Believe & Speak
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Episode 188
Ive been desperate to believe I can still hold on to a long ago promise God made me, and so several weeks ago, I entered two words into the search bar of one of my Bible programs: word fail My search
Episode 187
Yesterday wouldve been by dads 87th birthday. Im sure he and my mom had a great time celebrating in glory, that is, if we still celebrate birthdays in heaven. I marked the occasion with my husband
Episode 186
The lyrics to Blessed Assurance come from the book of Lamentations. Several years ago, I recorded a fun, upbeat version of that old hymn, and you can hear it on Spotify, YouTube and other online sou
Episode 185
Im 3 years into this podcast, and Ive never read from Lamentations. A book filled with laments doesnt seem like the best source for a podcast designed to help you speak life. But todays declarat
Episode 184
Danny Gokey has a new song out called My America (I Still Believe). Ive only heard it a few times, but every time he breaks into America the Beautiful, I get goosebumps. Certainly, God has shed his g
Episode 183
God spoke life into existence, but he didnt merely say Let there be people. He said, Let usmake mankindin our image,in our likeness. God had a special design in mind for mankindfor us to be l
Episode 182
Last week, I mentioned a book I wrote several years ago about how God kept his promise to be close to the broken hearted and save those who are crushed in spirit. In the book, The Lord is Close, I sha
Episode 181
In the late 1990s, I wrote a book about how God kept his promise to be close to the broken hearted and save those who are crushed in spirit. I had buried my baby boy and cried countless tears. No pain
Episode 180
Lately, my mind has been conforming to thought patterns out of sync with my preferred pattern of thinking. I desperately want to break out of the rut of negative thought patterns that my mind has sett
Episode 179
Anybody else struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep? Since I was a little girl, Ive had a hard time slowing down my mind and/or my body when the clock says its time for bed. Perhaps thats why Im s