Episodes

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of Psalm 127:2 which says "2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves." "What worries you? What keeps you up late at night. What wakes you up just as you close your eyes? Today’s devotional gives me peace. God grants sleep to those he loves. That means all of us. He loves us all, but can we truly enjoy the rest he gives us if we are in a constant state of worry? This is something I have to c...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of Mark 6:22-23 which says "22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!" "In the same way what we are surrounded with will guide us in this life. If you are surrounded with and always watching people argue, chances are you argue a lot. Same for complain...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of Isaiah 54:4 which says "Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood" "The same way you can be a fan of the Star Wars franchise without reading and watching every text created, you can have a personal relationship with Christ without having read the Bible in its entirety. I personally haven’t read the full bible, cover t...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of John 14:27 which says " Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." "So as I prepared for the week ahead of me, I came across this verse and I thought it was so fitting. I hope you can hold onto it. His peace is not the same kind of peace that we find in the world, which is soothing because it confirms His ways are higher. But he continues with “Do not ...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of Romans 12:12 which says "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." "My prayer last night, today, and everyday is that God heals the brokenness. I know it’s a prayer many have prayed for many many generations. I can only image the Christians during the Roman Empire prayed the same thing, we can look too Paul for that. I know that people all over the world have prayed the same kind of prayer for generation over generation. Different...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of 1 Corinthians 10:13 which says "No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it." "The beautiful part of this verse is that He provides a way of escape, and once again the word from yesterday comes up and it says he provides us with a way of escape so that we may be able t...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of Colossians 1:11 which says " being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience" "This verse today solidifies a truth that I talk about in the book. The source of our strength is God himself. Our strength gives us endurance and patience. It’s what allows us to become disciplined. It allows us to keep going when we don’t want to. Why? Well because the habits we are trying to form, they st...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we kick off 2021 together in prayer. Today we are reading out of 2 Timothy 1:7-10 which says "7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. 9 He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpos...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of John 10:9-10 which says "9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." " This verse reminds me that we get to live Happily Ever After in Him. Through him we get to have life, and have it to the full. Meaning we get to have it all. Not all that we want, but we get to have everyt...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of Philippians 4:19-20 which says "19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen" "Let today’s devotional serve as a beautiful reminder, that your needs will be met. You will always be taken care of, according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. We don’t have to get weighed down by anything because we are ready for the next chapter. Everything...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we read out of Romans 8:37-39 which says " 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." "These verses are beautiful reminders and should be stables in every...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue our Advent 2020 prayers. Today we are reading out of 2 Corinthians 9:7 which says "Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." "The take away here is very simple, our giving and our gifts should be given freely. If you feel that you have to do anything, it’s not coming from the heart. I pray that we reach to change a persons life with our love. Remember that so...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue our Advent 2020 prayers. Today we are reading out of Galatians 4:4-5 which says "4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship." "I love the opening line to this verse. But then the set time had fully come. The set time. Meaning God had already set that year, that day apart. He set it aside for Jesus. Then He came and he redeemed ...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue our Advent 2020 prayers. Today we are reading out of Matthew 2:2 which says "“Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” "I labeled this devotional, Look For The Brightest Star and I know we just established those of us in big cities can’t really look for bright stars, but that’s not what I really meant. In this verse it says “We saw a star when it rose and have come to worship him”. ...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue to pray through our Advent 2020 prayers. Today we are reading out of Ephesians 4:3-6 which says "3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." "This verses says we called to one God who is over all and through all and in ...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue our Advent 2020 prayers. Today we are reading out of Exodus 15:2 which says "The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him." "This verse is beautiful, feels like a poem or a song you’d write for the love of our life and oddly it’s exactly what it is. It comes from the song of Moses and Miriam at the beginning of exodus. We’ve been praying and preparing for C...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue with our Advent 2020 prayers. Today we are reading out of John 6:35 which says "Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." "This verse immediately got me thinking about all the bread I love. If you didn’t know, I love to bake and baking bread has quickly grown to be one of my favorite things to make. It’s always been my favorite thing to eat. I mean who doesn’...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue our Advent 2020 series of prayers. Today we are reading out of John 1:5 which says "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." "This verse solidifies why he came. God said it wasn’t going to be easy. He said that there will be dark times, but that our faith will be stronger. This verse says the light shines in the darkness. And the darkness has not overcome it. Jesus wins. So as you go about your day today, you might be str...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue our Advent 2020 prayers. Today we are reading out of Mark 16:15 which says "He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation." "Meaning every person you come into contact today, tomorrow, and on Sunday, may you look at them, speak to them, help them, as if it was Jesus himself speaking. We are to preach the gospel and that means we are to live the gospel. Yesterday we talked about how good God is, and how his sacrifice is wha...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue our prayers for Advent 2020. Today we are reading out of Isaiah 1:18 which says "“Come now, let us settle the matter, says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." "Notice how it says “Come now, let us settle the matter” almost like let’s just say this one time for all. Though our sins are like scarlet. Pause - that essentially says, there is no denying that we...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue our Advent 2020 prayers. Today we are reading out of Matthew 5:14-16 which says "14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." "In this verse, Jesus is talking. He...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue to pray over our Advent 2020 season. Today is the 7th prayer. We are reading out of Romans 15:13 which says "I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit." "This verse is beautiful. It never gets old, I know we prayed over this verse a few months ago, but every time you read it, and every time I read it, we can go ...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we kick off week 2 of Advent. Today is our 6th prayer and we are reading out of Matthew 2:10 which says "When they saw the star, they were overjoyed." "Imagine hundreds of years. Generation after generation. Living by the law. Waiting for God to come, and then one night a star appears. When the people saw the star, they were overjoyed. They knew their king had come. He was a baby. He was 33 years away from sacrificing His life, but they were still over joyed. I am ...

Join me, Alison Elizabeth as we continue to pray together during this Advent season. Today is our 5th Advent prayer and we are reading out of Psalm 34:8 which says "Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him." "Taste and see that the Lord is good. We are blessed friends. We are blessed because everyday we find time to get alone with Him. Through prayer on our own time, worshiping in the car, or turning into this podcast. There are a million ways you can get ...