faith, identity in christ

Identity in Christ

I’ll never forget the day we sold our mini-van. It was the weirdest thing. I couldn’t wait to get rid of it, the mom-van decorated with college bumper stickers. But when the day finally came, I felt a deep sadness creep into my soul. Selling it closed the end of an era of our family. Gone were the days of …

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The Best Goal for 2018

She always had good intentions. She loved to make lists, and it’s proven that goals drive us to success, or at least they give us  reason to try, so she’d pull out paper and pen and ink six resolutions for the new year. Funny thing was, they often were the same as the year before. Eat better. Exercise more. Spend …

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Help to Calm Your Fearful Heart

WE all do it. We don’t want to. But even the strongest of saints have their days when something happens, or information is given that causes fear to arise in their hearts. It happened to me the other day, and along with the fear came a sadness about the future that is totally ridiculous because I’m forming the future in …

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How to Survive Thanksgiving and Black Friday {Believer’s Bounty}

    My eyes sprung open. I looked at the clock to see 3:00 AM staring back at me. I groaned and turned over, re-positioned to ease the ache in my hip, and began to pray as I always do when I wake before 5:00. It’s not holiness that prompts my petitions. It’s a determination to frustrate the  enemy if …

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