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There Is Nothing Like Knowing Him
Drawing Near to God Through Jesus Christ There is nothing in this life that compares to knowing God. We can experience His blessings, thank Him for the things He has done, and praise Him for the prayers He has answered, but there is something even greater than receiving from His hand—we have been given the…
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When You Know Better, But You’re Struggling to Live Better
When Knowing God’s Word Hasn’t Yet Changed How You Live There are some things we struggle with because we simply don’t know any better. We haven’t learned what God says about it yet. We haven’t grown enough to recognize what is happening. But then there are those other things—the things where we know what God…
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Are You Trusting God—or Trusting Him to Send You a Spouse?
Learn why trusting God for marriage means trusting His wisdom and His Will, even when His answer or timing may be different from what you hoped. When Your Desire for Marriage Becomes a Test of Your Trust in God There is nothing wrong with wanting to be married. If marriage is a desire of your…
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Learning Surrender Before Marriage
Before You Say “I Do” Series Before God Gives You a Marriage, He Prepares You for One Learn why surrendering your plans, expectations, and timeline to God’s Will is essential for building a Christ-centered marriage. Surrender Begins Before Marriage Most people think preparing for marriage means praying for the right person. That’s definitely part of…
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Stop Limiting God to Your Expectations
Most women I know aren’t praying for an ordinary marriage. They’re praying for God’s best, and there’s nothing wrong with praying that way. In fact, I hope you never settle for less than God’s best. But here’s a question I had to ask myself one day: Do I really know what God’s best is. At…
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Life Before Salvation Isn’t Life at All
Living life outside of salvation is simply existing. True life—abundant life—can only really be experienced through Jesus Christ. He willingly laid down His own life so that we could truly live. The moment we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we pass from death into life. Colossians 1:13-14 (NLT) says, “For he has…
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You’re Not Single, You’re Reserved
Understanding God’s Purpose in Your Season of Singleness Romans 8:29 (NLT) says, “For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” Before we ever understood our purpose, God already knew the work He desired to…
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Walking Together Begins with Walking with God
Sometimes we think that once we become born-again believers, life should automatically fall into place. We may believe that because we pray, seek God, and desire to honor Him, the things closest to our hearts should happen in our timing. I know many single believers have marriage at the top of their prayer list. And…
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When Loneliness Makes You Forget Who You Are
Don’t let loneliness rewrite what God has already declared Loneliness is something almost all of us experience at some point in life. It can show up after a divorce, the death of someone we love, children leaving home, a broken friendship, or simply walking through a season that feels different from everyone around us. Sometimes…
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God Is Not A Punishing God
God Is Light, Not Darkness After talking with a friend this week, I was reminded how many people truly believe that God is a punisher. Outside of His unfailing love and grace, they see Him as sitting on His throne, shaking His finger in shame, waiting for us to mess up. But this is a…
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God Won’t Let You Slip
When Life Feels Unsteady, God Holds You Steady Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us that there is a season for everything, and that includes the seasons we walk through in life. Unfortunately, not all of them are easy. Some seasons can leave you feeling as though the ground beneath your feet is shifting. You wake up each…
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Surrendering What You Cannot Control
When Trusting God Means Letting Go of the Outcome There are some situations in life that seem to take up permanent residence in our minds. We pray about them. We think about them. We revisit conversations we’ve already had and imagine conversations that haven’t happened yet. We replay scenarios, analyze possibilities, and mentally prepare for…
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Don’t Get Too Comfortable
Remaining Watchful, Grounded in Christ, and Ready for His Return Life has a funny way of taking a hard left turn when we least expect it. One day everything seems normal, and the next day you’re dealing with something you never saw coming. One phone call, one diagnosis, one financial setback, one unexpected betrayal, and…
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Never Settle for Staying the Same
You Can Be Thankful for Today and Still Believe God Has More Growth Ahead As Christians, we should be thankful for where God has brought us. Every answered prayer, every lesson learned, every victory won, and every difficult season He carried us through deserves our gratitude. But being thankful for today does not mean we…
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Loving Each Other Well
What It Looks Like to Carry the Heart of God Toward Others One of the clearest signs that God is truly working in us is not how spiritual we sound, how many scriptures we can quote, or how polished we appear in public. It is how we love people. Real love is not just smiles,…
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Is Jesus Christ Your Foundation?
What We Build Our Lives On Determines What Remains John 15:5 (NLT) tells us, “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.” We’ve been talking a lot about this phenomenal verse lately because…
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Forgiveness Begins Where Healing Starts
When Heartbreak Tries to Take More Than It Should Matthew 6:14 (NLT) tells us, “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.” Those words sound simple until someone wounds you deeply. Betrayal has a way of shaking everything. Trust gets broken. Emotions get tangled. Questions start surfacing that have…
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When Fear Starts Replacing Faith
Why spiritual maturity demands more than survival instincts in uncertain times. The Drift Happens Slowly One of the most dangerous things about spiritual drift is that it usually does not happen all at once. Most believers do not wake up one morning suddenly far from God. It happens little by little through fear, distraction, exhaustion,…
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You Cannot Earn What Jesus Already Paid For
God Never Asked You to Earn What Grace Already Gave For most of my Christian journey, I really believed effort was what made God notice me more. I thought if I prayed harder, performed better, got more disciplined, or avoided enough mistakes, then maybe God would finally be pleased with me enough to bless me.…
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Jesus Christ Wants All of You
Sometimes the Real Blocker Is What’s Happening Inside of Us John 15:5 (NLT) “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.” Jesus used parables often because He wanted people to understand spiritual truth…
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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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When Reality Finally Catches Up with Truth
Ecclesiastes 7:12 (NLT) “Wisdom and money can get you almost anything, but only wisdom can save your life.” I was talking to a Christian woman the other day, and she told me she sometimes wishes she could do her life over again. She’s in her late fifties and has never experienced married life. She admitted…
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Let Jesus Christ Shape What Lives in You
When Your Inner Life Is Surrendered to Him, Everything Else Finds Its Order Let no one tell you otherwise—your emotions matter. How you feel from one day to the next shapes how you move, how you respond, and what you build over time. But your emotions were never meant to lead you. God designed you…
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You Don’t Need Another Sign—You Just Need to Decide
There comes a point in your walk with God where the issue isn’t clarity anymore—it’s surrender. You’ve prayed. You’ve asked. You’ve waited. And if you’re honest, God has already answered you. Maybe not in the way your flesh wanted, but in a way your spirit recognized immediately. And still… you linger. Still… you ask for…
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How Much Longer Will You Waver?
When the Heart Starts Splitting Loyalties There are moments in Scripture that don’t just teach—they confront. 1 Kings 18:21 NLT says, “Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, ‘How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!’…
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Your Response to Hurt Reveals Who’s Leading Your Life
When the Pain Hits, Who Leads? Getting hurt will reveal something real about us. It pulls on our emotions, and if we’re not careful, it will try to take the lead. Some of us react quickly—saying things we can’t take back, shutting down, or pulling away. But God never designed us to be led by…
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When Weariness Tries to Set In—What You Must Remember in Christ
You’re Not Meant to Live Drained When You’ve Been Made Alive in Christ Galatians 6:9 (NLT) tells us, “Don’t get weary in doing good, for at the proper time you will reap a harvest if you do not give up.” That verse sounds like strength—it calls us to keep fighting the good fight of faith.…
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You’re Not Waiting on the Blessing—You’re Learning to Walk in It
When You Don’t Realize What’s Already Been Given Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) tells us, “It is impossible to please God without faith… He rewards those who sincerely seek him.” That word rewarder matters—but not the way we’ve sometimes looked at it. Because if we’re not careful, we’ll start relating to God like He’s handing out prizes…
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The Deception That Looked Like Delay
When God Allows What We Didn’t Expect Genesis 28:1–2 (NLT) tells us that Isaac blessed Jacob and gave him clear direction: “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women… go at once… and take a wife from your own family.” Jacob wasn’t out there guessing. He was sent. Covered. Directed by God through his…
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Good Behavior Isn’t Enough
Romans 6:23 (NLT) tells us, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” This verse pulls the curtain back on something many people don’t fully understand—the true cost of sin. I’ve heard both believers and unbelievers say they think getting into heaven…