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It’s time for the sons and daughters of God to arise! In a time when darkness seems to grow darker, you are the ones meant to be ahead of the curve, setting the standard, establishing what will be in this earth. 
 
As a writer-producer-director, my passion is Jesus and my hope is to inspire you to live a life that displays God's glory and goodness. Your life can influence another to live for God.

​Take a moment and explore my website. I pray you’ll be motivated and empowered to pursue your dreams and join me in the journey of filling the earth with God’s glory.
- Laura Woodworth
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14 NIV

A Proclamation for the New Year 2022

Let the voices arise in the new year! Let your voice arise! Arise and shout! No matter how you are ending 2021, enter 2022 with a shout. This prophetic word will inspire you to fulfill God's destiny for your life in 2022. Read more here. 

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Be inspired with these blogs on faith and life...

Do You Need Something to Do?
1/28/2022

So often we regard Christianity as a list of don’ts. Don’t gossip, don’t let the sun go down on your anger, don’t frustrate your children... There are all true biblical mandates. They are great guides to living and leading a peaceful life in harmony with God and those around you.
 
But have you ever felt bogged down by the “don’ts”? Or feel like you fail at every turn? If you’re focusing on what not to do that can easily happen... 

5 Easy Ways to Become a Praying Person
1/28/2022

“Pray without ceasing.” This was one of the apostle Paul’s final admonishments to the people in Thessalonica. To apply the concept to our lives today seems close to impossible! However, even with a busy schedule, I’ve found easy ways to incorporate more prayer time into my life and you can too!

If you want to become a praying person, here’s five simple things you can do to increase your prayer life...

Who Gets the Last Word in Your Life?
12/31/2021

I made a decision the other night that God was going to have the last word on this year.  In fact, I wrestled the year out of the hand of the enemy of my soul and made a declaration of how 2021 was going to end for me.

​It was not going to end in depression and frustration...

The Impossible Christmas Story​
12/19/2021

Nothing is impossible with God. It’s what the Christmas story is all about. Natural, seen-with-the-eye situations meeting the divine. Holy earth-meeting-heaven moments that transform people and situations ways beyond comprehension...

Safe
12/13/2021

The world isn’t safe, and neither, according to C.S. Lewis, is God. Good, yes, but “safe”? The mountains shake before him! The demons run in fear of him!
 
But for me, and for you, the name of the Lord is a strong tower...

Christmas Hope for a Lonely World
12/6/2021

Feeling lonely or depressed this Christmas - or just wanting to experience a new aspect of God during this holiday season? There’s hope built into the Christmas story that can lift you out of depression and into a deeper relationship with God. Look deeper at the miracle of the baby in the manger and you’ll find a way to exchange your sadness for joy, your loneliness for a friendship with the Savior. My new 5-day devotional on YouVersion (and coming soon on iDisciple) makes it easy to experience "God with us" at Christmas...

Is Love Enough? A New Approach to the Holiday Season
12/2/2021

Do you look forward to family gatherings or cringe at the thought? Being in close quarters with unsaved loved ones can add stress to the holiday season – especially when it seems like anything you say or do bounces off their hearts with no affect, or worse, creates conflict in the relationship. With the holiday season approaching, you may be wondering how your family gatherings will turn out this year.
 
I’ve been watching a TV show recently, and in a moment of heartache the female lead stated, “Maybe love isn’t enough..."

Ending 2021 Strong - Do You Need
​a Course Correction?
11/16/2021

Ever hear of the “1 in 60” rule? For every degree a plane veers off its course, it misses its destination by 1 mile for every 60 miles flown. Multiply that by the hundreds or thousands of miles in a typical flight and any pilot will tell you that a one-degree error can have disastrous results.
 
Life, with its twists and turns can easily throw us off course. 2021 with its pandemic challenges may have moved the needle on your year...

Where Did You Lose Your Zeal?​
11/9/2021

Ever feel like you’ve lost your passion, lost your zeal for God? The fire to serve him – to do anything for him that he asked – has died down to embers. You don’t share with others like you used to, and when you do it feels like you’re recounting some distant relationship that you no longer have. You feel disconnected from God.
 
Where did you lose it?
 
It was the question the prophet Elisha asked a student prophet as they cut down trees to build a new school...

What's Your Story?​
10/21/2021

A friend passed away this week. She was old enough to be my mother, but we had bonded over our mutual love for Jesus. Our relationship deepened when we met for coffee a few years ago and she shared her life story with me. She was writing a book about her life and was seeking my advice.
 
Her life was a testament to the goodness and faithfulness of God. Her hope was to inspire a younger generation to reach out to God, to trust and depend on Him, even as she had over many years. 
 
I’ll never forget that coffee date...

Come Home​
​09/15/2021

The heat of the summer is past and a fresh energy surges through the air. Fall is here, the green of the land turning to brilliant oranges and reds and yellows. The season holds a special place in my heart as it was on a crisp fall day that I came face to face with God. I could avoid Him no longer.

​The time of accounting had arrived and I was found wanting...

God's Mercy for You​
​09/15/2021

Woke up with this scripture on my heart this morning and I’m not fully sure why. Is it an encouragement for the times we live in? A reminder of God’s faithfulness in the midst of uncertainty? Or a matter of prayer for someone in my life?
 
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.” Lamentations 3:22
 
Or maybe it’s all three...

Pull the Parachute
​09/09/2021

Ever run into a brick wall? You’re clipping along at a great pace, your momentum is good, you’ve got the wind in your sails when – BAM! Brick wall. Road barrier. Or worse yet, you sailed right through the barrier and now you’re flying off a cliff. Your forward momentum just turned into what feels like a deathly drop...

A Time to Be Silent
​08/17/2021

The barista was a normal enough looking guy – for Hollywood at least. What was unique were the thick DIY letters tattooed across his fingers that spelled out G-O-D  I-S  D-E-A-D. Whether carefully pondered or hastily rationalized, forever and always he would be telling himself the lie burned into his fingers that God is dead...

How to Control the Rollercoaster of Your Life
​08/03/2021

Ever feel like your life is like some crazy rollercoaster ride? Up one day, down the next… Good news that sends you soaring and then a bad report or an unhappy incident that brings you quickly back to earth. It can be a pretty wild ride.
 
Working in the film industry can be especially treacherous and unmerciful. It’s simply the nature of the beast...

Handling Betrayal in Your Career
​07/27/2021

The entertainment industry can be a treacherous place to build your career. The stories of betrayal and backstabbing abound. Without describing details, I’ve found that no one is immune to it – even if you’re working among Christians. It’s a tough life and everyone feels like they’ve got to protect their back to “make it” in LA.
 
You may not be part of that industry, but you’re probably nodding your head and recounting the number of times you’ve been betrayed as well...

God Knows Your Name
​07/20/2021

God knows your name.
 
The most recent movie in the Bourne franchise used the tagline: You know his name. After following the story of Jason Bourne through four feature films, finally you – and Jason – realize who he fully is.
 
We don’t have to wait to know who we are...

Cross Cultural Boundaries - See What God Sees
​07/12/2021

Do you live a cross-cultural life? Do you dare cross the boundaries? In the midst of heightened cultural sensitivities, we can lose our bearings if we don’t see what God sees, if we don’t look beyond the natural and embrace the spiritual.

We’ll be tossed to and fro by all the news reports, the latest riot, the latest killing, the latest sadness in a long history of discrimination and prejudice...

Why I Want Men On My Team​
​06/28/2021

With production opening up in Hollywood and other film and television hubs across the country, it’s all the rage among women producers and directors to hire all-female crews.

The talent is there, and the opportunity to pull women up in the ranks of the male-dominated film and television industry is honorable. However, in the midst of the outcry concerning men being hired, awarded and paid more than women, I’ve got to say that I want men on my team...

Rekindle Faith
​06/28/2021

Has your faith waned? Have your prayers become routine? And what about hope? Do you have hope for good things?
 
It’s easy to let life – difficult situations, challenging circumstances – steal away your faith. Little by little, disappointments can build up and undermine the truth of God’s word...

Do You Need a Course Correction?
​06/14/2021

Ever hear of the 1 in 60 rule? For every 1 degree a plane veers off its course, it misses its destination by 1 mile for every 60 miles flown. Multiply that by the hundreds or thousands of miles in a typical flight and this slight and seemingly trivial one-degree error can have disastrous results.
 
Life, with its twists and turns can easily throw us off track. 

Rest For the Weary
​06/07/2021

Are you seeking rest? Whether it means better sleep or a just a few moments to relax, the past year has thrown most of us on a quest for rest. Rest. Peace. Renewal. A breather from the constant stress of life or work or the churnings in your mind...

Hurry Up and Wait
06/01/2021

There is a balance between positioning yourself for what you believe God has spoken and patiently, trustingly holding that position while you wait for the full realization of the promise...

Are You Stretched Beyond Your Limits?
05/24/2021

I find myself praying a certain prayer over and over again. It’s one that’s held me in the past when I’ve faced overwhelming situations and even wonderful – but immense – opportunities...

Don't Run Away
05/18/2021

Have you ever been in a situation where you feel like you just walked into the pit of hell and everything inside you is screaming RUN? Chaos, confusion, this frying pan is HOT – and the kicker is the fact that you said yes to this. You put yourself in this position...

The Little Prayers Count
 05/10/2021

Have you ever wished you had a stronger prayer life? The kind of prayer life that travails for others, wrestles things out, reaches into heaven to bring God’s will and purposes into earth? But then life takes over and the baby’s crying or your boss is pressuring or the kids need to be run to soccer practice…

A Love That's Stronger Than Death
05/03/2021

What do you do with the unlovable? The person that defies every conviction you hold of what is good and right? The lazy, the wicked, the deceived and deceptive… is there a love that is stronger than the hold of death on their life?
 
Is there a love that can soak into and fill the void within their heart? ​

The Girl with the Disney Tattoo
04/19/21

I met a girl on a film set in Hollywood who had tattoos all over her body – Disneyland characters and scenes burned in dark ink on her legs, her arms, her chest. A limb from the talking tree Groot wound down her arm and onto her fingers. The tattoos were reminders for her...

Behold the Man: Falling in Love with Jesus Again
04/17/21

Opportunities to embrace Jesus for who He is as Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Savior and King come to us on a daily basis. Our response boils down to a matter of faith, a matter of our deep-rooted belief system and our outward behavior influenced by it...

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