Grateful

Sometimes there's not an answer to why, just a direction. God keeps urging you to move forward, even though you don’t have yesterday figured out, and you’re not completely sure where you’re going next. If I'm stuck in my head trying to make sense of everything, hearing God say move without knowing all the answers …

Bless

The word "bless" means "to kneel." It's bending down in love and honor to lay hands on someone to declare good. It's more than encouragement—it's agreeing with God's vision for that person. It's opening a door and cheering on all the life he has in store for him or her. It's speaking prophetically of opportunities …

Radiate

Think about this verse for a moment. It’s saying one of the greatest ways God reaches the world is through you living with his light in your heart, and evident on your face—his grace, blessing, goodness, and love radiating through everything you say and do. So let him. Let him love you. Let him heal …

Now Faith

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1). Faith is trusting that God is faithful. That sentence took me years to write, and I'm still learning more about it all the time. I choose the word "trusting" over "knowing" he is faithful, because to me, trusting …