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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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7 Scriptures about the Beloved

In 2010 my big sister, my only sibling, and one of my favorite people in the whole world, lost her battle with cancer. Her death did a number on my faith. I couldn’t pray. I couldn’t worship. I went to church, but I couldn’t sing. I wanted nothing to do with the Christian radio stations. I was hurt. Confused. But …

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Blessed {A 7 Day Reading Plan}

  The end of October has arrived. Tricker-treaters will be at my door soon.   (I once made pitiful costumes like these for Mike and me. It was the one costume party we attended and the last. Now that Pinterest lives, I would do a much better job. The dogs look a lot cuter than we did.) Despite the fact …

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