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Honor Intimacy
Read more: Honor IntimacyJesus is a King… of honor… of glory… the One we entrust our lives to. 1 Peter 3:15 says, “In your hearts honor Christ as Lord.”
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Peeling Away The Past
Read more: Peeling Away The PastFingers peeling, dry skin flaking like snow fluttering from the sky in winter. I swam in the pool the first day they were clarifying the water. A bright shade of lime resembling the cool aid I used to drink this time of year in summers past. The flavor of apple kiwi simmering in my taste…
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When It Rains
Read more: When It RainsGod is always up to something big when it rains. I feel it so often. This past Sunday God came in with strength and captivating love. I keep thinking about it. I see it in the storm. I see it in His protective, warrior love over us. I see it in how it went…
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The Blessing is Worth the Burden
Read more: The Blessing is Worth the BurdenIn the springtime pollen fills my grocery cart with Kleenex. I sneeze every season as I go outside. Still I love the spring. I can’t stay out of the flowers and sunshine. It’s got me thinking… In spring, in life, in everything… the blessings we experience come with a burden attached to it. For…
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The Story of Esther: Empowered to Save
Read more: The Story of Esther: Empowered to SaveThe sound of water flowing fills the palace. Trickling fountains. Incense burning. The smell of lavender lingers in the air. Shades of fine silk in purple, red and blue are laid out for the choosing. It’s a spa of the most luxurious sort and hundreds of women are preparing for their encounter with the king.…
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That Ride at The Fair…
Read more: That Ride at The Fair…In Holbrook, Arizona, on the cusp of Route 66 and wide-open desert, the county fair rolled into town every September. And every year, my family would take me and my brothers for our annual thrill fest of funnel cakes and Ferris Wheel rides. With blue wristbands and dusty tennis shoes, we’d glide around the fairgrounds…
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How To Thrive in 2018
Read more: How To Thrive in 2018Thrive. /thrīv/ v. To flourish. To propser. “To grow vigorously” Merriam Webster’s Dictionary says. Every new year commences on January 1st like a brand-new beginning for all to behold. Dreams loom ahead. Goals lie in waiting. Resolutions and aspirations liven our spirits once again, as we ponder the potential of what’s yet to…
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God’s Purpose in Disappointment
Read more: God’s Purpose in Disappointment“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.” –Psalm 42:5-6a It’s easy to feel defeated in the midst of life’s disappointments. To feel broken. Confused. Hopeless. Sad. Empty. But with the help of…
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The Illusion of No Progress
Read more: The Illusion of No Progress“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.”…
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Your Achilles Heel is God’s Secret Weapon
Read more: Your Achilles Heel is God’s Secret WeaponI’m finding that God uses the very thing in our lives that makes us feel weak to help us recognize His power to accomplish things and not our own means. The same thing you see as a weakness to you is actually the very thing God will use to make you strong for His kingdom…
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