Fresh Insights

ABOUT TODAY’S EPISODE:Did you know that statistically, women are 90% more inclined than men to sit back and wait for permission or an invitation to take action, get involved, create a business, or be impactful, aside from the natural instinct to raise our families. Why is this? Why do we feel the need to wait […]

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? Season 3 is here and starts with a bang & some exciting announcements! Are you ready to see your walk with Jesus take a major leap forward? Good. This is for you! Summer has a way of throwing our lives into the “nuts” zone, but it passed quickly, and Season 3 […]

Have trouble knowing what to pack for your trip to Disney? Want to look cute but stay comfortable too? Me too… so read on for some very current, very practical, and very CUTE suggestions!

Hi Friends! I’m so excited to get to introduce you to my friend Deirdre for today’s episode!! She is one of the most encouraging, intelligent, resourceful women I know, and a great mother while juggling a head-spinning number of things… I knew she would have some gold-nuggets to share with you as you may find […]

In today’s episode we get to have a fun conversation with actress Crystal Lott, (check her out on IMDB!), who is my sister, and has been working in Hollywood for the last 15 years. The life of actors and actresses is often a mystery to the general public and it’s fun to once in a […]

Hello friends!! Let’s talk about… What do you believe about yourself? Who do you think you are? What do you think people think about who you are? Are you satisfied or disappointed with yourself? How do you know if you’re believing the truth about yourself? So. Many. Questions. What you Believe about YOURSELF forms your […]

I just love when the Lord takes a moment to let us in on his secrets… his plans. It makes it so much easier to know how to posture ourselves to be cooperating with him, to see purpose in what is happening around us, to stay focused when we might otherwise feel quite lost. […]

These are photos of our newest addition, shiloh! He is our fourth son and labor was a story to be told, but we will save that. Here are a few photos we had taken by a friend. Actually I took the middle one and editted them all. I thought they turned out so precious. 🙂

This was a poem I wrote back in 2003 for my Core when I was a Core Advisor back at Teen Mania. It was in honor of them, really, for Valentine’s Day. Gosh, I remember spending forever on this, praying for something good I could write for them (since I was super duper short on […]

by Jenilee Samuel on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 12:12am I love when I can tell the Lord is setting me up for some deep, life changing revelation that takes weeks and months to unfold and transform the way I think. Its that kind of “revelation” that is not just a quick fresh glimpse, but deep and […]

How is it that some things that seem so black and white in scripture can be so ungraspable and confusing in my first-hand reality? One such thing being “healing”. I have developed so many questions about it from “why didn’t they get healed” to “how come it takes so long to see healing after its […]

The way you bite your nails. The way you crinkle your nose when you’re thinking about… whatever it is you’re thinking about. The way you get excited over coffee but couldn’t care less about Disneyland. The unique things that make you “so-you” make you irreplaceable to me. These are the things I want to focus on […]

‘I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the desert, through a land not sown.’- Jeremiah 2:2 (the Lord speaking through Jeremiah to Israel) There are indeed seasons of barrenness meant to build in us perseverence, steadfastness, unwaivering committed love. No marriage is always bliss, […]

This was a very sweet word the Lord spoke to me for our congregation and the Body on Valentine’s Sunday this year. I thought it would be good to share on here too. Enjoy! “I see many people here who are hungry, like baby birds who who have their mouths open and the mama bird […]

Understanding… I frequently think about life a few years from now, to anticipate hang ups or snares, and make a plan for them. Like Proverbs says, “A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it”, I figure that if there are challenges most parents complain about, surely […]