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How Wrong Believing Defeats Hope
What you continue believing inwardly will eventually shape what you expect from life. One of the most dangerous things a person can lose is hope. Because once hope starts dying, people stop reaching. They stop expecting. They stop believing life can truly change. And after a while, many people do not even realize how much…
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A New Direction
Practices that yield greater vision, focus, and spiritual preparation and renewal have the capacity to elevate us to new levels of faith and so much more. We can’t remain in our comfort zones if we want to increase in the Lord Jesus Christ. If we are desiring our lives to change, we really need to…
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Distinguishing Hope and Faith
Have you ever thought about the reality that Moses, God’s chosen leader of the Children of Israel, never entered the Promised Land? Of course, he knew about it, and understood the promise of it, but after everything he had endured with leading the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery, he would not be allowed to journey…
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When We Need It Most
A study found that most children growing up in the 21st century will be raised in a home where both parents or guardians work. Although the numbers of stay-at-home fathers has increased, it also found that women carry the brunt of caring for children, and the number of females that are the sole breadwinners and…
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Dealing with Emotional Exhaustion
Most of us encounter people every day that are hurting, lonely, and desperate for answers for their pain, yet we are oblivious to the depths of their suffering. On the outside, they seem content and satisfied with their lives, but internally they are struggling. Many of these individuals are people of faith. Even some of…
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He’s About to Do Something New!
Spring is in the air, and this is a season marked by the newness that our God brings. All of us are anticipating what the Father will cause to blossom in our lives, and after the year we’ve had, it will be more than a delight. We do not know how precious we are to…
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Why Are You So Sad?
There are only two books in the bible named after women, Ruth and Esther, in the Old Testament. I personally love them both, but the Book of Ruth is the one from which I draw the most relatable encouragement. I marvel continually at Ruth’s devotion to her mother in law, Naomi. I’m also deeply in…
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The Difference Between Faith and Hope
Our Heavenly Father begins His Word, the Holy Bible, with the Book of Genesis. Most of us think of this book as His Creation Story, and while this is true, Genesis is also designed by God to lay the first layer, if you will, of the foundation of our faith. God teaches us by His…
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Dare to Hope!
Sometimes you meet a person and you just click. You can’t really explain why, but the friendship develops quickly, and you feel as though you’ve known each other for years, even though you’ve only just met. That’s how I felt about a friend that I recently learned had passed…