When your faith is deeply rooted in the Word, Prayer, a close Relationship with Jesus, and Songs of the Father in Heaven, you can withstand the winds of destruction. These roots of stability grow, enabling off shoots of wisdom, perseverance, awakened enlightenment, and confidence in God’s promises. It is here that we become grounded in […]
For all who are having a hard time finding beauty in life while surrounded by the cocoon of struggles, you are amazingly strong. You are not alone. Keep going. God knows. God sees. God will make beauty out of your ashes. So, as you encounter others struggling in your journey through life, lend them your open
How do you talk to yourself? Is it out of guilt, fear, disgust, or out of forgiveness and the love of Christ? How you talk to yourself is reflected in how you talk to others and how you see yourself through God’s eyes. If you are constantly longing for a better life, giving yourself permission
When the Holy Spirit clothes us with truth, provision to withstand, and protection, it becomes a hard shell of resistance to evil, and temptations in this world gone crazy. Armor up. So, who is dressing you? The world or God? Ephesians 6:11-13 says, “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to
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As I sat with the Holy Spirit last night on my screened porch, I thought about this quote and questioned why so many think of miracles in terms of rarity and magnitude. Why not everyday thankfulness for the miracle of surviving accidents, changed attitudes, addiction recovery, answered prayers,or a tiny white feather found on the
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How are you feeling about life these days? What does your will to persevere look like? Are you feeling powerful? That innate feeling of having the power to overcome, persevere, silence the demons, and find joy in the midst of the horrible only comes from Holy within. It is not found in a career, successful
Life on earth is clothed in beauty, twirls of happiness, wonders of the universe, spins of serious illnesses, temptations, grief, heartbreak, and many things we just don’t understand. It is a given that we all will stumble along from time to time. There is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time
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We are all walking miracles of varying degrees. From birth through the milestones reached in adulthood, there are ups, downs, surprises, unwelcome difficulties, and miracles. Everyone’s walk through life is different. The miracles are what resonates as the binding thread of humanity. We all have stumbled our way through the dark, not knowing what we
When life’s lessons are hard, it is difficult to comprehend that something must end or die within in order for us to rise up a new and changed person. As well, it is usually a long learning process. Life is hard, but sometimes it is harder than we ever could imagine. Some give up. Some
Forgiveness is not easy to fathom at times, especially when so many emotions are tied to the situation. Overthinking takes over. Justification of reasons not to forgive pop up right and left. We ponder it, wax and wane, then, when we have exhausted all avenues, the glaring truth points us back to the road of
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