Category: Faith
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Armor Up: Fighting the Battle Within
The best generals and warriors understand that battles aren’t always won by might; they are also won by perception. If you can convince someone they are defeated, they will stop trying to fight. These are tactics that aim to deceive, confuse, and psychologically break your enemy’s will to fight rather than relying on a direct…
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The Most Dangerous Animal
Growing up in the church, I often heard the phrase, “The devil made me do it.” I never gave it much thought until recently. I was watching a special about pictures discovered from the Auschwitz concentration camp. These pictures didn’t show the atrocities we associate with Auschwitz. Instead, they depicted normal life for a soldier:…
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Thrive, Don’t Just Survive
When my friend went on vacation for a month, she asked me to take care of her plant. She gave me detailed instructions, and I affectionately named her plant “Planty.” Planty was a monstera, just like the one I already had and have written about before. However, there was a key difference between hers and…
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Finding in God What we Need: Overcoming Life’s Challenges
Today at the end of the day I felt myself in desperate need of some time with the Lord. So many thoughts and feelings, anxieties, and the heaviness of life had been bombarding me. I guess I get mad at myself sometimes or disappointed in myself because I am affected by the heaviness of life.…
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True Faith
Too many people who are believers have a misunderstanding about what it means to truly be a believer. Have you ever had anyone tell you that the life of a believer is easy? Have they ever told you that it only means prosperity, joy, rainbows and a pot of gold at the end of the…
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Praise From Wherever You Are
This morning, I am at church like I am almost every Sunday. I’m playing the piano and praising at the same piano bench and stage from which I normally praise. But today is different for me. I am praising from a very different place even though I am exactly where I always am. Yesterday I…
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Pearls Beyond Price
While scrolling through Facebook today I ran across a story that made me think. You see most of my life I have thought that pearls were formed by a bit of sand getting inside of an oyster and then it would form a pearl around that little bit of sand. I guess I haven’t read…
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God is Faithful
I have to testify today of God’s faithfulness. This morning when I was on my walk, I was trying to figure out how everything would be covered at the beginning of the month with just my paycheck. I couldn’t pay as much towards my rent out of the check the month before like I normally…
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Evidence
Lately, I’ve been deeply contemplating testimonies. I’ve been reflecting on how the truth of our testimony and the blood of the Lamb are the means by which we overcome. I’ve also been considering that we don’t need to compare our testimonies to others, as if one is better than another. Regardless of the backstory, our…
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Testimony
I’ve listened to many people express their desire for an amazing testimony to share. They feel that their story, or the story of what Christ has done in their life, is somehow insufficient because it isn’t as exciting or earth-shattering as others’ stories. They almost seem disappointed or ashamed to share, thinking their testimony isn’t…
Devotions For Real Life 