Category: prayer
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Regular Maintenance
Regular maintenance is a concept we are all familiar with. Consider your vehicles, which require regular upkeep to keep the engine running smoothly. Similarly, think about your body and the necessity of annual checkups at the doctor. We don’t advocate waiting until something is drastically wrong. Generally, the prudent practice of regular maintenance is something…
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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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A New Outlook on Prayer
Recently, at work, I’ve noticed a team member with a particular habit in their communication that I believe holds a valuable lesson for us all. Picture this: we’re in a meeting, collaborating to find solutions and make progress on our project. We’re preparing for the tasks ahead. Then it happens. He speaks. I’ve started to dread…
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Do you Hear Him? Are you listening?
Stories, books, movies, TV shows, music, so much noise. Every day it seems that every moment we are bombarded with distractions and noise. Sometimes we choose the noise and even enjoy it. It’s more familiar than the quiet. Recently, I went on the Walk to Emmaus retreat as an Angel serving. When you go on…
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The Prayer Jar
I have a jar I painted at a pottery place. A prayer jar. I know there’s lots of people who have them in their home. I guess it is popular for believers. On my prayer jar I wrote “place it, leave it, rest in his hands.” The idea behind the jar was that when I…
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Phone a Friend
Have you ever had one of those moments? Those moments when you feel unsure and when life feels heavy. Those kinds of moments when you’re not quite sure that you want to keep on keeping on or that you even have the strength to do it. Those kinds of moments when you know that you…
Devotions For Real Life 