I love birthday celebrations and last week was no different. I made sure to enjoy every inch of my 33rd turn around Earth. There was a cake, a bike ride, a road trip and a lot of Brazilian barbecue involved around the fact that I glimmer at the thought of…

Obedience is a huge part of my relationship with God. It is where I am now learning to redifine my understanding of who He is, knowing who He says I am, and learning how to serve Him, serving others around me too. Obeying, in the past, often felt to me…

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. 2 Corinthians 1:5 ESV I love how Paul describes his affliction in the second letter to the corinthians: the way he pours out his heart in sincerity, showing others the truth in his…

There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 1 Corinthians 15:40 ESV If you have been a Christian for a while now, you have certainly read from the that time when God…

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Phil 2:3,4 ESV EN/PT I went cycling with a group of people from church last week…

When You Think You're Waiting, But You're Not! I have just finished reading the book of Hosea with the Bible reading schedule I follow every year (find a free template in jesus-islife.com). I love the Lord’s patient to teach us some tough truth. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim…

Strive for an Abundant Life Instead! Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Cor 5:17 During my second pregnancy, something strange happened to my intestine, and I began to have a hard time being comfortable…

Breaking Out from Inconsistency in Your Quiet Time — “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ." Romans 10:17 ESV On and Off on Your Reading I want to talk about the brutal truth hidden under your daily quiet time and unfold in honesty why I believe so many of us give it up so easily. If we were so intentional…

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 I was reading from 1 Kings 13 about the Prophet's Disobedience. Do you know that passage? A young prophet from Judah is sent to confront Jeroboam (the king of Israel) in his wickedness. There is…