Ashley Christian

Opening my latest weight training book for women, I felt a rush of endorphins. The before and after pictures and the visualization of another summer in my swimsuit motivated me to get control. I thought about my fit friends and what they would think of the new me. Would they say anything? The exact prescriptions […]

How to let go and let God depends on your relationship with worry. Worry keeps you trapped in fear and unable to let go and trust God. Worry is your most loyal yet confusing friend. You know the one who pretends to be there for you, but leaves you feeling abandoned and confused? The one […]

Self-control and Shame If you’re anything like me, you know the things you need to do to stay healthy and passionately pursue God’s unique calling on your life, but you struggle to put those things into practice. It’s human nature to have a big disconnect between what our spirit wants to do, and what our […]

Are you confident in God and his design for your life? God didn’t create us to walk around with our shoulders slumped and our heads down. He made us feel capable of carrying out our God-given purpose. Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of our purpose when we have a constant view of our own […]

Fired from Ministry I tried to hold it together as I watched my husband, who had been a pastor for 13 years, sign the lawyer’s papers. This lawyer was also a pastor at our church. And the papers were a termination and nondisclosure agreement saying we’d leave quietly or forfeit our severance package.  It had […]

If you’ve ever been on the weight loss yo-yo train like I have been, trying a new diet every year, you may be wondering “is there a better way?” And the answer is yes! Christian weight loss is different than the world’s methods because our motivation is the glory of God, not the glory of […]

As we consider our goals, let’s meditate on these 26 Bible verses about goals. The world has a lot of good advice to offer when it comes to goal setting. We can learn about S.M.A.R.T. goals, which are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-sensitive. These ideas give us a lot of wisdom, but nothing can […]

Chances are you are looking for bible verses about judging others because you either have experienced what it feels like to be judged harshly by someone, or you are struggling with judging someone else and you can’t forgive or let go. Thankfully the Bible has a lot to say about judging, both for the one […]

When we are trying to discover who we really are, going to the Bible to find scriptures on identity is the best place to start. This world tells us we can create our own identity. We can be self-made people, choose our gender, and we should follow whatever our heart desires. It is a culture […]

The world wants to tell us how to find our self-worth—through appearance, positive affirmations, and ego. Unfortunately, those things all leave us empty so instead we will turn to the Bible for 20 Bible Verses about self-worth that will build for us a solid foundation that cannot be moved whenever we meet someone more beautiful, […]