I'm so excited you're here. No matter who you are or where you're coming from, you're invited to make yourself at home! 

Wondering why I'm here?

A while ago, I looked around my community and saw a sea of women longing to connect with something more. God began growing a passion in me for women I didn't even know yet, a passion to connect them to God, His Word and to each other in more deep and meaningful ways.

I responded by stepping out and inviting women to a neighborhood Bible Study. They had different faith backgrounds, and they were disconnected from God and the local church. As I searched and prayed for the right books or guides for the uniqueness of my group, God began to lead me to write something for these women I knew and loved so well. 

With a passion to teach and encourage women to study and apply the Bible to their lives, I stepped out in faith to write our study guides which soon became the Faith Journey Bible Studies curriculum. It has been exciting over the years to see women invite others they "do life" with to come to a Faith Journey group and find community, connection, and a greater understanding of God's Word. 

God has wired me to think and be passionate about:

• Inspiring women in all faith places to be transformed through an active and authentic study of God’s Word. I can personally testify that there is no better foundation to build your life upon than God and His inspired Word, the Bible. It just works!

• Bringing women together and equipping them to discover the power of their identity in Christ and personal faith journey stories (redemption in action). Your story, the good, the bad and the ugly can be a showcase for God's grace, love and transformative power to be shared and passed on to others.

• Obedience to God's Word as it is essential to living the blessed and abundant life promised to us. Seek God first and get to know Him through the Bible, and I guarantee obedience will become a way of life.

• Encouraging women to build their life on truth not trend. Culture's influence on the church often keeps me up at night. People are treating God's Word as if it is no longer relevant, and instead, Christians are turning to people, platforms, and trends for advice, hope, and love. I see too many Christians picking and choosing aspects of the Bible they are comfortable with and claiming other parts are outdated. God's Word has become more of a supplemental way of living rather than primary, and I hope to see this change.

More than anything, I would love this online home to become a safe place that encourages you to ask questions, but also to seek answers. I am only a messenger of Good News, and the real person you want to connect with and experience in a personal way is Jesus Christ. This blog is not about Lisa Thompson; it is meant to be a place you can visit, knowing you will experience the love, grace, power, and presence of God through the Holy Spirit.

My hope and prayer for you as you spend time on these pages is that Christ's love would be revealed to you in new and deeper ways and that Scripture would come alive for you in ways you've never experienced. I pray that "Kingdom living" would go from being something you've heard about and don't quite understand, to your new way of life.  

Lots of Love,
Lisa

What I Believe About God, His Children & Salvation

These essentials are found throughout Scripture. Take some time yourself to look up the Truth I am simply explaining here for you so you might be able to stand firm on these beliefs yourself.

THE BIBLE:

God's written word for all people and for all time tells the story of man's rebellion against Him and His plan to restore all things back to Himself through His Son Jesus Christ, from beginning to end. Every word of it is true, complete, and without error (Ps. 12:6, 119:89; Prov. 30:5-6; Matt. 5:18).

God speaks to us through the Bible and tells us how to live a life that pleases Him and brings Him glory. It teaches us what He cares about, convicts us of our sin, shows us how to do things His way, and trains us to be His soldiers, fully equipped to fight the good fight of faith and take hold of the eternal life to which we have been called (1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 3:16-17).

TRIUNE God:

There is only one true God, Creator of all things, existing in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, throughout all eternity. The Father elected us by His great mercy, the Son redeemed us by His blood and raised us up to a new life in Him, and the Holy Spirit will present us perfect and complete on the day we meet our Savior. (Gen. 1:1, 1:27; Deut. 6:4; Isa. 45:21; Mt 3:16-17, Mt 28:19; Jn. 1:18, 10:30, 14:7, 17:21; 2 Cor. 3:17, 13:14; Gal. 3:20; Eph. 2:18, 4:6; Col. 2:9)

God, the Father:

He loves us so much that "He gave his only Son, Jesus Christ, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life" (Jn. 3:16). He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before Him; saved us by His grace—we can't take credit for it—it is a gift from Him; predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons and daughters; sealed us with the Holy Spirit of promise; blesses us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Eph. 1:3-14, 2:8); and has great plans for our lives to give us a future and a hope (Jer. 29:11) and to help Him build His kingdom (Matt. 28:19).

God, the Son:

He loves us so much that He suffered and died, was buried, and raised from the dead on the third day (1 Cor. 15:3-4) so that our sins could be forgiven, our relationship with God restored, and we could spend eternity with Him. Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, the Creator God, born of a virgin, fully human and fully God, with an eternal, sinless nature (Heb. 7:26, Rom. 5:19), and He is the only way to heaven (Jn. 14:6, Rom. 1:20). Through His sinless life and dying in our place, He defeated the devil and made a way for those who believe in His name to have an intimate relationship with God and enter His kingdom now and throughout all eternity (Jn. 14:6, 1 Jn. 2:2, Heb. 4:16). He is coming again to "judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness" (Ps. 96:13b) and to "bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts" (1 Cor. 4:5) and "restore all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time" (Acts 3:21).

God, the Holy Spirit:

He loves us so much that He takes up permanent residence in our hearts the moment we proclaim Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior (Rom. 8:11); baptizes us into the body of Christ (Rom. 6:3); guarantees our eternal inheritance until we acquire full possession of it (Eph. 1:13-14, 4:30; 1 Cor. 3:16); gives us new life (Jn. 3:5-8, Titus 3:5); is our Comforter, Helper, and Guide (Jn. 14:16-18); pours God's love into our hearts (Rom. 5:5); gives us wisdom and understanding of the things of God (1 Cor. 2:9-13); shows us the right way to live (Jn. 14:26, 16:13; 1 Cor. 2:12) and the right way to pray (Rom. 8:26-27, Eph. 6:18, Jude 1:20); manifests His fruit in our lives (Gal. 5:22-23); gives us spiritual gifts to strengthen the faith of others (Rom. 1:11-12; 1 Cor. 12:4, 11; Eph. 4:11-12); grants us the power to obey and serve Him (Acts 1:8, Matt. 28:18-20); and provides joy in all things as we learn to trust in the God of our salvation (1 Thess. 1:6, 2 Cor. 13:14, Rom. 15:13).

His Children:

“We are God's masterpiece, created us in Christ Jesus for good works, which He prepared in advance for us to do” (Eph. 2:10). We are given spiritual gifts to love, encourage and serve our family in the Body of Christ, and all the resources we need to live a godly life. We are called to go out into the world to share God's love with others and help Him build His kingdom (1 Cor. 12:7, 14:12-13; Matt. 28:18-20, 2 Pet. 1:3). Nothing can separate His love for us that is ours in Christ (Rom. 8:39), and He will complete the good work He began in us at the day we meet our Savior (Phil. 1:6).

Salvation:

“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23), but God loves us so much that “while we were dead in our trespasses and sins” without power or desire to honor Him or do anything of eternal consequence, “Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:6-8). If you surrender your life to Christ and "confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Rom. 10:9) from the old person you used to be walking in darkness without any knowledge of God to living a life of His abundant grace and becoming the person He created you to be, like Him in righteousness and holiness (Eph. 4:24).

About the Author, Blogger, Speaker

Lisa Thompson has been a Christ follower since she was 6 years old. Her heart and calling has been to see lives transformed by the truth of God’s Word through discipleship and service. She is currently the Women’s Pastor of Bayside Church Granite Bay Campus in Northern California. She feels blessed to serve both in and out of the church, bringing her love for God’s Word and the Gospel message into her community and church.

You can find Lisa hanging out any given day at the local coffee shops, meeting with people, and encouraging them to find their purpose and place in God’s Kingdom work.

Lisa has been married to her husband Robb since 1992, they have four kids, two dogs Scout and Samson and call Folsom, California their home.