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Do you know your God-given identity? No, I mean do you truly know? If you had asked me this question back in college or even 7 years ago, I knew exactly who I was…so I thought. If I had described myself to you, I would have described myself as a fearful perfectionist.
I prided myself for needing to h...

I am that stern mother that gave her kids “the look” when they started to behave unruly when we were in Target and they immediately started to behave. Or perhaps about the silence that occurred when the supervisor entered the room and the “climate” went from warm to ice cold. Although the presence o...

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28. (NLT)

“Mrs. McCullough hurry, Jordan has been injured at kickoff” is all I heard as I walked toward the stadium.  I had just arrived with speci...

Help! I’m Overwhelmed! Four Steps to Calm the Chaos and Hear God’s Voice

As we wrap up this part of our series on hearing God’s voice I want to address a common problem that overrides our ability to hear God: the feeling of overwhelm.  You’ve heard of it, right?

Overwhelm All-Around

The alarm jar...

The excitement of moving to Germany was overwhelming. We were eager and full of excitement above moving to another country. We were curious about how to prepare for PCSing to Stuttgart, Germany.

How would I begin to prepare, I had done other PCS moves, but this one would be different, it was across...

Another evening of pain and heartache… living a life of fear as a child poured over into a life of fear as an adult. Afraid to speak up and share an idea, afraid to ask a question in the classroom, afraid to disagree and not be accepted.

FEAR has had a way of trying to destroy my future.

As a chil...

I was a little irritated when my friend told me that I needed to pray for my husband. I did pray for my husband, so why did she think I didn’t pray for my husband.  But honestly, praying for my husband had become one of those items on my check the box list.

Could this idea she was sharing really be...

What is Prayer? Does God really hear my prayers? Is there POWER in praying?

These are questions that ran through my mind when I attended a Women’s Aglow meeting in 1994. I attended at the constant prompting of my mother-in-law. She is a woman of great faith and a powerful praying woman. She had sha...