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Trusting God is THE foundation of your relationship with him, and it establishes a place to develop and grow faith. Faith is a muscle that can to be trained, but just like any other muscle development, it takes work. I have learned over the years, that faith is necessary...
Bracing for change is inevitable because let’s face it, nothing remains the same. There are good changes and bad; and they happen all the time. How do you feel about change? Have you ever really thought about it? I’ve been thinking about it a lot this year as I...
This week’s supernatural strategy of breakthrough is the offering of forgiveness. Yeah, I know, the offering of forgiveness can feel impossibly hard, but the truth of the matter, it’s actually one of the easiest things to do. I struggle with this one—a lot—because though the actual forgiveness part is...
In my last post of this series, Reaching for Hope, I talked about hope and how it sets us up for breakthrough. God’s grace is more than a gift and when understood properly it propels us into the land of living, the place of promise and life. Don’t misunderstand; I’m...
Real love is one of the most misunderstood gifts of all time. I say “real love” because I’m talking about unconditional love, the kind demonstrated in the person of God. We long for it, search for it and even try to create it, but love is hard to maintain...
Okay, can I let you in on a little secret? It’s okay to say no. Oh, I know, it doesn’t feel okay but it is. Not only is it okay, but it may actually be better and healthier than always saying yes. It appears to...
The calendar tells us that the season has officially changed. Activities and routines have shifted, already hinting toward the inevitable. Autumn is here and today it feels like it. The weather man told me last night, as I watched the late night news before bed, a cold front was coming...
Breathe: inhale, exhale, and repeat…I find myself audibly saying this to myself—a lot. I can actually hear the sound of my mother’s voice, “Breathe! Quit holding your breath!” It jars me and shakes me awake and reminds me to be present. I don’t know why I do it, but...
