Coty Terry

Healing - Could hope bring healing to the masses? I heard a pastor say that our worries can strip us of hope. Worry has been a struggle my whole life, but I know hope has been battling for my attention, especially lately. For some reason, God keeps bringing that word to mind. I wonder if that is my word for the year: "hope." I said in my most recent YouTube video - which you can watch here - that there was a time when I didn't have hope, when I was depressed and didn't much look forward to my future ahead, I didn't think it'd be much better. Though, that's not the full story. I did have hope that I would meet a man who loved me and I him and we'd get married, and that hope kept me going. Now that hope wasn't enough to remove the depression, heal my heart, actually make me super excited for life, but it was enough, as I said, to keep me going. Until it wasn't, until I realized that I needed something more, and that relying on a man to make me h...

For as long as I can remember, debt has been there, in my life, whether due to my parents’ finances, with their cars or the house or credit cards, or my own, with a credit card or, mainly, student loans. I didn’t realize it was holding me hostage from a freedom I longed for, a freedom where I was not slave to the lender but free to do whatever I’d want with the income with which I was blessed (Proverbs 22:7). Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have no debt, to be able to pay everything in cash, not owe anyone anything? I do, every day, and I pray God would help me get there. Really, I know He already is. Welcome to my debt free journey. When my husband and I got married, together we had about $180,000 worth of debt, principal. Since then, we’ve paid off almost $80,000. That was four years ago, and we still have over $100,000 left. Can you believe it? Unfortunately, I can. Jesus help. We started this journey with hope, but the longer we’ve been in it, the more our hope has ...

I never thought I’d be back to writing a blog. I thought I was done when I started my YouTube channel, like it was a transition from written word to spoken, but here I am, because God has called me back to it. And I’m kind of excited. The topic for today is bliss, how to live in bliss with the Lord. What an interesting topic that I’m curious to see where God leads in this! I want this blog to be about seeking peace, joy, and love. Three things that I’ve been praying over myself and my family. Three things we receive when we receive the Holy Spirit because they are pieces of His fruit. Three things that can often be left and forgotten but are truly desired, I believe, by every person alive. Imagine if you could have peace, joy, and love at all times. Would you fear or would you hope? Would you be greedy or would you be content? Would you falter or would you thrive? Would you worry or would you smile? Would you fight or would you laugh? I’ve prayed for these things because I’ve struggled...