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God Squeezes Every Drop Out of Our Trials
Our April showers mushroomed into a perpetual storm, didn’t they? In fact, they obliterated our beautiful May flowers. In light of that, as you contemplate a paltry fall harvest, a painful and perplexing thought may emerge. God squeezes every drop out of our trials. While this is neither comforting nor complex, the process enlightens. And fully encourages all believers on their journey with God who must endure suffering. The Furnace of Affliction The Refiner’s fire is a popular topic in Christian circles. Job endured trials and spoke of coming “forth as gold” in Job 23:10. But it wasn’t until I began to contemplate Isaiah 48:10 that I realized refinement results…
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Expect Trouble Knowing You Will Overcome
Manage your impatience and expectation as God walks with you through adversity.
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Facing Giants – Changing Schedules – Finding Balance
Identifying and defeating our adversaries requires a godly game plan. Tackle a reshuffling of your priorities as you seek to find balance in all things.
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Putting on God’s Armor
Outfitting yourself for daily spiritual warfare requires God’s dress for success tips.
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Yielding to God
Learn to delight in submission as you tap into God’s power.
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Your Identity in Christ
Uncover the core of who you as a creation of our Creator.
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Satisfied in God
Discover for yourself the only complete and perpetual source of satisfaction.
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Pandemic Practices: Thoroughly Savoring God’s Creation
I’m more citified than countrified. That’s not to say that the lone prairie, a chicken fried steak or a melancholy Willie Nelson ballad never dazzle me. But I’m more of a French dining and Flamenco dancing kind of girl when the rubber meets Fifth Avenue. Yet I’m becoming surprisingly passionate about one of my new pandemic practices, thoroughly savoring God’s creation. Urban Renewal So like a snake with a skin ready to be shed, the urbanite in me underwent a metamorphosis during the shut down. Exercising, shopping, dining, grooming – all that previously took place primarily indoors. Suddenly, out was really “in.” Boxed in inside our homes, my hubby and…
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Detour Vs Destination: God’s Wanderers Are Never Lost
We’re all stuck in an unprecedented vortex of wheel-spinning frustration. Mankind continue to stand at a door to a formidable unknown. A biological enemy feeds our agoraphobic propensity to tuck into our homes, staring us down. It remains a sensible plan of action to protect others and ourselves, especially the highly fragile. But as we gather for battle, another adversary looms. In this oddly meandering battle of detour vs. destination, it’s clear: God’s wanderers are never lost. As spot on as that is, it’s hard to recognize this truth on a day-to-day basis. The simplest errand is a roll of the dice. Many of us long for a pre Covid…
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Buried Treasure: Revisiting The Precious Gifts of God
The events of the last two weeks hang over all of us like a heavy fog now. Pandemic pandemonium. Loss of life. Destruction of property. Flaring tempers. Dashed hopes. But I managed to encounter buried treasure revisiting the precious gifts of God. Flashback to two weekends ago. The sun began to come out after months of lockdown. My husband and I rolled the proverbial dice to take a trip. We traversed cross country to celebrate his mother’s 79th birthday. We prepared, assembling an onslaught of wipes, masks and sanitizers. With sandwiches in tow and courage abounding, we survived the harrowing flights both ways. The birthday proved a great success. What…
