Coming this November – the 9th Annual “Making Your Home a Haven Challenge” is back! It’s a new year and it’s time for a new edition! Some of you may remember that last year – we mixed the Bible Study titled – Rest and Release – with the challenges. So this year, we are going to continue going deeper in our walk with the Lord, as we practice 4 Spiritual Disciplines. I will announce the weekly schedule once we complete our study through the book of Ruth. But for those who are returning and remember how this works – you […]
Read MoreReminder: The Understand Your Teen Summit Starts Today!
The Understand Your Teen Summit Starts Today! This is a free on-line event with an amazing line-up of speakers including Dr. Gary Chapman, Rick Warren, David Platt, and about 40 other speakers including ME!!! Every parent wants to feel like they have it all together and know exactly how to understand their kids, spark a meaningful conversation – or maybe they just want to grab their teen’s attention away from their devices for more than 5 minutes … However, life is busy, teen culture is constantly changing, and everything seems to be moving a million miles per hour. The […]
Read MoreJoin Me For This Free On-Line Conference
Next Thursday, September 20th, the “Understand Your Teen Summit” begins! This is a free on-line event with an amazing line-up of speakers including Dr. Gary Chapman, Rick Warren, David Platt, and about 40 other speakers including ME!!! AGH! How did I end up on that list? Your guess is as good as mine. Lol! Well, I have 2 teenagers (a 15 year old son and a 13 year old daughter) but I want to humbly admit that I don’t always know what I’m doing or how this will all turn out. I am not an expert, so I’m not […]
Read MoreNew Series Begins May 1st: Habit Tracking Tuesdays!
This comment was left out on Facebook: “Loving my Habit Tracker so far. But the first Habit that i need to Track is using the Habit Tracker. lol ♥” Can you relate? Do you already have a Habit Tracker and need accountability? Or have you thought about getting one but are not sure if you will use it? Then this series is for you! Beginning on May 1st, I’ll be starting a new series titled “Habit Tracking Tuesdays”! For 5 Tuesdays in a row – I’ll be cheering you on. If you are new here – here’s what’s inside. All 3 […]
Read MoreWe Are Family
Through the sales of Good Morning Girls journals, Women Living Well Ministries has been able to donate to multiple global organizations. I am so excited to share with you about how my friend Holly has used some of the funds to minister to our sisters in Christ, in the Ukraine. These ladies are students, graduates and wives of pastors at the Kyiv Theological Seminary. Holly and I met in high school and she discipled me on a weekly basis, as we did a one on one Bible Study together, for 2 years. After high school, we attended the Moody Bible Institute […]
Read MoreWhat’s Next?
Our Bible study through the book of Romans is about to end this Monday, February 5th. So you may be wondering – What’s next? Here’s the 2018 GMG Bible Study Schedule: Winter Study: Romans Spring Study: 2 Samuel Summer Study – TBA Fall Study – TBA There will be 4 total Bible Studies this year. During the breaks, I plan to be here blogging – so I’m not going anywhere – I just won’t be leading a formal Bible Study. I was leading 7-9 Bible studies a year before my break last spring and that pace was too fast for […]
Read MoreIntroducing the GMG Leader’s Manual and a Change at GMG
The year of 2017 was a year of change both in my personal life and this on-line ministry. One of the biggest changes at Good Morning Girls was the loss of Mandy Kelly, our GMG Leadership Coordinator. The Lord took her home to heaven suddenly in March of 2017. It was hard to move on without Mandy, while also grieving the other changes in my life. And so through the Lord’s prompting, I have decided to discontinue the GMG Leaders Facebook Group. I have also decided to run GMG on my own without a team. Our team has been […]
Read MoreIntroducing the New Winter 2018 Bible Study
Cue the Confetti! It’s time to announce the NEW Winter 2018 Bible Study. Drum roll please… It’s the…BOOK OF ROMANS! For those who have been following along with the “Blogging Through the Bible” Series, you may remember that last Christmas — this study was put on hold. So we are circling back because this is not a book of the Bible we can skip over. Romans is vital to the foundations of our faith! I can’t think of a better way to start out the new year than in the book of Romans! Some women shy away from this book because […]
Read MoreKindle Deals!
I love to read and I love a deal! So here’s some fun Kindle Deals to check out this week! 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony Reinke – $2.99 Breaking Busy: How to Find Peace and Purpose in a World of Crazy by Alli Worthington – $1.99 More Than Just Making It: Hope for the Heart of the Financially Frustrated by Erin Odom – $2.99 Parenting the Wholehearted Child: Captivating Your Child’s Heart with God’s Extravagant Grace by Jeannie Cunnion – $0.99 Praying the Scriptures for Your Children: Discover How to Pray God’s Purpose for Their Lives by […]
Read MoreThe Beauty of Jesus Revealed in the Feasts
If you missed any of the Rest and Release Bible Study , you can find ALL of the resources (including the videos) on one page – here. My next Bible study will be announced mid-December. That Bible Study will begin in January 2018 – so please watch for those details coming soon! But until then, if you are looking for a Bible Study to begin this month, then check out my friend’s newly released Bible study titled: The Beauty of Jesus Revealed in the Feasts. Darlene from TimeWarpWife.com writes… To understand the holy days is to appreciate and recognize the heart […]
Read MoreA Heart to Heart Chat: Up Close & Personal
Your response to the new Rest and Release Bible Study has been amazing!!! I cannot wait to begin this study with you. But first, I want to have a heart to heart chat with you. I do not want this study to be about my personal life. I want it to be about Jesus – drawing in deeper to Him, resting in Him and releasing whatever burdens you are carrying, to Him. So, I made a pre-video. It’s a bit more personal than the study will be because I want the Bible Study to apply to all of us, in […]
Read MoreIntroducing The New Fall Bible Study Titled: Rest and Release
It had been a month since I had slept through the night without waking too early and letting my mind race. Due to emotional stress, I had lost about 15 pounds in 30 days and I struggled each morning to put one foot in front of the other. The shock of my husband moving out and my world turning completely upside down, did not change the fact that I had a full calendar. I had children to homeschool, meals to cook, and holidays to make special for the kids. I also had an on-line Bible Study to lead, as we […]
Read MoreSomething New is Coming This Fall…
I’ve missed you all during my blogging break and it feels so good to pop in here! I cannot WAIT to get back to you all! I want to share that my blogging break has been exactly what I’ve needed. I have taken time to be alone with the Lord and listen to Him. I have taken time this summer to be with my kids and listen and laugh and cry and eat and explore and soak in every precious moment and memory. I took the kids for a week to the beach and did a little getaway with some […]
Read More9 Years of Of My Blogging Summed Up Here…
This week, the Good Morning Girls completed the final chapters of the book of Luke. Now we are on an extended break. Our reading this week was heavy yet full of hope, as we looked more deeply at the death, burial, resurrection and ascension of Jesus. Because He Lives – I can face tomorrow! That is what this blog is all about. Jesus – the King of Kings. He died for you and me – to take away our sins. And He loves us and He desires to walk intimately with you. In August of 2008, I began my […]
Read MoreWalking in Faith When the Future is Unclear & What’s Next at GMG…
The one question I regularly get near the end of every Bible Study is: “What book of the Bible are we studying next?” I always have an answer because I have a schedule. Currently, there is a schedule written out through the end of the year and it includes an in-depth Bible Study that my mother and I are working on – (it is like the Ecclesiastes Bible Study). I was hoping to complete it this summer and have it ready to launch this fall. But…if you have followed along on the blog over the past year, you know that I have […]
Read MoreIn Loving Memory of Mandy Kelly
Yesterday, Mandy Kelly (writer at Worshipful Living), along with her husband, daughter (pictured above) and baby boy, died in a terrible house fire. Mandy was our Good Morning Girls Leadership Coordinator and my friend since 2011. I am heartbroken. Mandy loved God and others with every ounce of energy she had. She shined brightly for Jesus with boldness and courage! She helped me here with Good Morning Girls and was always there for me with anything I needed, day or night. Her enthusiasm to serve inspired me to keep going on days when I was weary. She listened and loved […]
Read MoreWill You Pray For Me and My Family?
I have been in a raging storm for about 1 year now. In the midst of my storm, God has held me steady and secure but the storm has now ended and my life looks absolutely nothing like the way it looked before the storm began. The storm has devastated my future, my hopes, my dreams and I will never be the same. I feel like Satan has been breathing down my neck – that roaring lion who seeks to devour – made my home a playground. But God has not left us and he has been my anchor through […]
Read MoreThe November/December GMG Study is On Hold
Dear Good Morning Girls, Due to some personal issues, I am putting the November/December study, through the book of Romans, on hold. Before I explain what is happening in my private life, I want to finish the book of Judges. On Monday, November 14th, I will be sharing here on the blog, the storm that I have been facing behind closed doors. If you would like to study through the book of Romans on your own – the journal is available on Amazon. I will not be covering the book of Romans for at least 1 year. We will skip Romans […]
Read MoreIntroducing the Book of James
I am SO excited to announce our final summer study! The book of James is considered one of the most practical books of the New Testament. Much like the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament, it focuses on wise Christian living transformed by faith. We begin our study in the book of James on Monday, August 1st! We will read 1/2 chapter of James a day. This 2-week study will run from August 1st-August 12th This is important to NOTE! The James journal is not like the Ecclesiastes Bible Study. It is a JOURNAL not an in-depth Bible Study. It is short (I […]
Read MoreEcclesiastes Video Bloopers with My Mom and Daughter
Coming this Friday – to the blog- is our very first video to the Ecclesiastes Bible Study. In this coming video, I will introduce you to my first Bible Teacher and the Co-Author of this study – my mom! So don’t miss that video coming this Friday…until then, here’s a few outtakes from our practice videos. I’m being transparent here…the first two outtakes I have no make-up or hair done and I’m a little bossy to my daughter (who was sitting in for my mom before she arrived). In the third outtake, you’ll see – like mother like daughter. I guess […]
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