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Dealing with A Breakup Over the Holidays
Who would break-up with someone over the holidays? It seems unusually harsh, but it does happen. The holiday season notoriously brings merry cheer, but it is also a time of reflection for many people. It’s when couples who are dating begin to examine their relationships more closely, and they…
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Financial Woes During the Season of Giving
This is the time of year where many of us think about money or our finances. It’s the holidays, and they often come with gift-giving, travel, and entertaining. It can be very stressful, especially if you’re already stretched financially. Philippians 4:19 gives us a promise from the Father. It tells us that He will supply…
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Building Intimacy
One of the chief purposes of relationships is to teach us about God’s love. Heavenly Father is a God of love. His Word tells us that He IS love, and because we are His children, we should take on His divine nature and make it our own. We should live love. Colossians 3:12-14(NLT) says, “12…
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Good Enough to Date but Not Good Enough to Marry
Many in modern society think it’s an antiquated notion for a man to only have a relationship with a woman he considers worthy of marriage. Heavenly Father is not interested in our opinions regarding the laws and statues He has created. They are drenched in His love, and they are for our overall benefit. God’s…
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This Is A No-No!
Some people are of the mindset that if you truly love each other in a marriage, then you won’t walk out of it so easily; if you give up on the marriage, then it wasn’t real love in the first place. This is a harsh judgment, but it is reasonable in one respect; because it…
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The Lord Is My Helper
Hebrews 13:5-6(NLT) “5 Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” 6 So we can say with confidence, “The LORD is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” Some of the biggest…
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Feeling Unloved
She said she felt unloved at home. When her husband asked why she cheated on the marriage, this was her response. His name is Jeff, and he is what most of us would coin as the quintessential ‘good man’. He’s handsome, handy, and loves being at home. He’s kept a steady job for years and…
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Agree with God and Be at Peace
The other day, I happened to see a Christian friend I haven’t seen in a while. I asked him how he was doing, and he said, “I can’t complain, because I keep my mind on God’s peace all the time.” I thought this was one of the best responses I’ve ever heard. Often when you…
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The Ebbs and Flows of Single Life
About a year ago, a friend of mine traveled a good distance to hear a very popular young prophet preach. She came back from her spirit-filled evening fueled with exhilaration and excitement. The prophet declared that within the next year, many of the single women attending that evening would be either married or engaged. My…
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Rescue After the Ambush
Daniel, one of King David’s sons living during Old Testament times, was blessed to have prophetic dreams and visions that would help God’s people. The record of Daniel’s allegiance to service is a tremendous lesson for us, particularly as it relates to the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ has made it possible for…
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Don’t You See It?
Isaiah 43:15-19(NLT) “15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator and King. 16 I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. 17 I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew them beneath the waves and…
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The Hope That Is in You
Sometimes life can seem a bit like a treasure hunt with clues. You begin the hunt by crossing the path of someone you were destined to meet. Usually, this is not the partnership connection you were praying to make. Instead, it is an opportunity for you to sow into someone’s life. Once you’ve done this,…
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When Our Relationships Are Torn Apart
A dear friend received her divorce a couple of weeks ago, and her separation period had been long and difficult. She wanted to have a conversation with me about what she would do differently. She admitted that from the very beginning of her marriage, she was overwhelmed with the responsibility of an expanded family; both…
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You Can’t Afford to Keep Bad Company
1 Corinthians 15:33(NLT) Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” Some years ago, I made a conscious decision to distance myself from someone that I originally thought was a good friend. Gradually, I noticed she had done some things that I didn’t consider friendly, and I made…
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Be Still and Be Quiet
“Be still and be quiet!” When I was a child, I can’t count the number of times I heard this spoken by my mother or a teacher. Children are full of energy, and it is very challenging for them to be still, quiet, and not move around at all. They love movement, as well they…
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A Confident Spouse
Life is constantly proving that in the blink of an eye, everything can change. The unexpected can potentially cause a shift in our circumstances so swiftly that it can literally take our breath away. The notion of change or any of its cousins like transformation, correction, adjustment, or modification, will sometimes bring us to a…
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When Saying ‘Yes’ Is A Challenge
Romans 10:17 tells us that faith comes by hearing the Word of God. From this truth, you and I can know that faith responds to our believing. The moment we hear the truth of God’s Word and believe it, faith is set in motion. This piece of information is very helpful to us, because it…
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The ABCs of Prayer
When we become born-again through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, our spiritual journey in him begins. 2Corinthians 5:17(NLT) tells us, “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” With this new life, we are told to read and study…
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The Covenant of Marriage
In Jeremiah 29:11(NLT), our wonderful Heavenly Father declares, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” This verse is one that every Christian should know, because it builds a foundation in our hearts for understanding that…
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Don’t Be Disqualified
1 Corinthians 9:24-27(NLT) “24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run…
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From Point A to Point B
The mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds, but it produces the largest garden plant that will ultimately grow into a tree. Jesus Christ said in Matthew 17:20(NLT), “You don’t have enough faith… I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this…
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Evidence Your Faith Requires
Problems and tribulations make many of us act impetuously and do things that could potentially worsen the situation. Psalm 46:10(NLT) tells us, “Be still, and know that I am God!”, Psalm 37:7 also says, “Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act.” These verses do not mean that…
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The Power of Your Thoughts
I had lunch with a young woman in her twenties who is attractive, intelligent, and loves the Lord. We didn’t start out talking about relationships, but the conversation ended up going in that direction after a very handsome young man walked by. She made the comment, “I don’t think I could ever attract someone that…
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Healing Old Wounds
Genesis 1:21 tells us that God created all the creatures of the earth, and made them in such a way that they produce offspring of the same kind. Birds don’t have baby giraffes, and frogs can’t produce cows, or vice versa. From His Word, we can very clearly see that our Heavenly Father is a…
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A Union Ordained and Blessed by God
If we ask God to bless us in a certain area, and we haven’t seen any movement whatsoever, are we to surmise that God didn’t hear us the first time we prayed, or is He just not ready for us to have what we asked for? Someone posed these questions to me the other day.…
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She’s Made ‘DOUBT’ Her Friend and ‘FAITH’ Her Enemy
Mark 11:23-24(NLT) “I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, may you be lifted up and thrown into the sea, and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. 24 I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe…
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God’s Discipline Proves His Love
Like most of us, as a child I never liked to be disciplined by my parents. I would try my best to meet their expectations for good behavior so I could avoid it. My dad didn’t play. The discipline of the military was a prominent characteristic in his manner, and he had little patience for…
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Flip the Script on Discouragement
Romans 8:28(NKJV) “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” I watched a young Christian woman this week go through a rough time because she felt like she had worked hard at achieving a certain goal, only to…
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The Right Information from the Right Source
Folks that are already successful in life will probably tell you that they didn’t have all the answers when they first started out, and they probably didn’t ask all the right questions. They will also tell you that they didn’t stop until they found out who and where to go to obtain the right answers.…
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On My Own Terms
Proverbs 13:12(NLT) says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.” This is one of those yummy truths that every single woman who desires to be married should digest completely. It will require us to ponder this wisdom very carefully. It is necessary that we begin by examining…