Spiritual Growth

Kristi Woods encourages faith growth with these tools, ideas, and conversations centered on the Bible, self-worth, love, prayer, and trust.

  • Holy Spirit 3 a.m.

    Today’s post comes to us straight from the guest key clicks of Stacey Taylor. A fellow laborer in the Christian homeshooling endeavor, Stacey’s path and mine were crossed as military spouses in Hawaii. Her glass always seems to be half full or overflowing at the berm. In fact, her family appears to have such a…

  • Stand Up

     There are some questions that help up stand up even firmer in our faith. Are you real, God? Are you there?  How do I know this faith is real?      I’m not sure I believe…… even though I’m a believer….   It’s okay to ask these questions. Sometimes, it’s paramount to our faith growth. Questioning Faith A recent…

  • Shelter in the Storm

    It was a crazy weekend here in the Sunshine state. Tropical Storm Debby debuted on Sunday morning in the form of wind and rain, rain, and more rain. Tornadoes touched down in a few places and some homes and businesses have been damaged in the midst of the storm, but the sunshine is beginning to…

  • Are You Certain?

    Are you certain? Are you saved? Are you certain? We had a phenomenal weekend at church. John Bevere came to speak, yet it was the Lord’s voice we “heard.” Don’t you love it when the anointing of the Lord is oh-so-evident in a Christian’s life and it overflows into the lives of others?  There’s nothing…

  • New Year

    It’ s the New year. A couple of months ago I believe the Lord spoke clearly to me about taking care of His temple, my body. There were a few physical issues that were rearing their head, they were getting in the way of ministry to my family and to others because I simply didn’t…

  • Create in Me…..

     Create in me a clean heart, O God,  and renew a right, persevering,  and steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 AMP** I’ve had surgery recently. In fact, this gal’s heart still lies wide open on the operating table. The One who is truly able to fix the heart, the organ that is absolutely necessary for…

  • Decisions, Decisions

      …and Noah walked with God.  Genesis 6:9 KJV   The children and I are cruising through Genesis right now in our history and Bible studies. In past weeks we’ve walked through creation and the tribulation of Adam and Eve. We also hit upon the trials of their children, Cain and Abel, noting the hefty…