From Frazzled to Fun

What we saw in the 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies was not okay...

Blasphemous.

Obscene.

A mockery.

Demonic.

Parents can't feel confident to sit down and watch the Olympics with their children anymore?

We've got to stand up against this. 

I'm grateful that Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano submitted a powerful public statement, full of strength and truth. 

Also beautifully written, harpist and young mama Heidi Hernandez posted this statement on Facebook.

What can you do?

1. Click here to message Congress

After you do that, it will take you to

2. A page to file a complaint with the FCC

And, most of all, pray.

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Eph. 6:12)

We are living in times that will be talked about for generations.

I've been saying for 4 years that the based-on-true-story movie that will be made of these times we are living in could be the best of all time....

The lies

The betrayal

The treason

The magnitude of impact

The stakes

If we were blind to it before, the event that happened Saturday evening July 13, 2024, showed the evil that threatens our very Republic, which impacts all of our lives. 

My challenge to you: How do you want your kids to remember how you got through this time?

Someone who...

...prayed?

....did not fear?

...believed what the Bible says about God's power in and through us?

This is a time for us to pray more and worship more.

 "For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Eph. 6:12)

In the enemy's desperation with all the exposure that has happe...

This weekend is the release of Angel Studio's new movie Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot.

I encourage you to get your tickets now to go see it.

The movie is based on a true story about families from a rural church in East Texas who changed history by adopting 77 unwanted children from the foster care system.

This rural community demonstrated that with love and action, the battle for America's most vulnerable can be won.

It also shows the transformative power of community. 

My family and I have 10 tickets to see the movie this weekend. (Look for the "group discount" button to buy 5/get 5 free and go with friends!)

Could you take your family  this week?

By supporting Sound of Hope, you help raise awareness of the need in the foster care system and you help provide for the next culturally impacting movie to be made.

It looked impossible.

When Israel got backed up to the Red Sea and the Egyptian army was coming for them, the Israelites were terrified.

They'd just been miraculously guarded from the plagues of blood, frogs, gnats, livestock deaths, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and deaths of firstborn children.

They had been freed from slavery and even left with the riches of Egypt in their hands.

But there they stood thinking they were about to die by the sword of the Egyptian army.

Little did they know what God was about to do for them.

God was about to part the Red Sea and allow them to walk through on dry land! 

One of the greatest deliverance stories in all of history!

A great reminder that...

NOTHING is impossible with God. 

ANYTHING is possible with God.

Today situations may look impossible and things may look unsalvageable...and it may get a lot worse before the Lord intervenes.

But choose today as an act of your will to

1. reject fear 

2. put your hope in the Lord

Our bigg...

This weekend Christ followers celebrate all across the Earth.

"THE defining moment in history...

is it your defining moment in history?" 

- Jill Rhodes

If you know the joy of having Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord then it surely is your defining moment in history.

I encourage you to take a few moments to turn your thoughts and heart to Jesus by listening to our friend Rachel Leigh Bowsher's new single just released. (CLICK HERE)

Praying peace for your heart and home!

P.S. Get JESUS (Outstretched Arm of Heaven) on your favorite streaming platform here.

I pray this new song, written and recorded by Taylor Stull, will refresh your spirit and soul as you look to the Lord.  

(By the way, if your kids hear this song, you may be hearing them sing it the rest of the day! It seems to have that effect.) :)  

Taylor shares:   

"This little song is now spreading its wings & how I hope it soars!  

Psalm 24. 'Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? Those who have clean hands and pure hearts.'  

With every step, I come to the knowledge that anywhere with Jesus is safe.  

The more I let him cleanse me.

Purify me.

The more I experience him.  

Take me on the mountain.

Or take me to your riverside.

Mountain high.

Valley low.

Anywhere you want to go…..  

Just change me as we walk together.  

When I hear this song, I feel like I’m soaring high above the clouds.

Kissing the tops of streams & running through open fields.  

At the other end of this song, I believe a secret place is waiting for you, ...

I'm still rejoicing over how the Lord met us in such a powerful way at the Coach Mom Live Retreat in Phoenix a few weekends ago.

I so appreciate everyone who shared their talents to make it such a special weekend.

My daughter Mari made this video showing highlights from the weekend, which includes some of the moms sharing what the time meant to them.

Again, one of the most powerful moments this year was the time the foster and adoptive moms shared their stories with each other.

Where to go from here...

I am excited to continue the love and support by opening the doors to Truth Mom Tribe, a community for honest, free, and fun foster and adoptive living.

If you are a foster or adoptive mom, or seek to know how best to support your foster and adoptive mom friends, I hope you will consider joining the Truth Mom Tribe!

Do you ever feel like God isn't hearing your prayers?

I sat today with a friend and we recounted some of our best answered prayer moments, and it was so spiritually encouraging and uplifting.

What did all of these "best" answered prayer moments have in common? There was always some difficulty, risk or peril...but God.

What in your life do you need God's intervention in?

Always pray and never lose heart. (Luke 18:1)

Click here and take in this 30-second astounding testimony springing from a simple sincere prayer.

Then take a moment to lift up your heart to the Lord, asking Him for intervention in your life or family.

Trust the promise that as you pray according to HIs will, He hears you. And that you have what you have asked. (1 John 5:14)

I'm praying right now that as you pray a sincere prayer, the Lord will show you

• He loves you
• He sees you
• He hears you

Please let me know if you end up with a cool story to share!

P.S. Have you signed up yet for the second annual Co...

Happy Thanksgiving!

May all our days be filled with gratitude and thanksgiving.

Even science proves that it has a great impact on one's mental and emotional health.

Some thoughts on thanksgiving that I journaled this last week from a compilation of sermons by Bill Johnson:

• Thankfulness is an expression of trust that keeps us conscious of the Presence of God
• Thanksgiving enables us to take what the enemy meant for evil and transfer it into to the hands of God, knowing that He is causing all things to work together for our good.
• When we are thankful, we sanitize our touch and involvement in the matters our our lives. It removes the remaining "flesh influence" that defiles what God might do.
• Thankfulness sanctifies.
• When I am thankful, everything in my life is usable to God.
• Thankfulness is an automatic position of humility, the #1 virtue that changes a person's life.
• Thankfulness can change the nature of a family line

I am thank God for the privilege of being connected wit...

God flew me all the way to Africa and back, 20 checkpoints each way, with an airline ticket that had the wrong LAST NAME. Yep…it was a miracle! 

I only got detained 3 times. Each time they came and profusely apologized, letting me pass through without speaking a word on my behalf!

I love to share my most exciting God stories. But I realize they all have one thing in common: a certain degree of peril. 

The idea of living out more God miracles sounds amazing… but...today just never seems like a convenient time….

Right now, we all stand in a unique time ourselves…

War, threats of organized terrorist groups on our own soil who have entered through our open borders, political unrest, bank closures, and food chain disruptions all threaten our sense of peace.

But I encourage you to not be dismayed or discouraged.

One thing we know from the past: The biggest challenges are God's biggest opportunities to show His glory. (The enemy evidently still hasn’t caught on to that!)

I truly belie...