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Making Right Decisions
If we are honest, we all have to admit that sometimes we get a little ahead of ourselves. God blesses us to achieve success, and when it comes to important decisions, we might begin to think that we do not have to lean on His intervention and guidance as heavily as we once did. This…
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Knock Down Walls and Bypass Opposition
Do you feel in your heart of hearts that you are destined for much greater things, but you have no idea how to start? Does it feel to you that you’re boxed in because you lack the resources to get your vision off the ground? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to either of these questions, then…
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The Faith to Partner
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”306″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″] Right now, most of us have a laundry list of things that we desire from Heavenly Father. We pray and ask Him to protect us, help us,…
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Instant Love
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″] [mp_image id=”400″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] “Can’t tell yawl young folks nothing – think you know everything!” If I had a dollar for every time my siblings, cousins, and I heard…
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You Are More than Enough
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”400″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] “Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance…
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Don’t Miss God’s Best
I was in the city, walking downtown this week, and as I was crossing a very busy intersection, I crossed paths with a young woman that was totally consumed with a conversation on her cell phone. With her headphones on, she seemed to be oblivious to everything going on around her. I stared in amazement…
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A Tender, Responsive Heart
“And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart.” Ezekiel 11:19 (NLT) I know of a young woman in her twenties who, when asked about dating, constantly says that she wears her feelings on…
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Your Enemy Destroyed, and You Restored
Get ready everyone, because the time is drawing near where those that the world has revered as the most successful and the wealthiest will have to answer to God. We have watched the ungodly move among us with such arrogance and conceit. You may have thought many times, “How in the world have they…
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It’s At the Root!
“As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.” Proverbs 27:19 (NLT) God knows our hearts, but it is impossible for anyone to know what is truly at the root of someone else’s heart. Heavenly Father didn’t give any of us the ability to look inside another person’s core,…
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Small Things Matter
As we grow and mature in our relationship with Christ, we experience a corresponding increase in confidence and contentment. This growth extends beyond our spiritual life and begins to manifest in other areas, particularly in our significant relationships. What we may not fully grasp is that our growth and maturity are equipping us to impact…
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Recognizing the Season You’re In
Growing up, the only bone of contention between my mother and me that I can recall, came about when it was time for her to do my hair. Even before this contest began, I felt her angst as she braced herself for what was sure to be my struggling against that dreaded, and evil in…
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For Best Results – Do It God’s Way
The other day, I watched some kids practicing soccer in the park. During the practice, I heard the coach instructing them to pace their breathing, so that they wouldn’t become too exhausted while running in the game. “If you want to play long and strong, breathe slowly and steadily, rather than quickly, so you don’t…
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Go Get It!
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″] [mp_image id=”306″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] Let’s be honest, it can be said of many of us that the reason why we don’t have what we want is because we haven’t…
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Out of the Box Believing
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”265″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,15,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] We are continually before God’s eyes. He knows every detail there is to know about us. There is nothing about your life and the things that you are enduring that…
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Continue to Light the Way
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”441″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,15,none,none”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″] Matthew 5:14 (NLT) “You are the light of the world – like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.” John 12:46 (NLT) “I have come…
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Maturity Yields a Bountiful Harvest
The fall is known as harvest season, and it has always been my favorite time of the year. I have such fond memories of growing up in a tight-knit community and enjoying the town’s fall fairs and festivals with my family each year. There was good food everywhere your eye could see, and the atmosphere…
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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…
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Secret Riches Revealed
Isaiah 45:3 (NLT) says, “And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness – secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.” This is one of my all-time favorite verses in the Word. First of all,…
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Discipline and Determination
I had a conversation with a young teenager that is getting ready for her senior year of high-school. She told me that she has decided to pursue a nursing degree in college, and that the amount of classwork required during this last year of school is leaps and bounds beyond what she’s encountered before. Most…
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The Curse of the ‘Almost There’ Syndrome
Indulge me for a moment or two. Get in a quiet, comfortable space; sit back, and allow the peace of God to rest within you. Now, I want you to allow your mind to wonder back a bit. Think of a time in your life where you were the happiest you’ve ever been. Don’t rush…
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Companionship vs Marriage
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”400″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,10,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] By today’s definition, companionship doesn’t mean what it used to. Now and days, people use it as a term to define an alternative to marriage. I can’t count the number of times…
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A Quality He Finds Irresistible
Jesus Christ was supercharged by the power of the Holy Spirit after he was baptized by John the Baptist. He was then led into the wilderness where he fasted forty days and nights. There he was tempted by the devil. He was human and of course would have wanted food and drink, but even in…
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Press Your Way Through
Those who do not believe in our Precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, have certain expectations and misconceptions about those of us who do. Historically, many unbelievers have expected and assumed that Christians are happy all the time; that they have a particular tolerance for suffering. It’s well known that Christ suffered greatly and did…
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God Is Doing A New Thing!
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”265″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,10,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] 1John 3:2(NIV) tells us, “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,…
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If You Know Your Worth, He Should To
Call me old fashion, but I still truly believe in the courtship between a man and a woman. I’m vested in the ideal that a man is supposed to take the necessary steps to demonstrate to a woman, beyond a shadow of doubt, that he has more than a casual interest. And then the woman…
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Choose Love
Deuteronomy 11:26-28 (NLT) “Look, today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse! 27 You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today. 28 But you will be cursed if you reject the commands of the Lord your God and…
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Can Women Have It All?
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] Ephesians 1:3 (KJV) “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” Can women have it all? There was a time in Christianity, where women were relegated only to certain roles, and there was little room within…
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Search Me Lord!
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″] [mp_image id=”400″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,10,none,none”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT) 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me…
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Only One Thing Worth Being Concerned About!
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”265″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,10,none,none”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″] God has made it very clear that He wants us to have a fantastic life. We know this because Jesus Christ informed us that we should…
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Why Choose the Student When the Teacher Is Available?
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”306″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,10,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] Erica Lewis is the kind of woman that everyone refers to as a ‘free spirit’. She lives every day to the fullest on purpose. She’s always busy doing something, and…