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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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How Do I Get There?
The Bible doesn’t give us a step-by-step guide called “How to Date,” but it does give us God’s wisdom for how we are supposed to live. That means dating isn’t something we have to figure out without Him. God cares about how we handle every part of our lives, including how we choose the person…
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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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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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Relationship Requires a Response
God Gives First. We Respond. Our Heavenly Father has established the universe according to His perfect order, and understanding that changes the way we see our relationship with Him. From the moment He spoke creation into existence to the way He calls us to worship and live each day, everything God does is intentional, purposeful,…
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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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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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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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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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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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Don’t Compromise Your Strength in Christ
When What Broke You Tries to Redefine You Philippians 4:13 (NLT) reminds us, “For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” That sounds simple—but if you miss what it’s really saying, you’ll miss the power you already carry. This isn’t about pushing through life in your own effort. This is about recognizing…
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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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Just Say Yes
The Gift That Started It All Before we ever talk about obedience, surrender, or saying yes, we have to start where everything started—at the cross of Jesus Christ. Because what He did there changed everything. His sacrifice wasn’t just about forgiveness, it was about giving us new life, restoring us back into right relationship with…
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There’s No Fear in God’s Love
1 John 4:18 (NLT) “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” For many of us, love is the one area of our lives we try the hardest to control. And if we can’t control it,…
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When It Hurts and God Doesn’t Stop It
I think a lot of us have asked this question, even if we didn’t say it out loud: “God, if You knew this would hurt me, why didn’t You stop it?” That question doesn’t come from a place of rebellion—it comes from trying to understand how a good God allows something that feels so painful…
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God’s Grace Is More Than Covering
Making the choice to walk with the Lord every day is truly a blessing. There is always something new to learn on this journey with Christ. And every time the Lord opens our understanding, our thinking is lifted higher—and most importantly, our faith in Jesus Christ grows stronger. Recently, I received greater revelation about the…
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Refined Like Gold
I’m in a season of my Christian journey where I’m beginning to appreciate the hard lessons God is teaching me. My faith is being tested in ways it never has before, and instead of sinking under the pressure of it, I’m learning to cling tighter to the Word of God. Trials have a way of…
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When Bitterness Silences Love
Proverbs 14:10 (NLT) “Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.” A woman once told me about a conversation she had with her adult daughter that completely caught her off guard. During an argument her daughter suddenly said, “Mom, why do you sound so angry all the time?”…
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When You’re About to Pull That Thorn Right Out
Why God’s Timing Matters More Than Our Relief There’s a moment right before we decide to fix it ourselves — that quiet second when waiting on God starts to feel a little too slow for the pain we’re carrying. The discomfort has lingered longer than we expected. The prayer has been prayed more times than…
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A Divided Mentality, What It Is and Why We should Avoid It
Revelations 3:7-8(NLT) “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 no…
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Women Like Me
Led by the Spirit in a Season That Feels Slow Hebrews 12:1(NLT): “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” A defining…