Are you in need of spiritual healing today? Perhaps you need emotional healing from some of the difficult experiences you’ve faced in your life. Maybe you have been hurt by a loved one long ago, but the wounds from that hurt continue to impact your life. Maybe the weight of your past sins have left […]
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I have discovered that doing laundry can be a powerful opportunity to meet with God. He is with us in the washing, and present in the piles. The other day as I put in load of whites, I thought of the amazing description of Jesus’ clothing in the Gospel of Mark–a description that involves bleach. Imagine
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Have you ever had days where you find yourself speaking negatively to yourself? You missed an appointment. Laundry piles turn into heaping mountains. Tensions erupt between you and a loved one. Sometimes the pressures of life can feel so overwhelming that we reach a boiling point. Just the other morning, I was having “one of
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There are so many Scriptures on peace that we can use to guard our hearts and minds each day. Are you in need of peace today? Here are 31 Scriptures on peace that you can use to calm you heart and soul. (And don’t forget to download the free Scripture reading plan at the end
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Do you remember the childhood saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?” Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is, words do hurt. They can wound, bruise, and inflict great harm on the unassuming victims of a razor-sharp tongue.
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During a recent women’s gathering at a local church, I witnessed a powerful expression of our redemption in Christ. On the stage, three women appeared with their heads down, looking distressed and ashamed. They each wore black shirts with a different word printed on them.
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Have there been times in your life when you’ve felt rejected? There have certainly been times in my life’s journey when I have felt completely invisible. When I lived overseas, there was a particular person in my neighborhood who never acknowledged my presence when I was around. She never gave me eye contact. She never
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In college, a friend and I led a Bible study in our dorm room. I felt strongly that the study was to be on the book of Song of Songs, though I didn’t know much about the book–other than it was “romantic”. What I discovered in that study radically revealed to me the undying love
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Give, and it will be given to you. Luke 6:38a Recently my son for his 7th birthday received a generous amount of money as a gift from various family members. He was so excited! The next day, he told me that he wanted to give half of his birthday money to his older sister so they
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Towards the end of the summer my husband and I attended a crowded event with our kids. There were hundreds of people in the heart of the downtown area of our city. We explained to each of them (ages 8, 6, 4, and 2 at that time) how extremely important it was that they held
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I love sparkling things. When I was a child I remember going through a phase where I collected pretty stones. I scoured my backyard in search of the shiniest, most interesting stones I could find. From glittering white quartz to smooth igneous rocks, I was on a quest to add the most stunning stones to
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