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Gina Burgess

Is Your Heart Joy-Full?

By Gina Burgess – David sings a song of rejoicing and supplication in his prayer Psalm 86. We can learn so very much about how to live daily within the perfect realm of God’s will from this psalm. David has a wonderful way of supplication and reasons for his requests

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Kathy Howard

3 Ways to “Build” with Our Words

This post is the first in a short series, “Ancient Wisdom for Today’s Woman.” Each post will highlight a verse from Proverbs and explore how Christian women can apply it to our lives today. None of us would purposefully drive our car through our living room window, set our bedroom

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Poppy Smith

You Can Conquer Worry!

How do you recognize that worry is eating away at you? Is it the knot in your stomach? The sense of dread as you think about a situation in your life? Do you find yourself waking up at night, unable to sleep, rehashing what might happen, how you will cope,

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RE-commit: Maximize what you DO have

By Vicki Norris – I found a basket of pears in my garage a few weeks ago that I had forgotten about. I had picked them from the orchard and was letting them ripen in the basket. By that time, most were over-ripe and I was dealing with a mess.

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Amy Layne Litzelman

The Power of Light

By Amy Layne Litzelman – “This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.” I John 1:5 Imagine a place with no darkness. None. Not even a shadow. Only constant, pure, powerful light. Revealing

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Amy Layne Litzelman

Willing to Be Filled

By Amy Layne Litzelman – “May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” Ephesians 3:19 Something about a brimming pot grabs my spirit.   It

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Rita Schulte

Walk Between the Lines

By Rita Schulte – You know the drill. It comes in like a flood. Sometimes when you least expect it. Life drills down on you—hard. It ravages your soul, you can’t sleep, and you can’t breathe. We’ve all been there. We call it the dark night of the soul. It’s

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If Time and Money Were No Issue

By Danna Demetre – WHAT IF…time and money were no issue in your life. What would you be doing differently? Where would you go? What passions would you pursue if all the bills were paid, if you could quit your job, if you had more money in your bank account than

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Poppy Smith

Do Your Beliefs Affect Your Life?

The phrase grabbed my attention, “Abraham believed God” (Romans 4:3). What did he believe? And what difference did it make in his life? Abraham’s belief in God’s promise that he would have descendants as numerous as the sand and the stars embedded itself deep within his heart. The years rolled

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Lynn Mosher

The Preacher’s Meadow

By Lynn Mosher – Years ago, in horse-and-buggy days, a poor circuit preacher made his weekly rounds to one of his favorite little churches. As he could not afford a horse, he walked several miles to the little, white church in the vale. On his way through the fertile valley

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Grace Fox

Who’s Really Responsible for Our Success?

By Grace Fox – King Sennacherib of Assyria was more than a little proud. He boasted and bragged about his conquests to everyone within earshot. He wanted everyone to know that his strength and resources were responsible for his military successes. Boy, was he deceived! Here’s what God said about

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Wendie Pett

Our Health — Does It Matter to God?

By Wendie Pett – We may fail to remember this mighty truth, but the Lord never will:  Our bodies are Temples of the Holy Spirit. Because God designed the human body to be a finely tuned instrument —the most resilient on earth, in fact — bodies are geared to endure

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Karen DeArmond-Gardner

Liar Liar

By Karen DeArmond Gardner― We have an enemy who prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour (I Peter 5:8 NLT). That someone he seeks is you. The enemy has always hated the truth, he perverts the truth. Lying is consistent with his character: he is a

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My Purpose Now

Heavenly Accessories

By Pam Wilson— A recent survey shows that, in her lifetime, the average woman will spend $25,000 on shoes! Jewelry, handbags, coats, scarves and hair items are also very popular. Men do not escape the accessory trap. Their favorites would have to include billfolds and watches as well as athletic

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Poppy Smith

Here I Am, Lord—Please Work in Me

Inner growth doesn’t come by lengthening our list of “things I have to do to feel accepted by God.” Other people might be impressed, but if we’re operating in our own energy, all our efforts will amount to nothing. On the other hand, nothing will change in our lives by

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Kathy Howard

God’s Anti-Anxiety Prescription

“Just don’t worry about it.” How many times has someone said that to you when your circumstances truly warranted a little bit of worry time? If you’re anything like me, you probably thought, “Yeah, right. Easier said than done.” By the way, it was probably a man who said it.

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Rita Schulte

Rocks of Remembrance

By Rita Schulte – How Building Altars to our Anger Keeps us Stuck – Mary had been married six years and had two children when she and her husband first came to see me for counseling. Her husband seemed like a nice enough fellow, but he was getting fed up

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Lori Kempton

Changing Your World – Even After 50!

By Lori Kempton – I had a lady tell me the other day that since she’s getting older in life, she just doesn’t feel as useful as she used to feel in her younger days.  She said earlier in life she used to volunteer at the church and other organizations

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I Will Remember This

By Michelle Williams – When I was a child, about ten-years-old, I was having breakfast with my sister, Cheri. I don’t know why, but while watching her eat, I decided to remember the moment. I told myself, I will remember this forever. I took in all the details, as if

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