Category: Spiritual Growth
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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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Trials of Many Kinds
Recently, I’ve been reflecting a lot on life and its challenges. I’ve written about the importance of approaching the Lord with sincerity and seeking His help when we need it. Our faith strengthens through exercise, and we all know that it gets exercised only when we actively use and work it. Often, it’s the difficulties…
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In His Time
I’ve heard it said that God makes all things beautiful in his time. But that’s not the only thing he does in his time. In his time, he fulfills his promises. This is something we see played out in the lives of many in the Old Testament. Let’s take a look at Father Abraham. You…
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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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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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Unchanging!
I remember as a little girl being so excited to get to weigh myself at the Publix Grocery store when my mom would take us. We just loved to see how we were growing. I could tell you that now when I walked by that scale at Publix, I do not step on it any…
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Simple joys
I want you to stop and think of simple moments of pure joy that you’ve experienced. They come often and in many forms in our lives. Most of our joys come to us in this unexpected way. They’re simple, unassuming, and unplanned moments. Have you thought of a few? I have. For example, seeing 2…
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Restoration…It’s a Process (Part 1)
I had mapped out what I would write tonight when I sat down with tears in my eyes, I had a plan. Yet as I started to write, everything I could think of just didn’t quite gel. So, I paused as one thought swirled around in my head over and over. I’m not alright. You see…
Devotions For Real Life 