Spiritual Leaders of the Family

03/12/2024

01/14/2024

Sharing our burdens with fellow believers is WAY more important than we often realize!

10/12/2023

Broken relationships and unresolved conflict will leave you distracted and wounded. The temptation to play those events over and over in your mind sets the perfect stage for bitterness and revenge. How do you avoid the negative effects of conflict? When you separate the sin from the person, you can move past hurts and offer the same forgiveness that God has extended to you. By releasing the events and trusting God to restore the relationship, you are free to move on. Is there someone in your life that you need to forgive? What steps can you take to honor God with that relationship?

11/26/2022

Very good pointers given!

“The mind replays what the heart can’t delete.” There are secret traumas that are hard to share, and because we can’t share them, we don’t get support, and we end up carrying the burden alone. This…

10/26/2022

Christians Won't Conquer P**n Without Doing This

10/23/2022

Don’t take your marriage for granted. Nurture it, cherish it, and ask the Lord to work on it every day.
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-Pesa & Whitney
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09/30/2022

I’m feeling overwhelmed by life lately.

My husband and I had an impromptu date yesterday where I shared that I just feel there isn’t enough time in a day. He’s working and going to school and it’s meant I only see him for an hour or so some days, broken up in 20-30 minute chunks.

Which means the bulk of the home and the kiddos has fallen to me.

And, to be honest, I’ve spent the last two months oscillating between playing the victim or the martyr depending on the day.

Yesterday I said, “If I cut back any more on my writing and work with Beggar’s Daughter, I might as well just shut it down.”

Then this morning as I complained to God in prayer about the current state of chaos, it’s like He said, “No time, huh? Really? Because you seem to have plenty of time to scroll Instagram. So much so that your daughter now pretends to make slime videos. You seem to have plenty of time to play that little matching game. What level are you on now? 740? What is that? 30 levels this week?”

It’s a struggle I’ve had for years, escaping, running, burning time when I feel overwhelmed.

But there’s a Psalm that says, “When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.”

Not “lead me to Instagram” or “lead me to that matching game” or even “lead me to a workout” or “lead me to coffee.”

Lead me to the rock.

But so often when we’re overwhelmed and tired, we seek to disconnect instead of connect. We want the vacation, the weekend.

We search for absence instead of presence.

We run instead of pursuing true rest.

So, the call was clear this morning. I’m taking IG off my phone for the month of October. I will be popping on for some scheduled content and neat projects, but I won’t be as active. Because let’s be honest: I only do my work for like 10 minutes a day. The rest of the time I spend mindlessly scrolling my explore page.

So, I’m off for October. Hoping to reset what my mind and body crave.

Big things coming:

• SHE Virtual Recovery Summit (see the SVRS highlight)- I’ll be part of a live panel on October 21!

• Tell10 initiative for my upcoming book! More info on that soon but you can see info on the book in my Quenched highlight

• And more!

06/02/2022

This needs to be shared!

Falling in love, the heart-felt process. The heart races, hoping love doesn’t stumble. Love is about endurance, not the mind racing so fast. The breadth starts to withers, the soul becoming winded.…

05/13/2022

Here is the devotional: God’s mission is to gather as many souls on earth as are willing to live with him for eternity. He is passionate—no, vigilant—for everyone to have an opportunity to choose h…

03/18/2022

This has got to be the most powerful love song ever😍😭😍

JJ Heller releases a new song on the first Friday of each month. Listen to them all here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHDtq-EIG_lcTfDJiH7vFPzXu1zT...

03/11/2022

This! YES!!

Awesome post from Grace Waves 😊

Receiving the love of God is often the beginning of everything you will ever do for the Kingdom of God.