On today's episode: "Consider then, if the absence you feel from God, is actually absence. Maybe it’s more like patience and is but another tactic of our great Father to bring more of His children into His embrace? Your unique story was meant to speak to others in a specific way that no one else could."

On today's episode: "It is no small thing, this royalty we possess through our salvation. I look at Christ and the example He gave us in walking through the same hardships of life as a man. The way He loved people, even in death as He asked God’s forgiveness for the people who’d been shouting for the very suffering and death he sustained."

On today's episode: "When we feel weak and powerless against the world and against our flesh, let us cling to this truth. Lift your head and broaden your chest. You are equipped with the tools to fight against the things of this world that pull you back into slavery. The Spirit Himself testifies on our behalf!"

On today's episode: "To be honest, it caught me off guard. I felt confident that He’d led me to the exact place where I was because He had work for me to do. I couldn’t answer, because I didn’t want to tell God no, but it was all so confusing. And it scared me. Who would I be if I wasn’t Zumba Kellye?"

On today's episode: "He had and still has no idea I was at the door the entire time. Nor, does he know I kissed his sweaty head and tucked him in when he finally surrendered. I never left him. I had enough patience to wait it out because for my baby, I have the time to wait for that. For all he knows, I walked away completely, because he couldn’t see me, hear me, or feel me. But I was there the entire time."

On today's episode: "And let me start by saying that I am not that girl. I am not that kind of Christian…the devoted disciple of Christ that is compelled to pursue Jesus at every turn and talk about Him incessantly. Or at least my idea of who that type of person is and what they look and sound like."

On today's episode: "In our lives, this same question can apply to the area we compare most often. Who told you that you had to throw a Pinterest party? Who told you that you had to wear a size 4? Who told you that you had to make homemade, organic anything? Who told you your house had to look a certain way? Or my favorite...Who told you that you had to get your life cleaned up before Jesus would ever entertain your relationship? Who told you these things? Because if you’d actually stopped long enough to ask God His opinion on the matter, He’d probably tell you exactly where He wanted you to spend your time and energy."

On today's episode: "And it seems that in our own lives, less big sinful offenses, we walk around with a great deal of shame surrounding things that aren’t at all shameful. You ate the indulgence that wasn’t on your diet plan. Shame. You can’t fit into the dress or the pants or the bathing suit and look the way you think you should look. Shame. You said no to the thing someone expected you to say yes to. Shame. You took time for yourself. Shame. What of these really are deserving of shame? I’ll give you the answer. None of them."

On today's episode: "Towards the end of the year, I’m tempted to get really distracted. A to-do list of lots of fun and fulfilling things, quickly becomes a deep well of anxiety. Feeling overly anxious leads to an inability to rationally pursue any other conflict in my life with the peace and calm that I normally might be able to. And where one conflict rises, it sure feels like others are close behind."

On today's episode: "Is the question you’re asking, “why did God put me through that?” Perhaps, instead, the statement is “Look at all the Lord has brought me through.”"