21 Days
Stress! It’s an umbrella term used regularly to describe all that ails our busy lives. It’s often rooted in anxious/fearful thoughts, worry, weariness, overwhelm and loneliness. But, living stressed out is NOT God’s will nor His best for you! Join this 21-day journey as we look closer at what “stresses” us and learn to overcome those stressors of the enemy with God’s promises, protection and peace! You ARE an overcomer!
21 Days
"21 Days to Beat Depression" is a Biblical approach to battling the torment of emotional depression. It is designed to help you fight depression with the healing power of the Bible, worship and serving others. Psychologists have determined that it takes 21 days to break or build a habit. I believe as you faithfully follow this plan for 21 days that God will do a miracle in your soul!
Today Is a Verb: Open the Gift of Now
7 Days
Sometimes, days seem to pass by with little importance; at other times, we might feel overwhelmed by our experiences. But what if we intentionally view each today as a gift from God? What if we considered today as a verb, an action that we can use right now? Carol McLeod asks us to grab hold of God’s endless gift of time and make the most of every moment.
Overflowing: Living Abundantly in a Broken Culture
7 Days
Our Creator has summoned us to live a life of overflowing and perpetual hope in the face of compromise and deception. But if the demands of life have stolen your joy, “Overflowing” is the plan for you! Featuring the book of Colossians and the faith of the apostle Paul, it’s a wake-up call for Christians in these modern days when faith often conflicts with culture. You will learn who God made you to be, increase your faith, and be inspired to live out your life in Christ with courage and abandon.
Timeless: The Living and Enduring Word of God
7 Days
The book of 1 Peter does not carry a single theme, but it addresses many issues common to every generation. This epistle carries the name of the opinionated fisherman, Peter, and is a call to holiness and humility. We will examine the deep mysteries of joy, faith, sorrow, trials, and God’s unconditional love in this missive filled with hope.
Meanwhile: Meeting God in the Wait
10 Days
Meanwhile is the test of faith between a crisis and God’s visible intervention. I have learned that often a meanwhile can produce a mighty long and incredibly challenging mean-while. Such is the story of Joseph in the Old Testament. The historical account of this young man will convince you that when God is involved, He is more than able to turn your meanwhiles into miracles…just as He did for Joseph.
6 Days
Your home is not your physical address. Your real home, this side of heaven, is your heart. As a Christian, it’s the most sacred part of your life, where Christ lovingly resides. Contentment is found when Jesus fully occupies every room and holds the keys to your heart. Join me on a journey to transform your heart into a home of comfort, stability, and peace. At home with Him!
21 Days
Are you—or is someone you love—suffering from the trauma of plans that have been washed away, relationships that have been uprooted, or security that has been devastated? Rather than being destroyed by this tempest, what if you allowed the disturbance to increase your capacity for rapid growth and fulfilling your destiny in God? After digging deeply into the Word of God, there is a triumphant way to be StormProof!
A Woman Of Significance: Discovering Purpose
5 Days
You are a woman of significance with a God-given destiny. He made you on purpose, for purpose, and with purpose! You are not here by accident; you are here by the intentional plans of God for this very moment in history. His preplanning for your unmatched life was thorough, complete, and purposeful. Discover how you were designed in the heart of God for such a time as this!
A Woman of Significance: Finding Meaning in Times of Loneliness
5 Days
Our lives are saturated with busyness, interactions, relationships, and social media. However, this doesn’t guarantee that we will never be lonely. You are beloved by God, and He will lift you up in times of solitary living and deepest loneliness. Lonely periods are not irrelevant seasons but hidden opportunities to draw closer to the Father and perhaps wield the greatest significance of our lives.
A Woman Of Significance: Knowing Your Identity In God
5 Days
Our outward features and our abilities are not the essence of who we are and should never be given the defining voice in our life. We must discover God’s assessment of our worth and true potential. As a woman of significance, you are encouraged to agree with who God says you are! The powerful truth about identity is this: You will never know yourself until you know yourself in God.
A Woman Of Significance: Overcoming Stress
5 Days
Stress has a way of piling up in a woman’s life until she is unable to make quality decisions, enter into meaningful conversation, or enjoy what she has been given. You were not created to be an anxious woman whose life is being frittered away at the altar of busyness. You are a woman of significance, created for joy, peace, and eternal impact!
Guide Your Mind-Guard Your Heart-Grace Your Tongue
21 Days
Every single one of us has spoken words “under the influence” of warped feelings and slurred thinking. And soon wish we had the magical power to take those words back. It’s our thoughts and emotions that determine what words come out of our mouths. Guide Your Mind, Guard Your Heart, Grace Your Tongue will enable you to take control of your thoughts and feelings in order to grace your tongue.
For the Joy Set Before Him: An Easter Devotional
8 Days
The final week in the life of Jesus was no ordinary week. It was a time of bittersweet goodbyes, lavish giving, cruel betrayals and prayers that shook heaven. Experience this week, from Palm Sunday to the miraculous Resurrection, as we read through the Biblical account together. We will cheer with the crowds on Jerusalem’s streets, shout in anger at Judas and the Roman soldiers, cry with the women at the Cross, and celebrate as Easter morning dawns!
30 Days
Have you ever wondered, “Is it possible to experience joy in all seasons of life?” Carol McLeod believes that God has an enormous joy for you that is within your reach. In this devotional, you will discover how to trust God when life isn’t fair, how to ponder Scripture that transforms your thinking and how to turn disappointment into a heart that rejoices in the middle of uncertainty.
Refined - Finding Joy in the Midst of the Fire
30 Days
Our God provides comfort and encouragement for people who are broken and disappointed with the circumstances and events of life. Through biblical, practical, helpful, and hopeful insights, this devotional will help you find joy when your world is falling apart. Regardless of what you are facing today, know that you are never alone, the Bible holds significant answers for you in your pain, and the God of the universe loves you!
31 Days
“Extraordinary Ordinary!” is a challenge to live well and embrace the life you have been given with no regrets. We must each accept responsibility for our own lives with no blame or aspersions cast in the direction of others and their choices. You, in partnership with God, will design the life that will occupy the length of your days. While you may not be able to determine all of the events and circumstances of your life, the atmosphere of your life is entirely up to you.
31 Days
The Bible tells us that "in His presence is fullness of joy" and that "the joy of the Lord is our strength". Joy isn't simply another emotion; it is a fruit of the Spirit and one of the best weapons in your arsenal to fight against discouragement, depression, and defeat. Learn what the Bible has to say about joy, and strengthening yourself to become a defiantly joyful Christian.
10 Days
Whether you are overwhelmed and at the end of that infamous rope, or wishing you could do it again, loving every day of motherhood…this devotional is for you! Come kneel at Jesus’ feet and hear His heart on the most important job in the history of mankind! Discover that everything He is you can be also as you travel the exciting, often times tempestuous, yet always fulfilling experience of motherhood!
Finding Joy in the Rooms of a Mother’s Heart
10 Days
You are about to enter, or perhaps have already entered, the breathtaking, fulfilling, and frustrating address where motherhood lives. Once you cross the threshold of this magnificent dwelling that is reserved for those who have been blessed with children, your life and your heart will never be the same.
5 Days
Every person can choose to be vibrant, and such a life begins by emulating Jesus. Each character trait that we are called to embrace, every action of kindness or love, and each word of compassion or tenderness is a telling reflection of Christ within us. We are called to be a vibrant show-and-tell of what God is able to accomplish through one ordinary person.
5 Days
You were created to be a vibrant show-and-tell of all that God is. Your heart, and therefore your life, was made for unseasonable abundance and for radiant delight. As you dig deeply into the promises in God’s Word, your life will display the abundance of the Father.
5 Days
Paul, a liberated prisoner of the Lord, begged the church at Ephesus “to walk in a manner worthy of the calling.” We are the Father’s representatives on earth and our calling is to represent Him well. As you strive to live a vibrant life or an abundant life, you become more certain of His calling and choosing of you.
5 Days
There are people in the world who are vibrant. Their joy is contagious, their peace is deep, and their compassion is engaging. You were chosen to live vibrantly at your moment in history. Not only have you been given the job of living vibrantly, but you have also been fully equipped to live a vibrant and expansive life.
5 Days
Worship is the potent discipline that will guarantee your capacity to live a vibrant life. When a man or a woman chooses to make the arduous journey up the mountain of worship, despite pain, suffering, and mistreatment, God will meet them in that high place with His strength and His joy.
JUST JOY! Daily Bible Reading Strategy
1 Year
The Just Joy! Daily Bible Reading Strategy is designed to help you read the Bible in its entirety and yet focus on significant parts of the Bible. While the entire Bible is inspired by God and His Words hold heaven's power in its grasp, reading the New Testament will probably change your life more powerfully on a daily basis. So, this plan is organized with readings from the Old and New Testaments, and always readings in a Gospel and from the Psalms. Every other month, you will read the Book of Proverbs, in addition to your daily readings. As you work through the Just Joy! Daily Bible Reading Strategy, my hope is that you will spend rich time in the Bible every day and that you will be changed by its power and by its promises!