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A note from my heart to yours.

What does tree trimming have to do with generosity?

What to do when your mind won’t shut up.

We all want to be faithful to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But, what do we do when it gets challenging? Join Inés as she talks about this on the TBN Better Together show.

Learn to surrender your craving for control and embrace your unique faith journey. Bible teacher and author Inés Franklin shares how the struggles of life and our own desire for control complicate the life we're supposed to be leading. She shares lessons she learned on her own journey and provides hope for those who are still finding their way.

I was a guest on That Sounds Fun, Annie F. Downs' podcast this week! I share more of my story of transformation, aging well, combating shame, and all about my upcoming book Uncharted: Navigating Your Unique Journey of Faith. Be sure to check out this episode and consider subscribing to these great podcast!

As Christian working women, we all want to walk out our faith authentically at work, especially after we have experienced life challenges or defeat. In today’s show, Ines Franklin from Newport Beach shares several practical spiritual disciplines that anyone can do at work!

Whether you are headed out on a date night or just need something more meaningful than scrolling on Netflix tonight, we’ve created an interactive tool packed with 36 questions, to start the conversation about your relationship. These are centered around the four types of intimacy so that your relationship can grow deeper.

The world is desperate for us to live out our calling with humility, gentleness, boldness, and a servant's heart. We are going to make mistakes. We will not always do it right. We may be in positions that are way over our heads, but we're not doing it alone. We go with the Holy Spirit who guides us, equips us, and protects us.

Do you need a MIRACLE today? Do you need him to intervene, cause healing, break a stronghold, bring something dead back to life?

A miracle is defined by "Merriam Webster" as: an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing or accomplishment; an event manifesting divine intervention, a wonderful occurrence.

Those of us who put our faith in Jesus believe that he did mighty miracles, and he is still doing them today. But that doesn't mean that God answers the way we might expect or in timing that matches our demands.

Jesus was close to Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. They hosted Jesus at their home and enjoyed many meals together. If Jesus was going to do a miracle, you'd think it would be for his closest friends first and quickly. But the story in John 11 surprises us. Jesus delays doing the miracle, and he waits for the perfect timing.

There are a lot of fake things all around us. Fake bodies. Fake lashes. Fake nails. Fake purses. Fake merchandise. Fake technology. Fake news. Fake entertainment. Social media is mostly fake stuff! Wrestling, which some people love? Fake. We know it's fake, and we still watch it with anticipation!

Did you know you can get fake diplomas? Thousands of people worldwide purchase diplomas, and it would horrify you to know the kinds of diplomas you can buy, for something like $250,000. You can get a diploma to be a contractor (a defense contractor, of all things), a consultant, or a nurse. Here's the scariest one. A doctor. Yeah. How would you like to go to one of those fake doctors? Maybe you have. I hope not…

Years ago, when I was just becoming a believer, my son Chad, who was 18 years old at the time, started using drugs.

At one point, Chad disappeared for a month. He happened to leave me a message in the middle of that month, saying, “Mom, I’m okay. I’m coming home tomorrow,” but tomorrow came, and my son did not come home…

I never could have imagined it!

 Not the day my father left us, not on the many times I was embarrassed because of our extreme poverty, not that night they forgot to pick me up at the airport, not on the months I was struggling to learn English in a hostile neighborhood, not when I saw a dead person on the street in the South Bronx, NY and was told, “That’s how it is here," not when eight of us were crammed living in a one-bedroom apartment in Hollywood, not when I had three jobs and took the bus for hours, not when I flunk college, not the many times he verbally abused me, not when I had an abortion and another one, not when I went through a divorce, and then again, another one, and not when I made a mess, had an affair, and broke people’s hearts…

Sometimes life circumstances force us to our knees. Yet, we have a God who is always by us with his arms wide open, already working on our behalf.

My son went through a difficult season when he was a teenager. I wanted to save him. If I could, I would have taken on his pain, but that was not an option. For years, I tried everything I could think of to relieve his struggle. Again and again, I failed. The problem was bigger than my ability or resolve. It was beyond my control. I hated that…

But this I know, I can come to God with whatever my problems, whatever decision I need to make, in whatever mood I’m in. Thanks to Jesus, I don’t have to clean up or pretend with God. He receives me as I am, and he loves me. Isaiah 41:10 reminds me of this.