complimentary copy for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own. 

What If We Gave It All To God?

I've been really challenged these last couple weeks in my prayer life, God is always teaching me new things. So today's video chat is just about the challenge he's given me in this area. Let's jump in. 

What are some areas of your life you feel challenged to give over to God? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. 

The Freedom That Comes When We Walk in a Measure of Grace.

I was recently chatting with my husband about how I've learned some big lessons in operating in and out of grace for others when it came to my relationships/friendships. I know that I haven't always operated with a measure of grace, I've been easily hurt or offended because of this. Especially when people never intended that. But God has really grown me in this idea that if I operated in grace towards others and let him do the judging it's freedom for my soul and the others around me. 

Today's devotional video is inspired by this action. I hope you enjoy! If you haven't already subscribed to my YouTube channel you can do so here. 

When All I'm Called to Do is Love Jesus and His People.

A couple weeks ago at book club a friend and I were chatting about the pressure we put on ourselves, the pressure our Christian culture adds to finding out and figuring out "God's purpose and will for our lives." 

Most of my teenage years and early college was spent on this question; What is God's will for my life? Which was mostly circled around the major I was going to choose in college, and what I was going to do once I graduated. I put so much pressure on myself to have it all figured out by the time I graduated. I put so much pressure on myself to just choose one thing for Christ and go in that direction. 

And I'm willing to be you've felt similar feelings as well. In the last six years God has grown my faith and understanding of Him in ways that I never knew before. I've had to do a lot of letting go of my own expectations, others expectations, pressures of the church, and pressure that I put on myself to come to a better understanding of what God's will for my life is.

Here's what I know; when I strip away all of that God's biggest calling for my life is love him and love His people.  (Matt 6:5, 1 Cor. 13:13)

It's just as simple as that. 

No need to make it over complicated. No need to stress and fret. Because if I'm walking in love for Christ and his people anything I do in his name is significant for the kingdom. 

That means that I can be a dentist and do a lot of things for Christ. That means I can be a mama who just trying to raise her babies to love Jesus and make a big impact for Christ. That means no matter my vocation or what I'm doing in my life as long as I'm doing it in love of the Father this will always be his will for my life. 

Today I want to encourage you to let yourself off the hook, let your expectations go of what you thought things would look like, let the pressures you feel in life fade away.  

And ask yourself this question; If I love Jesus and my desires is to make him known what impact can I make on his kingdom right where I'm at in what I am doing?

The answer to that question is God's will for you. You can never go wrong by loving Jesus and His people. 

Don't Ever Be Embarrassed for Walking in Faith.

I'm excited to start sharing more video devotionals here on my blog and on my YouTube Channel. This is something God has placed on my heart for a while. I hope you enjoy and will join me from time to time as we have faith chats & Bible talks. 

If you aren't subscribed to my channel you can do that here. 

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What is something you're walking in right now that God is asking you to walk by faith in? Or what's an area that you are currently walking by faith in?