Happy 2023 friends! As we begin a new year, I wanted to share with you a new ministry opportunity God has given me here in South Florida. A few weeks ago, I began teaching a Bible study at a local women’s jail. While prison ministry was not something that was in my plans for this season, God made it very clear to me that I should say “yes” to this assignment.
I have to say that it has been such an honor to serve this group of women. In my ...
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Christmas Greeting from Nicole
Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
During this Christmas season, I have been thinking about all of the changes our family has experienced over the last year. As many of you know, we moved from Chicago to South Florida in June. We bought a new house, Rob started a new job, and the kids started attending a new school.
Despite all of the changes, what has not changed this year is God’s faithfulness. He has walked with us during ...
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Zero Prayer: For Those You Love With Cancer
Years ago, when my mom was first diagnosed with breast cancer, I came across a prayer by Margaret Feinberg entitled “Pray for Zero” in her Bible study, Fight Back with Joy.
Since then, our family has prayed our own version of the “Zero Prayer” for my mom and many others who have been diagnosed with cancer. I wanted to share the prayer with you and I hope it will be a blessing to you or someone in your life.
Lord, I pray the “Zero Prayer” ...
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“Live Like It’s True” Podcast
A few weeks ago, I was a guest on the Live Like It’s True podcast, hosted by my friend, Shannon Popkin. We discussed Genesis 3 and how we don’t have to hide in shame when sin. God is ready and willing to forgive us!
Click here or here to listen in and let me know what you think.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). ...
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When You Don’t Feel Like Praying…
What should you do when you know you should spend some time in prayer, but you are too tired, too busy, too distracted, or feeling unmotivated to pray? Since this has happened to me, I wanted to give you two practical steps to help jump-start your prayer time.
Pray Anyway!
Jesus explained to His disciples the problem is that “The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matt. 26:41b). You may recall that the context of this verse ...
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Life Is Difficult
I recently read those three words on a day where life did in fact seem difficult. They were written in a letter by a woman named Pat who has deep faith in God and has spent her life devoted to Him. On the morning I read that sentence, I felt a sense of relief that I was not the only woman who loves and follows the Lord, yet often feels the weight of life’s challenges.
Sometimes I think that the Christian life is supposed to be ...
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