"But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high." Psalm 3:3Shame isolates. It convinces you to stay hidden, to keep secrets, to carry burdens alone. The bleeding woman...  Read More

"Then he said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.'" Luke 8:48This is the only place in the Gospels where Jesus addresses someone as "Daughter." Not stranger. Not ma'am. Not even...  Read More

"Who touched me?" Jesus asked... "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me." Luke 8:45-46The bleeding woman had heard about Jesus and devised a desperate plan. She wasn't supposed to...  Read More

"And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years... She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak." Luke 8:43-44Shame whispers lies that cut deeper than guilt ever c...  Read More

“For I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situati...  Read More

“It is better to be happy with what you have than to always want more and more. Always wanting more and more is useless. It is like trying to catch the wind.” – Ecclesiastes 6:9Envy cripples the abili...  Read More

“The misfits among the people had a craving and soon they had the People of Israel whining, “Why can’t we have meat? We ate fish in Egypt—and got it free!—to say nothing of the cucumbers and melons, t...  Read More

“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” – Romans 12:15Comparison usually falls into three categories: material (possessions), relational (connections), or circumstantial (life si...  Read More

“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.” – Proverbs 14:30Envy is a check engine light for the soul. It's that nagging feeling that what you have isn't enough—that somehow yo...  Read More

"Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness." - James 1:19-20One mark of godly anger is that it's controlled and short-li...  Read More

"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." - Ephesians 4:29Jesus got angry—sometimes ev...  Read More

“Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger, and don’t give the devil an opportunity.” - Ephesians 4:26-27Here's something freeing: you weren't designed to be judge of the univer...  Read More