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Join Melissa each week for Bible-centered encouragement. Melissa is a dedicated minister of the Gospel with a knack for seeing the work of God in ordinary moments.
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#140 Family Photos (opens the original)
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My kids and husband surprised me with the most thoughtful Mother's Day gift — a custom family portrait on canvas, beautifully framed. But when it arrived, the frame corner was damaged in shipping. In this episode, we talk about that moment of disappointment, the grace of a company that made it right, and a bigger question it stirred up in my heart: do I give God my best? We look at the incredible care taken to build and maintain the Temple in 1 Chronicles 22, 2 Chronicles 22, and 2 Kings 12 — wh
#139 Walking By Faith (opens the original)
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A local Facebook post caught my attention — a man wearing a "Walking by Faith" hoodie was being accused of stealing hundreds of dollars in merchandise from Target. The irony stopped me in my tracks. In this episode, we talk about the gap between what we wear (or say) and how we actually live. We dig into some powerful faith verses often tied to this exact phrase — 2 Corinthians 5:6-7, Proverbs 3:5-6, and Hebrews 11:1-3 — and ask a hard question: do our actions actually match our declarations? Wh
#138 Junk Drawers (opens the original)
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"But mom, it's nothing — it's just a junk drawer!" That's what a sweet little girl said while exploring drawers at our house during a dinner with friends, and it made me laugh out loud... and then think. In this episode, we talk about junk drawers — those catch-alls of old batteries, expired stamps, and random cords we swear we'll need someday — and what they reveal about what we're really holding onto. Turns out, 95% of Americans have at least one junk drawer. But this episode goes beyond the c
#137 Tamper Proof (opens the original)
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Two orders in a row, the tamper-proof seal on my vitamin bottle was broken — and I almost dismissed it both times. When I finally paused to count the pills, I discovered I was 9 vitamins short. Something had clearly been tampered with, and I had overlooked the warning signs right in front of me. In this episode, we talk through this real-life "aha moment" and what it reveals about the warning signs we often brush past in our own lives — whether it's dishonesty, moved boundaries, or things quietl
#136 Tour Guides (opens the original)
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On a mission trip to Peru, our family had the chance to explore Machu Picchu with a tour guide who told us to just call him "Patrick... Patrick Swayze." It was a rich, unforgettable history lesson — and it got me thinking about a very different kind of tour guide found in Scripture. In this episode, we look at Judas Iscariot — one of Jesus' own twelve disciples, someone who witnessed miracles firsthand, fed the 5,000, and was in the boat when Jesus calmed the storm — yet ultimately led a crowd t
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