Health Spiritual Growth

Fostering Good Health

I often encounter women who share challenges they face when taking better care of themselves. Their roles typically include: Family responsibilities. Caring for an elderly parent or children. Work obligations along with other roles Things such as exercise, eating nutritious and well-balanced meals, or getting adequate sleep are often neglected.  Many women functioning at high-stress levels may not even recognize their needs.   Chronic stress has the potential to increase one’s risk of health problems, including …

Spiritual Growth

Provision in the Standstill

Frustrated, famished, and frightened.  Hundreds of travelers were recently stuck along one of the nation’s busiest interstates.  Surrounded by downed trees, snow, and ice, most travelers were left at an unexpected standstill that delayed their commute beyond 20 hours.  Some drivers documented their experience through social media posts or provided news stations with reports of what was happening around them.  One couple’s story caught my attention.  Having gone without food and water for approximately 37 …

Armor of God Prayer Spiritual Warfare

A Prayer for Putting on God’s Armor

Lord, You are great and greatly to be praised. Your greatness is unsearchable. You are the Rock of my Salvation, my Helper, and Deliverer. I rejoice in the victory that rests in Your name. You revealed to me that the enemy’s mission is to steal, kill, and destroy. But I am equipped to withstand the enemy’s schemes when I put on the Armor of God. I stand, therefore, having girded my waist with truth. Lord, …

Spiritual Growth

Use Your Spiritual Lifelines

Do you remember the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?  I used to watch contestants answer several multiple-choice questions that increased in difficulty as the game progressed. In their time of need and moments of uncertainty, contestants were not left alone when they were stuck on a question. They had lifelines. There are two lifelines I remember contestants using, Ask the Audience and Phone a Friend. In what may have appeared to …