I Choose Today...

I Choose Today to Know It Very Well

Molinda Hern May 30, 2026

Have you ever read a verse so many times that you stopped really hearing it? A verse you can quote. A verse you believe for other people. A verse you have highlighted, underlined, and maybe even memorized. But if you’re honest, your soul hasn’t fully embraced it for you. That’s where I found myself recently with Psalm 139. Over the last several weeks, these verses have appeared everywhere, in conversations, meetings, quiet times, and unexpected moments throughout my day. I’ve learned something over the years: when a passage of Scripture keeps showing up, it’s usually the Holy Spirit inviting me to pay attention. To slow down. To sit with it. To let it move from my head to my heart. Psalm 139:13–14 says: “For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.” Another translation puts it this way: “Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.” The phrase that has captured my attention is the last one: “My soul knows it

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I Choose Today to Slow Down and Be with God

Molinda Hern May 19, 2026

Lately, I’ve been realizing something about my relationship with God. Life gets loud. Responsibilities pile up. Schedules fill up. Even good things, even ministry things, can slowly begin crowding out simple communion with Jesus if we’re not careful. Over the last several months, I started recognizing something in my own heart. Somewhere in the middle of all the creating, writing, recording, editing, planning, serving, speaking, and pouring out, I stopped slowing down long enough to simply sit with God. Not because I stopped loving Him. Not because I stopped believing. And not because I’m walking away from ministry. Actually, it’s the opposite. As many of you know, I’m preparing to step into a sabbatical season this summer. During that time, the podcast and blog will continue through reposted content and “best of” episodes, but I won’t be creating new material for a season. And I want you to hear my heart clearly: this is not spiritual collapse. This is a spiritual reset. It’s an intentional slowing down to reconnect with my first love. Because I realized something: I don’t want to spend all my time producing things about God while neglecting simply being with Him. And honestly, I think many

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I Choose Today to Return to My First Love

Molinda Hern May 9, 2026

I almost didn’t record this episode. Not because I didn’t have time… but because I didn’t feel like I had anything to give. I just got back from a trip to Colorado. It was full, full of people, full of moments, full of connection. At the end of my trip, I attended the Kerygma Conference in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Over a thousand women gathered together, powerful messages, beautiful worship. And yet… if I’m being completely honest, I still felt distant. Not from people. From the Lord. That’s hard to admit, because I never want this space to feel negative or heavy. But I’ve learned something important, if I only show up when everything feels strong and steady, then I’m not inviting you into a real walk with God. I’m inviting you into a filtered version of one. So today, I’m not coming to you full. I’m coming to you honest. And for me, this is what it’s looked like. Before I stepped into ministry, I was pouring into the people around me, but it came out of the natural rhythm of life. It wasn’t forced. It wasn’t constant. It just flowed from being with the Lord. But somewhere along the way,

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I Choose Today to Remember I Belong to Him

Molinda Hern February 10, 2026

There is a verse where Jesus says, “Apart from Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) At first glance, that can feel confusing. Because Scripture also tells us that when we belong to Christ, God lives in us and we live in Him (1 John 4:15). So how do those truths fit together? If He dwells in us, does that mean we never do anything apart from Him? Paul helps us understand this in his letter to the Corinthians. The believers there had started believing that what they did with their bodies didn’t matter much. But Paul corrected that thinking with a powerful reminder: “The one who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” (1 Corinthians 6:17) Salvation isn’t just a belief, it’s a union. We belong to Christ. We are not spiritually independent people anymore. Paul goes even further: “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you…? Therefore honor God with your bodies.” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20) Here’s the key. Jesus’ words, “apart from Me you can do nothing,” are not saying we are incapable of action, clearly we make choices every day. What He is saying is

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I Choose Today to Eat from the Tree of Life

Molinda Hern January 13, 2026

In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were met with a choice. They could eat from the Tree of Life or from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. They chose the latter, and in that choice, sin entered the world. At its core, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil represented something more than forbidden fruit. It was the decision to take authority into their own hands, to define good and evil for themselves, apart from God. Scripture tells us that choice leads to death. That same choice still exists today. We may not stand in a garden with two literal trees before us, but every day we are faced with the same decision: Will we choose the world, doing what is right in our own eyes, or will we choose Jesus? The world reflects the same invitation as the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It tells us to trust our instincts, follow our feelings, define truth for ourselves, and take control. But Scripture is clear, when we live from that place, it ultimately leads to brokenness, separation, and spiritual death. The Tree of Life, however, points us to Jesus. Jesus

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