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How Long Will You Have to Wait?
Where has waiting month after month and year after year for a man to come into your life gotten you? Are you angry with the world? Are you depressed when you wake up in the morning, or do you have joy in your heart regardless of whether you have someone with whom to share your…
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Praying for the Right Person to Talk to
Proverbs 27:17 NLT “As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” My good friend, Nina, has gone through some troubled waters. Like most of us, she’s had her fair share of the ‘not so good side’ of life. As a child, initially she grew up with both parents in the home, but not…
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Deciding to Begin Again
Isaiah 55:6-7 (NLT) “6 Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. 7 Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he…
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In the Beginning
Genesis 1:26 says that God created us in His very own image, because making us His family was always a part of His plan. Our Heavenly Father also tells us in the Book of Genesis that Adam was the first human being He created, and God gave him dominion and authority in the earth. Heavenly…
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God Is Never Slack
Dear Heavenly Father, You are holy and magnificent! Everything that You do is good and perfect, and You alone are worthy of all praise and honor! It’s a privilege to be called Your sons and daughters, please help us to walk worthy of this call. We have made many mistakes, and we have all fallen…
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Our Lives Mean the Most to God
I know people that have been angry with God for a long time. Things seem to always go wrong in their lives, and they are tired of it. They blame our Heavenly Father for their sadness and disappointment, and they’ve built a wall around their hearts that keeps Him out. With these individuals, you do…
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God Will Give Us What We Need
God will give us what we need. This truth is one of the building blocks to establishing faith. It is impossible for our Heavenly Father to miss a beat. He knows us through and through. He knows how to bless us, and He knows what we need. If we have any doubts about this, those…
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Out of Balance with God
Exodus 16:16-18(NLT) “16 These are the LORD’s instructions: Each household should gather as much as it needs. Pick up two quarts for each person in your tent.” 17 So the people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot, some only a little. 18 But when they measured it out, everyone had…
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Security and Trust Are Not Automatic
Colossians 2:7(NLT) “Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” My conversation with one of my friends didn’t sit too well with her. She was saying how she’d kept a…
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God Makes the Pieces Fit Together
“But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded.” 2 Chronicles 15:7(NLT) Glenda was surrounded by devout Christian women in her family, and they had a huge influence on her life. She was trying very hard to live up to their example, but something in her own life just didn’t…
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We’re in God’s Hands
Dear Heavenly Father, You are holy, holy, holy, and there is none that can compare to Your omnipotence, honor, and glory! Thank You for loving us so intensely. Your love for us is so overwhelming that You spared not Your only begotten Son to save us from the curse of sin and death. Through His…
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Getting Past the Roadblocks
1John 4:19(NLT) We love each other because he loved us first. When you see a couple together out in public, can you tell if they’re in a solid relationship? At a social gathering, I recently saw several married couples taking a picture together. They were well dressed, poised, and smiling from cheek to cheek. From…
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A Harvest that Thrills Your Heart
It was advertised that a well-known Christian speaker was doing a special series dedicated to helping bring single women closer to their husbands. A friend of mine called me frantic with excitement. “I believe this is the breakthrough I’ve been waiting on! This is my year!” she declared. She couldn’t stop talking about it. She…
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How Do I Become Born Again?
I recently had the pleasure of catching up with an old friend. We had such a good time conversing, but during our time together, I felt a nudge from the Spirit. I was compelled to witness to him about the Lord Jesus Christ. At first, I was puzzled because I’ve known this person for quite…
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Be A Man and Woman of Your Word
The world finds itself in the shape it’s currently in because people have ignored God’s standard. There is no denying this, no matter how much people may try. Our Heavenly Father warns us in His Word to cling to Him through the Lord Jesus Christ, and we are to do this by lining up our…
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When Time Moves Slower Than Your Faith
Psalm 130:5 (NLT) “I am counting on the Lord; yes, I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word.” The thought of waiting on anything is hard for most of us. Whether it’s waiting in line at the grocery store or our favorite fast-food joint, none of us are too keen…
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Disappointed in Your Spouse
My daughter and I watched an interview of a man who had just recently gotten married. This couple dated for a little over a year and moved in together immediately after their wedding. Both husband and wife were in their early thirties, and each came to the marriage with certain expectations. The wife said she…
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Delight in God
Dear Heavenly Father, You tell us in Psalm 37:4(ESV), “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” There is none like You, Heavenly Father. You are in a class all by Yourself, and to delight in You is to recognize that You are awesome and amazing. You are…
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Doing What God Wants
John 3:19-21(NLT) 19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. 20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. 21 But those…
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Living Holy Before God
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for being such a wonderful Father. You are holy, and Your righteousness, glory, and honor endure forever. There is none like You, and Your power and authority are unmatched. You have chosen us to be Your children of light. It is an unfathomable privilege, and we are so incredibly thankful.…
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Hearts and Minds Like Christ
“20 And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you. 21 For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. 23 All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”…
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The Understanding Wife
Proverbs 19:14(NLT) “Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the LORD can give an understanding wife.” Three years ago, when Melvin and Jacquelyn met through mutual friends, they quickly became a couple. After their first date, their conversation over the phone lasted five hours. If neither of them had…
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Please Bless the Children
Dear Heavenly Father, You are awesome and amazing, and it is the joy of our lives to be Your children. You alone are God! You are holy beyond holiness, magnificent beyond magnificence, and perfect beyond perfection. Everything You do is purposeful and wonderful! Thank You for loving us unconditionally and without fail. Thank You for…
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Faith Works!
Matthew 17:20 (NLT) The disciples asked Jesus Christ a question after witnessing him cast out a demon out of a boy. “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?” “You don’t have enough faith.” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say…
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God Keeps His Word
Although we’ve had our fill of romantic movies and novels, by now, most of us realize that marriage isn’t intended to be a romantic novel. It is both glorious and challenging, and it will stretch our faith and give it quite the workout at times. As single women desiring marriage, our responsibility and duty is…
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Live According to God’s Will
God teaches us in 1John 5:14(NKJV), “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.” We all have desires and needs, and Jesus Christ also teaches us in Matthew 6:8 that God knows what we need even before we ask. Even before…
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Becoming Your Best for God
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.” I heard a man of God say the other day that you can’t be ready for marriage and…
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God, Do You Have A Man for Me?
“If God has a man for me, why haven’t I met him yet?” This is a question that continues to be asked by many of God’s daughters. For those single and saved, born-again believers, please know that our Heavenly Father is not withholding this blessing from you. How do I know? Because He doesn’t withhold…
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God Is Good All the Time
Dear Heavenly Father, You are awesome and amazing, and we are so thankful for the work that You have completed for us through Your Son, Jesus Christ. Because of what he accomplished on the cross, You have clothed us in Your righteousness. We can stand before You with no sense of guilt, sin, or condemnation,…
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Kick Your Faith in High Gear
1Timothy 6:12 (NIV) “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” As little girls, many of us believed in fairy tales. We read them in school, we saw them on television, and many…