Beginning with Thanks and Praise This week on Jen’s Journal, I’d like to welcome my longtime friend and sister Megan Carter to the writing chair. Megan and I have shared hundreds of prayer calls across the phone lines over the years, supporting one another’s families and walks with God. Megan is a prolific writer, a genuine friend, and a dedicated […] Read More When prayer is your greatest weapon Some people just know how to wage war. “My strategy is going to be prayer,” Trudi leans over the desk and says to me. The lines on either side of her temples parenthesize deep wells of wisdom. Without thought, she removes her scarf, folding it to the side as my eyes land on the fresh incision […] Read More Getting What We Want vs. Knowing What We Need Sometimes we get what we want. Other times, we get what we need, and we may not always like it. But if we call ourselves believers, we must also believe our Heavenly Father knows what is best for us. I’ve been reading John 15 lately. I first fell in love with that passage when I […] Read More Greater Worth Than Gold (when your faith is being tested, read this.) The other day the Cowboy texted me a verse: In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith — more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire — may be found to result […] Read More He who Promised is Faithful (getting back to basics…) I’ve been mining the Scriptures for the real meaning of ministry, getting back to basics. It’s fascinating to watch the guys in the Book of Acts figure out how to run a ministry on the job. (It actually gives us very clear guidelines that I’ll be sharing more about in the coming weeks). But the […] Read More |