Tag: faith
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What is planted will bloom
It was both bittersweet, and nerve wracking-the day I walked out of the Children’s Church room for the last time on a Sunday as Children’s Pastor. Knowing that the next day I would start another journey of which I am still uncertain, and still leaning on God tremendously to get me through. Someone asked me…
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A rainbow, a promise
“For even if the mountains walk away and the hills fall to pieces, My love won’t walk away from you, my covenant commitment of peace won’t fall apart.” Isaiah 54:10 It seemed to be a morning like most. While I was in a different zip code, state, and porch, my morning routine had not changed.…
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But with God…it’s all OK
Summer has for the past several years been a time for renewal. It has been a time to focus on relaxing, self-care, and spending time setting long forgotten priorities back into balance. For the past two years the beginning of summer has not began in a mode of peace, and I have had to really…
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The lost (beans) get found
Anyone that knows me well, knows that I have a slight, unhealthy dependency on coffee. So much so that I have been known to plan entire road trips around stops at Starbucks (don’t judge!). My husband also knows this about me. Thankfully, he also understands my obsession, and the fact that it is essential to…
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Are you up there, God? It’s me, January…..
And we are confident that he hears whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for. 1 John 5:14-15 I have this routine right before I put my “game” face on at work.…
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battling little boy giants
So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword. 1 Samuel 17:50 David and Goliath. One of my favorite Bible stories. Every time I read, tell, or hear this story I get excited. I am reminded of so many of God’s truths. It is a reminder to…
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faith that drives out storms of fear
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1, NIV Fear. It can be a crippling emotion. Whether it is fear that stems from a previous brush with danger we never really got over. Or an irrational fear, we all have them. Some of us…
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holding on through the dry season
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Hebrews 10:23, NLT I absolutely love fall. There is something about its specific sights and sounds that awaken a certain kind of pleasure. It started back in high school, when Friday nights were devoted to football…
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Keep on keeping on…
I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past, and looking forward to what lies ahead, 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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That Brick Wall Was Meant to Be Climbed
I am sure you have had one of those periods in life. When you are skating along and everything seems to be going great. You feel confident in the direction in which the Lord has you moving. Then-BAM! WHACK! You slam right into the makings of a brick wall. Or two. A wall of defeat,…
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