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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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Your Next Season Is Here!
Every Season Carries a Divine Purpose Just like the earth turns from winter to spring, and from summer to fall, your life moves through seasons too. Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NLT) reminds us, “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.” Some seasons feel full of breakthrough, while others feel like waiting…
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Keep Your Heart
Proverbs 4:23 (ESV) “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” A couple of months ago, I called my dear friend, Sheila, on the night she was preparing for her first date out with Quinn, a man she’d recently been introduced to. They met at a wedding and instantly…
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When We Ask for More, More Is Required
Jesus Christ said in Luke 12:48 (NLT), “But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.” Our Lord and Master is teaching us…
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Walking Together Is Not Hard
1Thessalonians 4:6 (NLT) “Never harm or cheat a fellow believer in this matter by violating his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.” As two people begin dating and spending more time getting to know each other, it can be a very special time. If things progress…
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Don’t Team Up with Unbelievers
Romans 16:17(NLT) “And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith by teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.” When my youngest daughter was in elementary school, one day she came home and said she…
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Good Wives Are Becoming Scarce
Ecclesiastes 7:28 (NLT) “Though I have searched repeatedly, I have not found what I was looking for. Only one out of a thousand men is virtuous, but not one woman!” When asked what it is about us women that might cause a man to be attracted to us, many of us will say that it’s…
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Limits and Boundaries Keep You from Stumbling
In His matchless Word, our Heavenly Father has set limits and boundaries for our actions, attitudes, behaviors, and thoughts because He wants us to prosper and have a successful life. He requires us, His children, to be disciplined in our conduct and living because this is the way His love operates. 2Timothy 1:7(NLT) tells us,…
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God Has Made Provisions
Galatians 5:6 (NLT) “For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.” Most of us understand how it feels to be discontent with our lives. We recognize the hunger in our hearts for love, and we…
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Moving Out of My Own Way
After years of back-to-back dateless holiday gatherings, Teresa, will be bringing someone new with her to her family’s Thanksgiving dinner. The last time she brought a man to dinner was over five years ago. Back then, her family all had their opinions about her new guy, and let’s just say they didn’t see a future…
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The Man Is Gone, What Now?
1 Peter 5:6 (NLT) “So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.” Kevin is everything that Desi wanted in a man. Like so many of us, she prayed a long while to meet someone special. When Kevin came into her life, oddly…
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Specifically for You
Mark 10:6-9 (NLT) “But God made them male and female from the beginning of creation. This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.” From…
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Heaven Rejoices
Romans 13:10 (NLT) “Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirement of God’s law.” It’s the same no matter who you are or where you are in this world, love will always bring people together. This is no ordinary love we’re talking about. It’s the love of God that was in the…
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God Will Guide You to the Best Path
Psalm 32:8-11(NLT) “8 The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you. 9 Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.” 10 Many sorrows come to the wicked, but unfailing…
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Can You Handle the Blessing?
In many of our past relationships, there was a lot of overpromising and underdelivering by the man and by us as well. When things started to go sour, the ship was sinking so fast that we felt helpless to save it. We learned that significant relationships have the potential to take us to the highest…
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What’s Behind the Open Door?
Revelation 3:7-8(NLT) “7 This is the message from the one who is holy and true, the one who has the key of David. What he opens, no one can close; and what he closes, no one can open: 8 I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that…
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Endure Out of Rest
There are periods within our Christian journey where things run rather smoothly. We’ll notice that this is particularly true after we’ve received a spiritual promotion. When we’ve graduated from one spiritual level to the next, it is almost always connected to learning what God has ordained us to learn,…
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When Your Purpose and Breakthrough Intersect
You Were Chosen Before Time Began You didn’t just all of a sudden decide to be God’s child. He handpicked you out before you were even in your mother’s womb. He purposed your existence before the foundation of the world. This mind-blowing piece of revelation isn’t news to you, I’m sure, because Ephesians 1:5, 11…