Healed by His Hands | Faith Over Fear and Truth Over Feelings

What happens when we need an answer, but doing things rightly requires patience?

In this Bible study of Ruth 3-4, we explore Ruth’s request, Boaz’s responsibility as a kinsman redeemer, and the renewed joy Naomi experiences after loss. We also follow this family’s connection to the earthly lineage of Jesus Christ and consider how His redemption should shape our daily lives.

If uncertainty has you tempted to take a shortcut, these chapters challenge that decision while offering hope to keep moving forward in obedience to God.

Open your Bible and study with me.

Are you waiting for somebody to fall so you can say, “I knew they hadn’t changed”? We want grace for our own past, but sometimes refuse to recognize what Jesus has done in somebody else. Their failure won’t lift us up, and keeping their past alive won’t excuse what we need to surrender to God.

In this episode of Faith Over Feelings (FOF), we examine what our words reveal about our hearts, the power of the Holy Ghost to change our lives, and how to keep obeying Jesus when people keep bringing up who we used to be.

Whether you’re holding someone’s past against them or tired of having yours thrown in your face, this message calls us to examine ourselves, receive correction, and pray instead of becoming bitter. Jesus can change you too. 

Don’t climb back into bondage just to belong. Keep following Him, even without their applause.

We’ll dismiss the Bible because “man wrote it,” then repeat a stranger’s opinion without checking whether it’s true. Why does Scripture face our scrutiny while the crowd gets our agreement?

In this episode of Faith Over Feelings, I confront how race, politics, trends, and unchecked accusations can influence what we believe about Jesus and His church. Through Scripture, we examine judging believers who stumble, leadership accountability, giving, fellowship, the meaning of “two or three gathered,” John’s warning about antichrists, and Paul’s warning about “every wind of doctrine.”

This challenges me too. Taking a stand for Jesus means letting His Word correct our conduct, including how we treat people who disagree with us.

Listen with your Bible open and examine these passages in context. When God’s Word confronts an opinion you’ve defended for years, which one will you hold on to?

We remember who left, but do we appreciate who stayed? And when someone else is hurting, does our love become something they can actually depend on?

In this recorded Bible study of Ruth chapters 1-2, we explore Naomi’s grief, Ruth’s faithfulness, and Boaz’s practical kindness through Scripture. Their account challenges us to recognize the support around us and examine how our faith in Jesus affects the way we care for others. Your questions may remain unanswered, but you can still receive help, extend kindness, and take the next faithful step.

It’s painful to admit we’ve been defending something we know is wrong. But where will we end up if we keep refusing the truth?

In this episode of Faith Over Feelings, we examine John 3, focusing on verse 19 and the heart’s response to Jesus. Through Scripture, we confront the excuses that keep us hiding and look at repentance, the new birth, and the hope found in Him.

Whether you’re seeking Jesus for the first time, returning after walking away, or examining your life after years in church, this message calls for a personal response.

You don’t have to stay where sin has taken you. There’s forgiveness and new life in Jesus. Listen with your Bible open, check what’s being taught, and consider what you need to surrender to Him.

It’s easy to call out wrongdoing until it involves somebody we love. Will we still acknowledge the truth when it touches our family, our friends, or someone we respect?

In this recorded Bible study, we finish Judges with chapters 20-21. We examine how protecting the guilty led to a devastating conflict and why being right about an offense doesn’t make every response right.

What are we defending? How are we handling hurt? And will we receive correction when we’re the ones who need it? These chapters call us to take responsibility, with hope through repentance, Jesus, and the power of the Holy Ghost to live differently.

Open your Bible and follow along. Check what I’m teaching against Scripture and study it for yourself. Our souls matter too much to take anyone’s word for it.

Some people will argue for a saying they’ve heard all their lives but won’t open the Bible to see whether it’s true. Others know what Scripture says but stay quiet because they don’t want to upset anybody. What happens to the person who keeps believing the lie?

This episode addresses familiar sayings about salvation, forgiveness, the Holy Ghost, and what happens when we die. We’ll examine them through Scripture, because something can sound comforting and still lead somebody wrong.

Being corrected doesn’t have to be embarrassing. It can be the very thing that brings us closer to Jesus. But we have to be willing to let go of what we’ve heard when it contradicts what He said.

Jesus calls us to repent and obey His Word. Through the Holy Ghost, He gives us power to live what we’re learning. Open your Bible, check what’s being taught, and let the truth change you.

Are we seeking God’s direction, or just hoping He’ll approve what we’ve already decided?

Originally recorded on Facebook Live, this study of Judges 17-19 takes us through Micah’s idols, the tribe of Dan’s false worship, and the horrific violence against a woman in chapter 19. These difficult chapters show what happens when people do what seems right to them while disregarding God and the lives of others.

Mentioning God’s name doesn’t mean we’re following Him, and getting what we want doesn’t prove He approved it. What are we accepting simply because it’s convenient, familiar, or supported by the people around us?

This study invites us to examine our choices and respond to God’s correction. If we recognize that we’ve gone astray, we can repent and turn back to Jesus. His Word gives us direction when our own understanding leads us wrong.

Bring your Bible, follow along, and study these chapters for yourself.

Content note: This episode discusses sexual violence and other disturbing events recorded in Judges 19.

We know which Scripture somebody else needs to hear. But what happens when God’s Word confronts something WE don’t want to change?

We can share a verse about love and still owe somebody an apology. We can tell people to trust Jesus while refusing to surrender our own situation. I’ve had to check myself, too.

In this episode, I explain what I mean by “plagiarizing” the Bible: give God the credit and put His Word into practice. I also clarify how God used human writers to record Scripture and how later translators made it available in English.

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” (James 1:22 KJV)

When His Word exposes something in us, we don’t have to keep defending it. We can repent, surrender it to Jesus, and receive His correction. Through the Holy Ghost, He gives us power to live differently, even when our feelings are pulling us the other way.

Open your Bible and study the passages in context for yourself. What is God calling you to put into practice that you’ve only been willing to quote?

Nothing happened between you, but they didn’t react to your post, and now you’re questioning the whole relationship. How much power have we given a button on a phone?

In this episode, I address the need for public approval and the assumptions that can turn into resentment. I also share something I had to confront in myself: wanting my husband to post what he’d already said to me personally. Why wasn’t hearing it from him enough?

When we’re constantly watching for acknowledgment, we can miss the love that’s already being shown. And while we’re busy checking everybody else’s behavior, our time with God and our own conduct can go neglected.

Jesus said in John 13:35 KJV, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”

We can stop keeping score, respect differences, and learn to ask questions before assigning motives. That gives our relationships room to grow without the constant pressure to prove something online.

When the phone goes down, does the life we’re living agree with the faith we’ve been posting?