Notes from Nichole

Pray Before You Preach Petitions that should precede every sermon Below is an article I wrote for the Spring 2023 issue of INFLUENCE magazine. You can find it on page 90 of their online publication here. As a pastor, I spend a big part of every week preparing and preaching sermons.  […]

30 Minute Theology: End Times Resource List Books, scriptures and additional resources for studying the end times. Pastor Quint Lindblad and I recently preached series called 30 Minute Theology: End Times (listen here) where we discussed the signs of the end times, the great tribulation and the second coming of […]

4 Keys to Dealing with Conflict, Part 2 The healing process starts with a choice, not a feeling. If you’re living and breathing, you will experience conflict. Some people tend to have more conflict than others but everyone at some point will go through it. In order for any relationship […]

4 Keys to Dealing with Conflict, Part 1 Don’t repay evil for evil. When you’re in conflict there are lots of ways to react. What is your typical response? Silent treatment? Crying? Door slamming? Stone-faced?  Here’s the reality: if you’re living and breathing then you will experience conflict. Some people […]

How Should I Read The Bible? Part 2 The Bible will do a spiritual work in us, if we will let it! Here are some helpful ways to approach your Bible reading: 1) Come to Scripture prayerfully.   Before reading and studying Scripture, we must pray that the Holy Spirit […]

How Should I Read The Bible? Part 1 The Bible will do a spiritual work in us, if we will let it! This is a really great question! Let’s start with ways we should NOT read our Bibles! The two ways discussed below come from Scot McKnight’s book The Blue […]

Why should I read the Bible? Part 2 The Bible will do a spiritual work in us, if we will let it! When you become a child of God, you gain an enemy you didn’t have before. 

After you have decided to live your life for Jesus, Satan’s goal is […]

Why should I read the Bible? Part 1 The Bible will do a spiritual work in us, if we will let it! Why read the Bible more?    Paul, the writer of most of the New Testament, tells us that the Bible is useful.  2 Tim 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and […]

Battling Anxiety Part 2 Paul says, Rejoice Always! How do we do this when life feels difficult? Did you know the earth’s axis of rotation is tilted precisely 231/2 degrees relative to the perpendicular of the earth’s plane of orbit? This perfect tilt causes the four seasons.  If the earth had […]

Dealing with Criticism How to respond when you feel attacked Check out this article I wrote published in Influence Magazine.  Click the button below to view the entire article Go To Article Facebook Instagram Youtube