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I Don’t Feel Like Changing – Refusing to Let Go and Let God
When Comfort Turns Into Chains Denise is 55, single, and by all appearances, she’s got it together. She’s funny, successful, loved by friends, and serving faithfully in her church. She loves the Lord, and everybody knows that she will give you the shirt off her back. But underneath all that, sistergirl is like a concrete…
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Unshakable Faith
Anchored in God’s Word, Rooted in Christ Life will always present us with storms—financial strain, broken relationships, health battles, or the ache of waiting on prayers that seem long overdue. But unshakeable faith isn’t faith that avoids storms; it’s faith that stands firm right through them. Jesus told us in Matthew 7:24–25 (NLT), “Anyone who…
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Your Identity in Christ: Discover Who God Says You Are
Scripture Focus: “For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.” — Colossians 3:3 (NLT) Discovering Your True Identity in Christ Somewhere along the way, many of us picked up labels that don’t belong to us. Maybe you’ve been called “not enough,” “too much,” “damaged,” or “ordinary.” And…
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When the Holy Spirit Reveals It, Don’t Deny It
The Tension of Revelation We often ask God to show us what’s holding us back. We pray for clarity, for growth, and for breakthrough. But when the Holy Spirit reveals the truth, it doesn’t always come wrapped in comfort. Sometimes He shines light on a part of us we’d rather keep hidden—an attitude, a pattern,…
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I Don’t Feel Like Changing
Psalm 139:23-24(NLT) “23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.” A woman in her fifties said recently about the man she’s been dating for a while, “He’s too set…
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The Danger of Not Protecting Your Thought-life
Disappointment and Impatience: A Lethal Combination Disappointment and impatience can be a lethal combination on your thought-life. In God’s Word, He tells us to guard against these two. Proverbs 13:12 (NLT) reminds us that “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.” This means that letting our hopes…
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Jesus Christ Is the Answer
Each of us must ask ourselves what we want out of life—a fundamental question whose answer is often simpler than we realize, yet it requires us to dig a little deeper to uncover. Our spiritual teachers and mentors guide us to trust that Jesus Christ is the ultimate answer, a truth more profound than our…
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Faith in Action
Faith Brings Down Walls Hebrews 11:30 (NLT) tells us, “It was by faith that the people of Israel marched around Jericho for seven days, and the walls came crashing down.” Jericho’s gates were locked tight, its walls built thick to keep out intruders, but God had already promised His people a land flowing with milk…
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Shut It Off!
It probably comes to no one’s surprise that the popularity of social media has skyrocketed during this current season. With less physical contact and interaction among each other, we’re spending more of our time looking at what others are doing, and they are all too happy to keep us entertained. It starts easy enough. We…
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Decluttering Emotionally
This year went by in a whisper, and with another new year approaching, we need to take a little inventory. We need to access what worked for us in the past year and what didn’t, so we can make some changes. Resolutions are the go-to in order to get this done and start everything off…
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It’s Already Yours!
“Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the LORD.” (1 Samuel 1:10, NLT) Hannah’s Cry of Anguish Hannah knew a thing or two about emotional pain. She was loved by her husband, Elkanah, but she wasn’t his only wife. Peninnah, the other wife, had children, but Hannah did not. In that…
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God Will Never Forget About You
The other day, I spoke with a Christian man that many perceive as a strong man of God. He’s been very active in the community and in his church; and for some, he’s looked upon as very dependable and a pillar of both. However, he told me that he’s reverting to those old ways, what…
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Soul Communication
Like attracts like. You may not want to believe this, but it is entirely true. Our hanging partners, sister-friends, and those we consider to be our besties resonate and respond with a soul quality in us that is very much like something within themselves. So it stands to reason that if you want to know…