We're Not Done Yet

Do you have the chance to go overseas on a mission trip but you feel too old? You aren't sure if you can handle the long flight? Or what about the weird food? After listening to this amazing testimony of Karen Walthall, I bet you will feel different! We are NEVER too old to serve the Lord!Find out more about Finding Home on the Finding Home Landing Page

Are you tired of making resolutions and then forgetting all about them in a month? This year the Lord is challenging me to change up what to focus on. What would happen if we focused less on ourselves and more on Jesus?What are you planning for 2024?

This episode if full of sound wisdom and good advice for the Believer in Jesus who feels scared about the current state of world affairs. How do we live in hope and not fear with the world and Israel in the turmoil that it is? Get information, advice, and resources to face our times with resolution and hope that history is unfolding according to God's plan.

Lisa Woolery bring great advice and practical encouragement about how to face Christmas as a widow. I also found great tools for walking beside friends who are going through this.

Do you have big plans for 2024 but you aren't quite sure how to get it all done? Then you are going to love today's podcast. I have learned so much from Christa Hutchins. She equips busy communicators and leaders with project management and problem solving skills so they can turn their big ideas into successful ministry or business. Link to Christa's Retreat: Do Your Thing Retreat

Bethany Kimsey will fill you with hope and give you some actual tools to use with your young or adult kids. Her goal is to connect motherhood to the love of Jesus in practical ways, and to help you see how the gospel is true in every moment and at every stage of your mothering.Bethany Kimsey WebsiteBethany's Podcast: The Warrior Mama Podcast

Ruthie Gray has used her empty nest years to help others figure out how to use their own well. And now her new book can help you do the same. How does God want to stir passions in you to serve Him exactly where you are now?!Empty Nest Awakening

Do you struggle with the continual weight of shame over your sin? Do you want to be free of that? As Christians, we need to take sin seriously. But also the work and promised of Jesus. Using Ephesians 1:3-7, come discover where true freedom lies!

Kathi Lipp's new book The Accidental Homesteader: What I've Learned About Chickens, Compost, and Creating Home. In this beautiful, informative, helpful, delightful book you will find inspiration, humor, and even recipes.This interview dives into how the twists and turns of life where the unplanned is exactly what happens, God's kind and gentle purposes will take over and rule our lives. www.susankmacias.com/podcast/512

How do we stay on the narrow path? How do we keep from falling toward legalism in our efforts to be righteous? Or falling the other way into easy grace? The church needs our testimonies of this struggle and how we strive to follow the Lord. How will they know u less we tell them?

I believe in Jesus and desire to obey and follow Him completely. Yet, I still keep sinning! Why? Join me as I dive into the inconsistencies all Believers struggle with. We will discuss why this is a challenge and how easy it is to either start beating ourselves up, or to start thinking that because of grace our sin doesn't matter. Both view are wrong! come find freedom from guilt and desire to follow Jesus more!

What do you do when God stops speaking? When you ask for help but no answer comes? This quiet time periods, while difficult, can be very spiritually strengthening if we know what to do. Here are four important steps to go through the silence without losing faith and hope.

The Shiny Happy People series brought back many memories of ATI. What can we do to protect ourselves and our families from being hurt by false teachers? How can we steer clear of legalism? How can we follow Jesus, instead of our fear? Here are 8 protections for yourself and your family.

After watching all four episodes of "Shiny Happy People:  Duggar Family Secrets", I share with you some guidelines and thoughts on how to watch the show and what to watch for.  As believers, we need to think critically and understand not only what we watch but the worldview of those telling the story. We must also listen humbly and with a willingness to learn. Have you watched the show? What did you think?

 What dream seems so old that you think you missed your chance? After 30 years I'm finally publishing the story the Lord inspired me to write. And now, looking back, I don't think that was a mistake. God's timeline can be very different that ours. If you have a dusty dream that you fear you've waited too long to work on, take a listen. I will prove to you, you are NOT too late!

Do you have a call or dream of a work you want to do with the Lord? Mine came over thirty years ago, but I'm just completing it now. The long process can be discouraging but I have discovered steps I want to share with you to make progress and to develop while you are waiting for the call to complete.Slow can be discouraging, but slow does not mean it isn't happening. It means God isn't in a hurry. He's in charge of the timeline. That's not me job. My job is obedience.Would you join me to take the story of God's extravagant love, as told in Finding Home, to the world? Check out my Kickstarter campaign at: Finding Home Kickstarter

Do you have a dream of something to create? Has a passion project sat with you for so long you're afraid it died? When God plants a dream and passion in our hearts, it feels like it needs to happen and now! But that is not how the Lord works. He's never late, but He also never rushes. Join me for the first two secrets to finish the project you feel will never happen. Remember: He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it! (Pil 1:6) 

For the beginning of Season 5, I am going to share with you one of the most important Scripture sections for me. In 2 Corinthians 4 and 5, Paul tells the church why we, as Believers, need to see ourselves as travelers and ministers. Our permanent residency is in Heaven. That means that we're not home yet, therefore we're not done yet!

For 31 days we have examined many different parts of our identity in Jesus. If you want to go through this again, please buy my book "Putting Jesus On" on Amazon. Concentrate on the Scripture and lay hold of the rich gifts Jesus has for you!If you've enjoyed this journey, I'd love to hear from you! What identity meant the most? What helped your heart or restored your joy?Wear all that Jesus has for you! Don't ever forget to put Him on!

Whatever, or whoever, controls my emotions, decisions, and choices masters me. So I don't want to belong to anyone or thing but Jesus.Who do you belong to? I am Christ's!

I am God's friend. Isn't that the most awe-inspiring identity imaginable? Almost unbelievable.Yet, with Jesus, it is true. Don't leave this identity in the closet. It is the most amazing relationship with your Savior!

I am victorious in Jesus! No matter how positively or negatively things are going or how. The identity of victorious gives me confidence no matter my present circumstances look like. Jesus defeated death and gives His followers victory.  What a precious identity!

In Jesus, I am blessed! And so are you. I'm not talking about money or possessions. This isn't about being lucky. Instead it is spiritual blessings. I must walk through life fully wrapped in this identity.

Jesus hears me. Every time. Every syllable. Every cry that can't even form words. Jesus hears me. What a blessed identity to have. I am always heard and never ignored by my Savior.

My Lord says I'm precious. Honestly, I'm not sure why. But that's an identity that helps me weather rejection, criticism, and negativity.You are precious to Jesus, not because of what you do, how you look, or what you own. But because He created you and He loves you.Never forget - you are precious to Jesus.

Sometimes I mess up bad and sin big. I have no idea why Jesus would keep loving me. Do you ever feel that way?In Jesus, we are eternally secure. What a glorious crown to place on our heads— one that can't be knocked off. Our enemy might accuse us, but he can never take away our eternity secured in Jesus. Wear that with confidence.

I am guarded by Christ. When all seems to be coming against me, I draw this identity tight around me.Jesus guards me. Nothing gets to me without first going through Him. And I can trust Him.

I love that Jesus guides me. I'm not alone not told to figure things out on my own. How about you? Do you walk in your identity of guided by Jesus? What a comforting identity to never let go of and never forget. No matter how confusing your present circumstances, Jesus guides you!

I see other's gifts much more than I see my own. Yet, Jesus promises that because I am His, He gifts me. In Jesus, you are gifted! He created you wonderfully and loves you, filling you with His Spirit. And He gives you gifts to carry out His work. You are gifted!

Jesus hides me. I love this part of my identity in Him. When I feel attacked or exposed, I remember that I can hide in Him. He covers and protects me and I am never as safe than in the middle of His arms. 

The world can feel lonely. Do you ever feel alone? Yet, Jesus gives His children the glorious identity of never being alone. Never! Alone! From the darkest prison cell to being surrounded by enemies, we are never alone because He always remains with us! What good news.

Jesus clothes me in freedom, and when I wear that I stop feeling like have to prove anything. He sets me free. He looses the bounds. He open the door. He unlocks the chains. In Jesus, my identity is freedom!

You are wanted in Jesus! Jesus wants you. And not because of the size of donation you can make. Not because of good deeds. Not because you deserve it.In fact, you can't do enough to deserve it. Yet, He wants you anyway. What an identity to remember every day. No matter how others treat you, in Jesus you are always wanted.

Jesus's love, which depends on His character and never on me, is the most extravagant identity I have. Wrapping that around me protects me from all attacks because regardless of what happens, His love never decreases.

When I put on the identity of filled in Jesus, I no longer have to try to fill myself with other things, like accomplishments, food, money, acceptance of others. Recognizing that I am filled in Jesus means I'm free and complete right now. 

When I come to Jesus I'm not given a set of rules, patted on the head, and told good luck. No! The Holy Spirit indwells me - lives inside of me. The Spirit comforts, teaches, directs, and helps me. Why would I ever want to live by my own devices? 

Jesus doesn't care about social status or income bracket. In Him there's no thought of nationality, race, or gender. Because in Him, that all falls away. When I am His it's because I'm adopted. I have a new family and identity. My identity of being His!

Listen. Do you hear Jesus? He is calling your name! Out of all the people in the world He beckons you to come to Him.Every day I remember that I am called, I realize that regardless of any other rejection I suffer, I have already been gifted with the greatest wanting of the universe. Jesus wants me.

I don't always feel like I fit in. Do you? In Jesus, your identity is that of welcomed. Like the full welcome party that is incredibly glad you came. Like there is no other person that could possibly take your place. Isn't that amazing?

In Jesus I am healed. Regardless of the current state of my body, my identity in Jesus is that of healing in my spirit, mind, and body. I may or may not enjoy the full experience of that healing until heaven, but I can walk now in the expectation!

I am so aware of my failings. When I concentrate on those I identify with all that is wrong with me.But when I wear the identity that I am wonderfully made, I can see every part of me, even my flaws and shortcomings, as places where Jesus has designed to fulfill His will.

In Jesus I am the most fully alive I can possibly be. I am not burdened with searching for the meaning of life. I not bound by sickness or physical ailments. I'm alive in my spirit beyond anything my flesh could ever experience.

Does it sound like good news to wear the truth that I am crucified with Christ? Well it is! It means I'm no longer bound by the temporary or fleeting passions or addictions of the world. My goals are eternal and my gaze is toward eternity. What freedom!

I am forgiven! Jesus provides that and I need to put that on every day. No more shame. No more hiding. No more lying about my past or waiting in fear that someone will find out. Why? Because I'm forgiven! Doesn't that sound good? 

Being saved starts the minute we place our trust in Jesus. But sometimes we act like it is just something that just gets into heaven. Eventually. Someday.But to wear our salvation means we can walk every day in the forgiveness Jesus gives us. What a heavy weight that removes.

When I bent my knee to Jesus I immediately became His chosen child. No longer do I need to prove my worth. No longer do I need to feel outside or unpicked.Put on the identity of chosen and feel the shackles of trying to get others to pick you fall away!

This might not sound like good news, but remembering this part of our identity is so important. Even as I stand in Jesus, washed by His blood, I am still a sinner, so how could this be good news? Listen to find out!

Realizing and agreeing with the fact that I am created by the Lord exactly as He desires me to be. I am created and I can rest in the way I am made. What difference would that make for you to put that identity on?

Finding out the answer to the question, "Who am I?" will establish our identity. Will I find it from what I accomplish? Or will I find it in all the rich gifts of Jesus?Come with me as we begin a 31 day journey through my book, Putting Jesus On. This is day 1.

After you have been married for decades,  your marriage can feel tired. And marriage can hold long term hurts. But if we are going to have empty nest marriages that thrive, we're going to have to work on it.We need to get healed. We must forgive. We must lay down disappointments in our spouse or how our marriage looks. And we must lean into the hard of God's calling for us to be faithful to our lifetime covenant. Come learn 8 ways to fight for your marriage and why it matters. This episode holds 8 actionable ways to fight for your marriage.