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Guarding the Heart God Is Healing
Learning to Protect the Place Where Jesus Christ Wants to Bring Restoration Proverbs 4:23 (NLT) says, “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” That verse should carry a lot of weight with us because the condition of our heart affects everything that’s connected to our life. Our decisions,…
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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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When You’re Being Blinded and Don’t Even Know It
Four signs the enemy is working to keep you from seeing clearly in Christ There is a kind of blindness that doesn’t feel like darkness at all. You can still function. You can still move forward. You can still make decisions. But something is off, and you can’t quite put your finger on it. There’s…
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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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Soul Work for Spiritual Growth and Healing
Making Jesus Lord of Your Inner World Soul Work for Spiritual Growth and Healing Soul work is more than self-reflection — it’s the Spirit-led process of letting Christ heal the broken places within us. Scripture tells us in Hebrews 12:1 (NLT), “Let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that…