Our motivations matter as we pursue goals in 2020. Our innate desires are hopes and dreams stem from unmet needs, wants deep within from comparison or inspired by God. When we figure out WHAT are goals are, we also need to find our WHY. Listen to find the sub-goals that help our goals become a reality.

Are you ready for 2020? The beginning of a new year prompts self evaluation as we consider the past year and wonder if we just might be able to do better in the coming year. And the most important preparation we need is in our heart and mind. The word of God will change our lives if we read it. Listen in and join me in reading the Bible this year.

If we know God loves us, how ought we to live? Loved. The love of God is more than just a feeling. This life could never give us the love we crave. Come and explore God's love for you this advent season.

What joy thieves are in your life? Sin, grief, our own hearts or misplaced joy can rob us of joy, but joy can be restored through God and His word. Listen in to find a joy we can have not just at Christmas time, but all year through.

Can you see the light? Oh how amazing it is to see and understand the light of God's word and Christ's salvation. As we continue to celebrate the Advent season, let's revel in the goodness of Christ's righteousness and reveal this righteousness to all around.

Christmas can be a hectic time, but we don't have to let the culture around us dictate how we celebrate Christmas. As we celebrate the Advent season, this week we focus on hope. The hopes of this world die, but our Savior came and lives to give us a hope that never fails. Listen in as we unpack what this hope brings us that was revealed with the birth of Christ.

Why be grateful? Is it possible to be grateful when life is hard? Listen in as we share ten Scriptures and benefits of gratitude to reflect on this Thanksgiving as well as my favorite things about Thanksgiving and some recipes for you to try!

It's easy to be thankful for things that we deem to be good. But what about those hard places? We can choose to be grateful even then. When we have the focus on ourselves we become ungrateful. But His word illumines and gives understanding so we can choose gratitude when it just seems unnatural to be grateful. Listen in as we explore God's words to help us to be grateful at all times.

The lives we planned can be interrupted with pain and feel out of control. But God’s design is flawless and His plan is to redeem our broken places and turn them into something beautiful. Listen in as Tracy Steel and I continue to discuss her book, “A Redesigned Life: Uncovering God’s Purpose When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned”.

Is your life all you hoped it to be? When our plans for our life fail, or we find our lives filled with pain, God has not forgotten us. Listen in as Tracy Steel, author of  “A Redesigned Life: Uncovering God’s Purpose When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned”, and I discuss how God’s design for our life is never out of His control or without purpose.