Are you busy busy busy serving many people when the most important guest in your home (JESUS) is just waiting for your listening ear and your attention? We are all guilty of "Martha syndrome" at times. However, did you know that even Jesus got weary? Even Jesus told His disciples that they needed to take time to come apart and rest? Without that refreshing time away, we are all prone to spiritual fatigue and burnout. Many think, "Well I just need a vacation!" But sometimes even our recreation...

What if we ran from sin as much as we run from catching “Lepro-C”? Can you imagine how different our world would be? We’d probably be in heaven already! Being sick is no fun, but at some point over the last two years we’ve probably all experienced the dreaded disease called “Lepro-C” in some shape or form. But did you know that there’s something even worse than Lepro-C that we need to be on guard for? In this weeks podcast, I share a little about my current experience with “Lepro-C” and the...

In this week’s podcast, I share an inspirational glimpse into something that was happening behind the scenes during the 61st General Conference session in St. Louis Missouri. It was a beautiful prayer room where hundreds of us dug deeply into God’s Word, where we prayed together, we sang together, and we experienced God’s rich blessings together in answer to prayer. In this podcast you will hear a few different voices as well as some inspiring thoughts my friend Charissa Torossian shared on...

Have you ever wondered if you will succeed at being that “perfect Christian” God has called you to be this side of heaven?? Well, don’t despair! I have good news to share in this week’s podcast. Make sure you are sitting down and you have your Bible and a pen and paper nearby! When you are ready, push play and buckle up your seatbelt for an encouraging adventure. As you listen my prayer is that you would “know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the...

Does it sometimes feel like everything is going wrong in your life? I don't feel that way very often, but occasionally there are those days... days where it feels like everything is falling apart. As we face those crazy wild days, let's keep our heavenly glasses on so we have that heavenly perspective. I will share what that looks like in this week's podcast. I also love the amazing testimony that my friend and mentor, Jerry Page just shared during staff worship this past week. Remember, no...

Have you heard it said, "Don't sweat the small stuff, because, well, it's all small stuff?" At face value, that sounds like great advice. But what does that really mean? And how do you think Jesus handled the small tiny details of life? Were they important to Him? Did they matter? Did the little people in His life matter?? This week's podcast is a "tribute" of sorts to several people who have showed me how significant the small details of life are, and what it means to live for the glory of...

Do you sometimes feel that your heart is getting a little stony and hard? You want to be praising God, you want to be thankful, but instead of gratefulness all that seems to bubble out is grumbling! You want to be at peace with those around you, but instead of joy and peace, you have irritation or hurt. We desperately need God to change our hearts! In this weeks podcast, I share about who Jesus is as our solid ROCK and how He can break our hard stony hearts and make them soft, then…. Don’t...

Any book worms in my audience? Well actually, you don’t have to be a book worm to be captivated by these incredible testimonies. Once you start reading any one of these books, you won’t be able to put the book down!! If you are wanting to grow faith or looking for faith building stories of those who literally hung their very life on God’s Word, these five resources are some of the best! “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not...

Trouble may be looming on your horizon. Maybe it’s an unexpected life threatening illness, difficulty at work, a broken relationship, or maybe it’s genuine religious persecution such as I share about in this episode. Whatever the case, let’s pray that God would help us see the trials and challenges that come across our path not just as times of trouble but as times of PROMISE—opportunities for God to show us His true character and His great love. In this podcast I also share about a fun...

True success in the Christian life is not about always having it all together. True success is experienced when in our weakness and neediness, we keep throwing ourselves upon Jesus and His perfect strength. When you are running on empty and looking for the nearest exit, where do you go? When you are going through trials and temptations, where do you turn? We all go through challenges and times of testing, we all struggle. And in this week’s podcast I’m once again very real sharing about those...

Did you know that trials are actually fertilizer for our soul and character if we submit to God in the midst of them? Yep! God allows them for a reason and they will be used to grow us for His glory if we allow His way in our life! John 15:2 tells, “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” That pruning hurts sometimes! Trials aren’t fun! They stink, just like that stinky cow manure we put on our...

How do you respond when you've been wounded? Are you quick to forgive, or do you struggle letting things go. As I learned in my own life this past week, pride often gets in the way of forgiveness. Because pride feels the need to stand its ground. It feels the need to defend itself. It feels the need to make the other party suffer as we have suffered. And yet we are told, "If pride and selfishness were put aside, five minutes would solve most difficulties." All I can say is, "Lord forgive us...

“BEWARE of the barrenness of a busy life,” wrote Corrie Ten Boom. How timely! Is the constant "go go go" of life wearing you thin? Do you find yourself struggling to juggle the demands of life, of family, of ministry, of everything pressing in, and at the same time struggling to squeeze in meaningful quality time with God? Well, if you haven’t discovered yet, we can’t juggle the demands of life successfully if we are trying to do it in or own strength without first having that quality time!...

Do you ever struggle with that voice in your head that tells you that you are not good enough, you're a failure, or that you cannot be saved? If you don't struggle, perhaps you know someone in your life who does. Whatever the case, this podcast is for you. It's all about what it means to live by God's Word and to speak His truth in the place of the enemy's lies. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life... and He has an answer for every accusation that the great Deceiver makes against us....

If you didn’t hear part I of this powerful testimony please go back and listen to last week’s podcast before you continue with this one. In this episode, recorded on their back porch with the gentle breeze blowing and animals playing around our feet, my friends TJ and MaryAnn Knutson continue to share their story of how God has been growing their faith in the midst of personal tragedy. We all go thru times of questioning! We all experience points in our life where we don’t understand our...

In this episode my dear friends TJ and MaryAnn Knutson join me to share some of their personal testimony of how God has helped (and is helping) them through great personal tragedy and loss. Are you struggling with some difficult crisis in your life? Or perhaps, you are wondering how you will get through the crisis of the coming days? As TJ and MaryAnn share, I believe you will be inspired and encouraged that God truly is with His people, even in the midst of the darkest storms, and as He's...

Do you ever find yourself up against a Red Sea of impossibilities and you wonder how in the world will I get through these circumstances? The children of Israel faced those types of impossibilities again and again, and yet again and again, God came through for them. And He will come through for us today as well. In this episode, Melody shares a couple stories from scripture as well as some inspiring stories of significant victories that God gave His people as they cried out to Him in the...

In this episode, Melody shares some sobering truths from God's Word as well as some significant eye-opening dreams that she believes are a wake-up call for our lives today. Perhaps you have been a spectator in the arena of spiritual things! Well, it's time to get off the fence and take your stand for Jesus! It's time to start preparing for the coming crisis that lies just before us. The signs of Jesus soon return are all around us. But before He comes, the Bible tells us we are going to...

Have you ever thought about the fact that the way we treat the written Word of God is actually the way we value the Living Word in person? Ouch! That cuts a bit, doesn't it? We praise God for His mercy as we fall so short of loving Him the way we truly should. In this podcast Melody will be talking about learning to love the Word, live the Word, and ultimately being willing, if the final test comes, to die for the Word. We hope you enjoy the stories shared in this podcast of those who stood...

What is true love and how do we find it? In this special “Valentine’s episode” Melody shares some of her own personal journey searching for love and the amazing discoveries she’s made along the way! If you’re on your own quest for love or struggling to accept God’s great love for YOU, this episode is a must hear! Our desire, echoed in Ephesians 3:17-18, is that “Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the...

In Psalms 119:103-104 we read, “How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.” Do you resonate with these words? How about with the words of Jeremiah? “Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.” What a rich bountiful treasure we’ve been given in the Word of God! However I’m afraid it’s a...

It is easy to worship and sing praises to God when life is good and when it seems like everything is going our way, but how do we sing praises to God and worship Him in the midst of trials, temptations, and even when it looks like He has abandoned us?? In this episode, Melody will be tackling some tough issues in the light of the stories of Scripture. And she will be challenging us to allow God to take our most difficult life circumstance or our darkest midnight and turn it into an offering...

I was just an ordinary country girl from the Ozarks of Arkansas, living in the Laodecia wilderness of modern day Christianity. But then God got ahold of me… and I discovered that I serve an extra-ordinary God that had so much more in store for my life! And you serve this same God too, the God who wants to take you out of the lukewarm church of Laodecia and set your heart on fire for Him! It’s probably obvious that this podcast is my very first (better recording equipment will be used on the...