Posts by Pamela Mertz
Before You Respond: The Missing Step Between Hearing and Obedience
People are hungry to hear from God. We want direction for our families, clarity in our leadership, wisdom for difficult decisions, and reassurance when the world around us feels uncertain. When someone offers a strong word or appears to know something about our lives, it can be tempting to act immediately. We hear, and we…
Read MoreDiscovering God’s Invitation in Every Season
Living by the Spirit Discovering God’s Invitation in Every Season Summer has finally arrived. This is one of my favorite times of year. My soul comes alive when I spend time in God’s creation. The warmth of the sun, long evenings filled with light, and the beauty of the world around me remind me of…
Read MoreUnder Construction
The Beauty of Being Under Construction Recently, I found myself looking at a construction project and was struck by how unimpressive it appeared in the middle stages. There were piles of materials scattered around, exposed framework, unfinished walls, and evidence everywhere that work was still in progress. To someone driving by, it might have looked…
Read MoreWhat Would a Blueprint for Your Life Contain?
When life is difficult, I have often lamented for a manual of any kind. During parenting struggles, or even when marriage feels hard — where is this manual? Could we please have one? God’s Word as Your Life Manual What I have learned is that we do have one. It’s the B-I-B-L-E. (How many…
Read MoreFrom Expectations to Discernment
Practical Ways to Listen for God This Year As a the year moves from spring to summer, many of us feel an internal pull toward change. We sense that something needs to shift, even if we can’t quite articulate what that is. We may feel hopeful, cautious, tired, or quietly longing for clarity. Often, we…
Read MoreA New Thing
Spring brings renewal. We experience it every year as the days lengthen, the air warms, and songbirds return. This year feels different. There seems to be a deeper sense of “new” in the atmosphere. I am hearing this from many directions and voices, and I want to take a moment to sit and ponder this…
Read MoreDiscerning God’s Voice
How to Know When He Is Speaking God Is Speaking… Are We Listening? How do you actually know when God is speaking? This is not just a question I hear from others—it is one I have walked through myself over many years. Through seasons of family dysfunction, deep loss, healing, and restoration, I have come…
Read MoreReceiving is the Work of God
Learning the Spiritual Discipline of Receiving God has had me listening in to something new these past several months. Receiving. It is becoming the foundation of the next book in my God-Help Series, and I will be honest — it feels almost too simple. Receiving is the work of God. Believing and receiving. We talk…
Read MoreMaster-Full Coaching with PCCI
Pamela still uses that sweaty first demo as a teaching example. The moment she stopped performing and started trusting the process became the template for everything that followed. Ten years. Seventy clients. Over 1,000 hours. Multiple credentials. Books published. Coaches trained. And she’s never been more certain: Stay in the game. Trust Him. The journey from…
Read MoreReleasing Expectations and Receiving God’s Invitation for 2026
A new year brings expectations. Sometimes they are loud and obvious: goals, plans, resolutions, hopes for change. Other times they are quiet whispers buried beneath exhaustion: “Just please let this year not be like last year, Lord.” As the calendar turns, expectations have a way of forming whether we intend them to or not. We may…
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