Jennifer Slattery

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  Encouragement for the Fatigued and Discouraged Discouragement, fatigue, and feelings of defeat are perhaps the most powerful vision destroyers and faith derailers. These emotions, often fed through negative thinking, paralyze God's people. I know,... Jennifer Slattery Nov 02, 2021
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  Our Source of Hope When Life Hurts: Guest Post by Grace Fox I knew something was seriously wrong the moment I answered my phone. My sister-in-law choked back tears as she told me that a doctor had just diagnosed my 88-year-old mother with a life-threatening... Jennifer Slattery Oct 05, 2021
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  Vibrant Backdrops Designed to Shatter Darkness With Light But just as life ignites our enemy to attack us with death, so his attacks spur God to unleash unconquerable bursts of life. In the first century, He did this by inspiring His persecuted children to share... Jennifer Slattery Sep 27, 2021
• Finding God in Our Anger ut God has shown me, while He is pleased when I guard what I say—the Holy Spirit has given me the gift of self-control, after all—He’s not so thrilled when I suppress and deny my feelings. Instead, He wants... Jennifer Slattery Sep 07, 2021
• God's Glory and Courage for What's Ahead God lovingly prepares and assures us as well. He answers our questions, strengthens our hearts, and ignites our passions so that we can more boldly follow Him. Our callings? They won’t always be easy. Life... Jennifer Slattery Aug 31, 2021
• Grabbing Hold of Peace During Financial Uncertainty - Guest Post by Kristen Terrette During the financial crisis in the late 2000s, my husband and I couldn’t keep up with the house payments on our upside-down mortgage and we barely had money for groceries. After much prayer, we felt God... Jennifer Slattery Aug 17, 2021
• Does God Really Expect Us to Forgive and Forget? - Guest Post by Jennifer Henn When Christ died a cruel death for our sin, He never denied our offenses against Him. He forgave us because we couldn’t save ourselves. I can’t be like Christ and save anyone, but I can forgive them. Jennifer Slattery Aug 03, 2021
• When Christ Doesn't Meet Our Expectations Years ago, in the middle of what felt like a crisis, God challenged me to consider how deep my loyalties lay. Really, to consider who He truly was to me. Would I treat Him as a Genie or a motivational guru... Jennifer Slattery Jul 27, 2021
• Trusting God When He Calls Us Out of Hiding Daughter. Can you sense the tenderness in that word? She went from being “the woman who suffered from the issue of blood,” to hearing Christ call her daughter—the only woman in Scripture Christ referred to... Jennifer Slattery Jul 20, 2021
• Calming the Storms in Your Life - Guest Post by Kathy Howard For many, the past couple years have been rough, exhausting, and frightening. Some of you have been hit by one difficulty after another. And maybe, while feeling pummeled on every side, you're wondering... Jennifer Slattery Jul 06, 2021
• How God is Revealed in Times of Trouble We learn the most about God during our most violent storms. Have you noticed that? In part because that’s when life squeezes our deepest doubts, sometimes those we’re not even aware of, to the surface. His... Jennifer Slattery Jul 05, 2021
• God Among the Bullet Points - Guest Post by Jessica Brodie Ever try to sum up your life in a bullet-list? It’s a weird, sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious exercise in self-absorption (if I’m generous, self-healing) that I tried one lonely New Year’s Day 13 years... Jennifer Slattery Jun 29, 2021