So who remembers PEMDAS from math class? "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" is a mnemonic for the order in which you're supposed to do mathematical operations: First Parentheses and Exponents, then Multiplication and Division, and finally Addition and Subtraction. A lot of those Facebook math quizzes that get re-posted are PEMDAS problems. What about …
His Joy is Your Strength
"Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength" (Neh. 8:10). "Sorrow" here is a really interesting word meaning worry, pain, and anger, and yet at the same time meaning make, carve, and shape. In other words, this is a negativity you create yourself. It's a reality made by focusing on what's …
Corny is Good
There are days you feel you could accomplish almost anything, and there are days taking a shower is quite an achievement. But even on days life seems to be taking more than it’s giving, you still have the power to decide what meaning your circumstances have. You get to determine what influence the fears, judgments, …
Be Encouraged
I know most advice for a difficult season is to do something for yourself—work out, take vitamins, talk to a friend, shop, go on a vacation. They all have value, but are only a partial solution to encouraging yourself. We’re certainly physical and emotional beings, but at your core, you are spiritual. If your spiritual …
Pain’s Bane
I know what pain can do to you. I know how it takes over everything, like a black hole sucking the life out of you, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. But pain is not your identity. You aren't limited to what pain says you can be. You are who God says you are. Your real identity …
Equip Your Spirit 