God isn't looking for "super-saints" as much as He's looking for humble and honest ones. (1 John 1:5-10) The month prior to going to Israel I have to admit I had a continuous battle with anxiety - something very unusual for me! What was I anxious about?  Everything!...

A friend sent me a word via text a few days before leaving for Israel mid November.  The word was "advocate."  I asked her what that meant and she said to look for advocates everywhere I went in Israel.  God was going to provide them! An advocate is a person who...

My plans were set.  Two friends were going to be in Jerusalem for November and I would rendezvous with them on the 13th and have two weeks to find a place to live in Jerusalem.  I'd made those plans months before and there was no reason to think there would be another...

Does God care about our plans to rent a car?  You bet He does.  On my trip to Israel to drop off suitcases in August a friend was joining me, who was staying in a different location that I was. We planned to tour Jerusalem by bus and on foot, and then rent a car one...

The purpose of Bible study isn’t to check an item off a religious checklist. It’s to fellowship with, and seek to understand God, and His ways.

Faith is a gift from God. It’s a gift that we can either treasure, or cast aside. When we treasure it we become more aware of the creative power it contains.

Where were they going? When would she get to her destination? Would she arrive there safely? These were all questions that floated through her mind. With a stranger at the wheel of the vehicle she had to relinquish any sort of control of the situation. Ultimately she was being forced to trust God for her safe arrival.