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A Happy Wife Keeps a Happy Home
Proverbs 21:9(NLT) says, “It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.” It’s amazing to think that this was written thousands of years ago, yet it is so relevant that it could have been written today. The wisdom of this verse was given to…
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When You Least Expect It, It Shows Up
How many couples do you know that say they met their husband or wife at a time in their lives when they weren’t expecting it? I’ve heard it said many times. Some would argue that it doesn’t matter if a person is looking for love or not. What matters is that when they find love,…
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The Master’s House is Still Open
Luke 13:24-27(NLT) 24“Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail. 25 When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I…
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Listen Carefully to the Truth
Hebrews 2:1(NLT) “So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.” After hearing her mother’s lighthearted but firm warning, a twenty-three-year-old daughter chuckled and told her over the phone, “You’re going to ruin my first date before it starts.” Her daughter had met a very…
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Do You Ever Wonder?
Do you ever wonder if the path you’re on is just not getting you where you want to go? Does it seem like you’re traveling rocky terrain and you can’t seem to build the type of momentum you expected? Many single believers feel this way about relationships and finding the right person. They’re wondering why…
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Caution and Compassion
Isaiah 55:6(NLT), “Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.” This week I spoke with a gentleman whose heart had been “broken into little pieces”, as he put it. He’d been in a long-term relationship with a woman for several years, and it had fallen apart. It…
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Looking Forward to What Lies Ahead
Philippians 3:13-14(NLT) “13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”…
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Showing God Your Proof
We are in the last weeks of what has been a very difficult year for most. I’ve spoken with many single women that have described it as “a time of my life that I never want to see again!” In most cases, this is because of the difficulty of handling things without the support of…
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The Right Heart Will Put You at the Right Place at the Right Time
Luke 19:5-6(NLT) “5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.” 6 Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. 7 But the people were displeased. “He…
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Work, Waiting, Want, and Will
Ecclesiastes 11:4-5(NLT) tells us, “4 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest. 5 Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all…
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Tell Your Flesh to Stand Down
I watched an interview of an actress promoting her new movie. She had also recently celebrated her first wedding anniversary with her husband. She talked about how supportive her husband has been of her career, and that its one of the reasons she didn’t hesitate to say ‘yes’ when he asked her to marry him.…
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Speak the Truth About What You Want
One of my sister-friends and I were talking on the phone the other day and I noticed she didn’t sound quite like herself, so I asked her what was wrong. She didn’t hesitate to reveal what was on her mind and heart. It was as if she had been waiting for someone to give her…
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Is He the Blessing You’ve Prayed to Receive?
When I was a little girl, I got burned on my ankle, and it hurt something awful. It happened one hot summer day in August, right before I started first grade. My aunt was in the front room of my great grandmother’s house straightening her hair. I watched in awe as the smoke billowed up…
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Stumbling in the Dark
Over the summer, we had a pretty bad tropical storm that rolled through my area. It knocked down trees, power lines, and most of our state was without power for several days, almost a week. My family and I were blessed, because we were without power for only two days; it was challenging to say…
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Lay the Foundation, Build on It, and Finish It!
Many will probably agree that when it comes to priorities, after our relationship with God through the Lord Jesus Christ, our relationship with our spouses is next in line. This is biblical and based on the order God has set. In the last few years I’ve heard and watched many couples talk about their struggles…
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The Spark We’re Missing
My family and I were watching a movie about the story of Moses. There were many scenes in the movie that were not aligned scripturally, but we continued watching. After the movie ended, we began to discuss it and talked about when Moses met his wife, Zipporah, at the well. I was reminded of the…
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Stay on the Right Track to the Blessing of Marriage
When I was in my early twenties, I went out on a date with an officer in the military. He was very handsome, articulate, and tough as nails. We had gone out on a few dates, but one of them sticks out in my mind very vividly. We were out when we bumped into a…
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The Promise, Process, And Presentation
A young Christian woman asked me, “I’m so scared to make a mistake in allowing the wrong person in my life, how will I know I’m making the right decision?” No doubt this young woman has seen the consequences many women have faced after they’ve made a wrong choice. Their relationships ended so badly and…
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The Journey of Becoming Two
Several of my friends are single parents and raising children on their own. For some of them, relationships have been a revolving door. Some of those relationships looked promising, as if they were going to end in marriage, but things didn’t work out. While we don’t talk about it too much, I know that some…
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The Words I Speak Tell My Story
Researchers say that a person can speak several thousand words in an hour, so you can imagine how many words the average person can speak within a day or a week. If you think this is a lot, it’s generally assumed that women speak twice as many words a day than men. Whether it’s because…
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God Will Help You Overcome the Challenges of Being Single
I read a study this week that said that single people between the ages of 21-34 are still struggling to find what they consider a compatible partner. For many of them, living together is a more common option than marriage and it’s becoming increasingly prevalent. These studies suggest that those women who do marry typically…
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Don’t Let Discouragement Win
Exodus 6:7-9(NLT) 7 I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt. 8 I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I…
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The Condition That Must Be Met
Deuteronomy 11:8-9(NLT) “Therefore, be careful to obey every command I am giving you today, so you may have strength to go in and take over the land you are about to enter. 9 If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the Lord swore to give to your ancestors and to you,…
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You Don’t Know Your Heart as Well as You Think
If you’re single, there are bound to be days when being without a mate seems overwhelming. Most of the time, it doesn’t bother you all that much, at least that’s what you tell yourself. But there may be moments when being without the companionship of a significant and special person in your life just breaks…
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Your Destiny Has Already Been Decided
Ecclesiastes 6:10-12(NLT) “10 Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there’s no use arguing with God about your destiny. 11 The more words you speak, the less they mean. So what good are they? 12 In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how…
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Is It Worth It to Step Away from God’s Standard?
Heavenly Father first introduces us to the knowledge about the part of our souls called the ‘will’ in Genesis 1:27(NLT). This verse informs us, “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” We are created in God’s image. This means…
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God Will Put It All Together
Most of us know how to ask God for what we want. Philippians 4:6(NLT) tells us, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” Through earnest prayer, we tell Heavenly Father what we need, but many of us have difficulty when it…
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Should You Pursue A Man?
Whether or not a woman should pursue a man is a question that many women have been asking a long time. I’ve had this conversation with a few of my friends, and one of them was very adamant about her approach. She was divorced a few years ago and has loved being single. Admittedly, she’d…
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He Who Finds
Proverbs 18:22(NLT) is one of the most well-known verses among believing women that are praying to cross paths with their future husbands. It says, “The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the LORD.” Our hope should be that a man will, number one, understand it’s his responsibility to…
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Stay Under God’s Covering
Parents will go to great lengths to protect and keep our children safe. History shows that as we know more, we are better able to protect them. For instance, my mother reminded me of a horrifying experience when I was about four-years old. Somehow the back door came open when she was backing out of…