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Bounce Back from the Sting of Criticism
How well do you deal with criticism? Not only is this an important question to answer, it points out a spiritual lesson that every single woman will need to learn. Proverbs 3:11(NLT) tells us, “My child, don’t reject the LORD’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you.” This verse lets us know in…
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The Pain of Death, The Joy of Life
Dorothea lost her mother the middle of last year. I don’t know her personally, but all of us can imagine how truly devastating it is to lose a parent. Recently, within the span of three months, both her older sister and her son also died unexpectedly. An acquaintance of Dorothea’s phoned me last week with…
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Should He Trust You with His Heart?
A person once said that he was so hurt by a comment his ex-girlfriend made, that he never saw her in the same light again. Their relationship was decimated by her hurtful words; so much so that after she spoke them, her boyfriend was repelled by the thought of being in her company for any…
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Being Super Woman
We’ve all faced our share of hard times and disappointments, and some of us have experienced some doozies. Whether it’s a letdown at the job or possibly a major heartbreak in our relationships, at some point in our lives many of us were crushed beyond what we believed to be our threshold. As uncomfortable as…
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Building Faith Muscle
Romans 5:3-5(NLT) “3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us,…
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Enlarge, Stretch, and Do Not Hold Back
Through the Prophet Isaiah, God told the Children of Israel in Isaiah 54:2 (NIV), “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.” This instruction may not make much sense to those of us living in modern times. We don’t live in tents,…
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Once the Swelling Goes Down
These days, plenty of folks think that it’s more important to be sensitive or compassionate than truthful. It can be a pretty difficult balancing act, and sometimes we’re in a position where we’ve hurt someone’s feelings by speaking the truth, and we didn’t even know it. All of us, in general, simply don’t have the…
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Bone of My Bones
Genesis 2:23(NIV) “The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”” Adam was the first man, and our Heavenly Father gave him all dominion and authority within the earth. Adam was very intelligent, and named the species…
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Your Cup Overflows
God desires to do a brand new thing in our lives, and because this world is corrupting moment by moment, we sometimes lose sight of this. Things within our everyday existence can become very stale. If our diet isn’t packed with the nutritious substance of God’s goodness and Word, we will find ourselves feeling…
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The Magnet of Your Love Pulls Him In
Proverbs 31:10-12 (NLT) “Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies. Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.” Just this week, all over the country folks celebrated International Women’s Day. There was…
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What to Do to Keep Him
Some women consider solidifying a relationship with a man to be a very intense thing. An old saying goes something like this, “What you do to get him, you’ve got to do to keep him.” This relic from back in the day is chock full of all sorts of innuendo, some of it not so…
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Shockwaves to Your Soul
Philippians 4:8-9 (NLT) 8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from…
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Moving in Progressive Faith
The more we grow in our relationship with God, the more we will understand the power that He has given us through the person of Jesus Christ. It is our greatest privilege to be able to increase in the Spirit with each passing day as we put on the love of Christ. Our earth experience…
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Leaping into Love
People tend to cling to the past. We do this because it’s easier to believe that our best days have passed us by, but the truth is that better days are before you. We spend a good deal of energy thinking about the man that made us feel good about the world and good about…
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Living Out of Your Spirit Man
The one commonality among every single Christian living today is that all of us have underestimated the depth and breadth of God’s love. Many of us have studied His Word, and some of us have done so exhaustively. We may comprehend God’s love intellectually; in other words, everything that we have read in the bible…
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Jewels of Truth
One of my favorite passages of scripture is Jeremiah 17:7-8(NIV). It says, “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are…
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Let the Love of Christ Recharge Your Life!
Come to Me: The Rest Your Soul Has Been Craving “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is…
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What’s Wrong with This Picture
Matthew 5:43-45 (NLT) “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’[a] and hate your enemy. 44 But I say, love your enemies![b] Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil…
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Multiple Ways to Make dem’ Coins
Glenda Green was a hustling machine. It’s been well over 20 years since I’ve seen her last, so I can’t speak to whether or not she’s still doing the doggone thang’, but my guess is that this sister is still making it work. We met each other in my junior year of college, at a…
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Don’t Break His Heart
Many people live their lives from the outside in. They allow what is happening in their environments to dictate what is happening internally. For instance, if something happens at work and someone does something they don’t like, they allow this person’s actions to ruin their day. People often find themselves reacting negatively to situations and…
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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
Our foremothers knew how to make something out of nothing. Creating a delicacy out of parts of meat that no one else ever thought to eat was their specialty, and they could turn a throw-away into a showpiece that birthed what we now refer to as designer knock-offs. They were forced to be innovative and…
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Still Standing, Still Loving God
Isaiah 61:7(NLT) “Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.” Once you make a commitment to God to fulfill your calling, things happen. You become a…
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Turn from Your Past and Usher in A New Joy!
The Apostle Paul said in 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…
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Whose Voice Are You Listening to?
If you audibly heard the voice of God telling you to drop everything this very second, put on your coat, grab your wallet or purse, go to the nearest Christian bookstore and purchase a bible, and then stand on the street to give it to the first person who would take it; I guarantee you…
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The Boomerang Effect
Very soon, the one day of the year that we have chosen to supercharge love and put it on blast will be upon us. For some people, it is a very happy day, and for others…not so much. If it is a day that makes your blues even bluer, I have a suggestion. Why not…
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Releasing the Blocker
You might not be in an environment where you see despondent and sad Christians by the dozens. If you aren’t, be thankful. This is not to say that Christians should never be sad or depressed, because all of us encounter life challenges that will seek to pull us down mentally and emotionally. We have to…
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Overcoming the Hurt of Betrayal
Difficulties and painful circumstances are facts of life for everyone, but for a wife coping with the pain of your husband’s infidelity, it can seem unbearable. The effects of betrayal can leave you so traumatized that you can barely get out of bed or make it through the day. I’ve had both the privilege and…
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“Anger Labels You a Fool”
Ecclesiastes 7:9 (NLT) “Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool.” Relationships can be very delicate, particularly while they are in the beginning stages. It is a time when you want the person of your affection to see you in the most positive light. Many of us think very highly of ourselves. We think…
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Get to Where You’re Going
Joshua 1:9 The Message (MSG) “Make sure you carry out The Revelation that Moses commanded you, every bit of it. Don’t get off track, either left or right, so as to make sure you get to where you’re going. And don’t for a minute let this Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder…
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Put Your Words on A Diet
John 1:1 tells us that in the beginning was the Word of God, and we know from Genesis that Heavenly Father literally spoke things into existence. This gives us some indication of how incredibly potent words can be. Our mouths are no play thing, for with them confessions are made. When we first came to…