For many years I’ve believed that holiness and happiness were in competition and that God desired my holiness *more* than my happiness. What if true happiness comes as a result of a close relationship with God…as He trains us in holiness? What if it doesn’t have to be either or? What if happiness isn’t apart from God but a part…
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I Am Strong Because of Christ
Strong is not a word I would use to describe myself. I cling to verses like 2 Corinthians 12:9 that say in my WEAKNESS He is strong. HE is strong, not me. But, I am learning another perspective in the new devotional kit from Illustrated Faith and Dayspring. A beloved verse that has been one of my favorites for years…
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5 Verses to Pray for Your Church
“Prayer meetings were the arteries of the early church. Through them, life-sustaining power was derived. The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And…
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The Happiness Dare
I’m SO excited to announce our next BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION! Drum roll please… The Happiness Dare by Jennifer Dukes Lee! This book has surprised me and actually changed my thinking on some huge topics of my faith. I actually picked this book up EXPECTING to disagree with the premise. Oh how God has such a delightful sense of humor. 🙂…
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150 Days in the Psalms
The Psalms have met me in various places in my life. God has used them time and time again to comfort my hurting heart, to challenge me, to inspire me, to remind me that I’m not alone, to bring light into my darkness, to help me feel the closeness of God. When I first began Praying the Scriptures, it all…
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