Preparing In Surrender If there is one thing that I want to encourage you with before we dive headfirst into our 40 days of prayer in the Psalms, it would be this wisdom from the missionary, Hudson Taylor: “You must go forward on your knees.” I think we tend to live life backward from the way […]

By Gretchen Saffles

Breathe | Heart-Check Day 2

The Fear of Anxiety As I lie on my bed, an onslaught of thoughts and worries barrage my mind like a broken dam. These thoughts are like water rushing without caution, and it is impossible to catch them. Instead, I watch them slip right through my fingers. When the powerhouse of my mind is running, […]

By Gretchen Saffles

Breathe in Mercy, Breathe out Worry

Back to Jesus It was an all-out fight to focus during my quiet time. Thoughts flooded my mind—worries, fears, questions, unresolved ideas, pressing tasks. I couldn’t read the words before me in my Bible. Time flew by like a rocket. I spent the time trying to wrangle my attention while counting down the minutes to […]

Every Distraction a Detour Back to Jesus

By Gretchen Saffles

The Book Above Every Other Book Nearly 130 million books exist so far in this world1, but only one Book has living qualities. Only one has been breathed out by the God of the universe. This book is the Bible. The Bible is the ageless, unchanging, life-altering Word of God. It is written by human […]

By Gretchen Saffles

Study the Bible with Gospel Glasses

Live With 20:20 Vision This Year Posts are popping up all around the internet today about living your best year yet and pursuing your dreams. Many of them claim the mantra “new year, new you” and proclaim that today is the day to hustle and make “it” happen. You might be reading them with an […]

By Gretchen Saffles

Live With 20:20 Vision This Year

Merry Christmas—the day of rejoicing is here!  Hallelujah, Christ has come; Christ died and rose; Christ is coming again!  Jesus’ birth was just the beginning of Christ’s work as the Lamb of God. In the Jewish sacrificial system, every single lamb ever slain on the altar of sacrifice remained dead. No lamb returned to life. […]

Beholding the Enthroned Lamb on Christmas Day

By Gretchen Saffles

A New Meaning to Christmas Christmas took on a whole new meaning in 2015 after we had our first little boy. Celebrating the wonder of Christ coming to earth in the form of a baby while holding a squirmy little one in my arms opened my eyes to the joy of treasuring moments. Much like […]

By Gretchen Saffles

Beholding the Lamb in Every Season: Motherhood

In order to fully immerse ourselves in this season of Advent, we have to start at the very beginning and ask one simple question: Why?  Why do we celebrate Christmas? Why do we partake in Advent? I grew up in a Christian home with a lineage of pastors and a father who was also a […]

By Gretchen Saffles

Living in the Tension of Advent

As 2019 comes to a close, I’ve been on the hunt for the “perfect planner” to use in 2020. Over the past few years, I’ve tried out several planners in an attempt to find one that would help my overwhelming life feel more manageable, organizing my days with ease. The other day I stumbled upon […]

The Perfect Planner for Every Year

By Gretchen Saffles

A Tool To Help You Study God’s Word Do you struggle with consistently studying God’s Word?  When you open your Bible, do you feel confused and unsure where to begin? Do you long for a deeper walk with Christ? Seven years ago my answer to these questions was a resounding YES! I wanted to know […]

By Gretchen Saffles

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