Quiet time was a prescription for early morning hours, but I typically wouldn’t be caught pausing mid-stride during the day’s agenda. I was seduced into believing productivity—our culture’s prized commodity—should be my goal.
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The Supreme Court decided to continue allowing “birthright citizenship”, which would allow a child of someone out of the country to have United States citizenship. Apparently, this bothers many people who identify under the words “conservative Christian”. It is a political affiliation, in America, that believes their views are the only Christian way to vote or act.
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The empty pews are filling up, we can hear the shuffling of feet. The stained glass windows cast beautiful patterns as they always do when sunlight passes through, they stand tall bearing images of saints, apostles and Jesus.
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Pornography is just one of those evils. The Bible doesn’t say anything about pornography specifically, but it does talk about the two main reason we turn to porn: lust and a lack of self- control.
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What happens when a child experiences homelessness because there are no safe and stable adults around? That is where foster care comes in.
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At its simplest level, being a daughter means belonging to a family - a girl or woman in relation to her parents. However, connotatively, being a daughter means not only belonging to someone, either by nature or adoption but being accepted. Beloved, not for what you’ve done, but simply for who you are.
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The heart is the most important organ in your body. Not only does it pump blood to the rest of the body, but it also holds the meaning of your existence. The heart is precious and deserves protection. After all, everything we do flows from our heart. So, we must keep our hearts pure, so our actions are pure.
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One of the unique things about my life is that I have had the privilege to live life alongside real people. Individuals who are open about their personal testimonies. Those who are still deciding if Jesus is real. People that some of these influencers have not interacted with.
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Every Christian desires to live a life that pleases God. However, true spiritual transformation is not about forcing ourselves to follow a checklist of rules. Instead, it is the natural result of the Holy Spirit working inside us. In his letter to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul describes this transformation as "the fruit of the Spirit."
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Our words are an overflow of our heart. When we are humble, our words will be loving and honest.
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Paul set the standard for how single people should embrace serving God. He spent every moment knowing God and doing His will.
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Do you ever get fixated on the future? Admittedly, I’ve spent much of my life looking ahead. A few years ago, I moved to the Philippines for three months. The first night in my new apartment, alone and very homesick, I downloaded an app for counting down the days until I left.
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Our lives are full of questions; spoken and unspoken, answered and unanswered. In Ecclesiastes 1:9 we read, ‘There’s nothing new under the sun’, and this is never so obvious as when we consider how people have always pondered questions - from the earliest of Bible times through to today. Jesus himself lived with such experience, just as we do.
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Before listening to me, a random man talking about doctrine, or the people around you - go to the Word of God. Then, look at the fruit of that person’s life. Make your decisions for yourself. My main concern is that every woman know they can hear from God for themselves, have a personal relationship with Him, and can proclaim His name.
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Trust in His grace for my now. Avoid picking up yesterday’s anxiety. Because it steals my joy for today, to carry the mantle of anxiety over yesterday would be futile. My concern should be whether I placed priority on Kingdom principles.
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Have you ever had trouble starting your prayer or organizing your prayer points? I know I have and today I will share something that has helped me immensely. So this article is going to be concise.
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The reality is that foster care is a world where kids go because they do not have a safe space to sleep. Being homeless as an adult is so different than being homeless as a child.
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Just as God creates the biology that allows a broken bone to heal through a doctor's cast, God provides the wisdom, tools, and professional care needed to help a hurting mind heal.
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Sitting by the potted plants on our balcony, I opened my Bible and read these verses. I had read the passage many times before, but today it seemed to call me to pay attention as it popped out of the page.
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Only God can take a mess like our missing the mark on marriage and turn it into a miracle. When you see a mess, it’s a miracle in the making. We can look at this and imagine how much worse it can get. OR we can choose hope.
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