Tag: trust
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Full-Circle Moments: God Wants to Redeem Your Story
Click here to read previous entries to this series. Redemption “He said to him the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and he said to him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.’…
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Don’t Forget The Armor
When midnight prompted 2023 to begin this year, I didn’t anticipate big changes. I just wanted to get some sleep before an early morning at church. It was supposed to be a happy new year. I originally was going to share about how I woke up, exhausted and running on a few hours of sleep,…
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Persisting in Prayer and Believing for Bigger
“Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.” – Mark 11:23 (ESV) For a while now, I’ve wrestled with the hope found…
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Psalm 23:1 – The Good Shepherd
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” – Psalm 23:1 (NIV) In this verse, it’s easy to identify the Lord as Provider. It’s clear that, with Him, we have all that we need. Some translations say “I shall not want” because, in Him, we lack nothing. But there’s so much more depth in declaring…
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Coffee Shop Community
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” – Philippians 4:19 (ESV) It’s no secret that the recent disappointments in my life hit hard. I felt like Buddy the Elf when he realizes he’s not an elf. Or a dog walking with its tail between…
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Teaching Testimony (Part 2)
Rather than sharing a devotional, I felt it on my heart to share my teaching testimony. God has abundantly blessed my profession and this story is too good to keep to myself. To read part 1, click here. My first year teaching, God gave me the impression that I’d see that class through their graduation.…
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Teaching Testimony (Part 1)
Rather than sharing a devotional, I felt it on my heart to share my teaching testimony. God has abundantly blessed my profession and this story is too good to keep to myself. Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. I specifically remember taking a career aptitude test…
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How to Handle Unexpected Change
We’ve all been there. The moment when you get the phone call. The urgent email that pops up at the top of your inbox. The conversation that ended in a way nobody saw coming. One moment, everything is fine and normal. In the blink of an eye, the world becomes different. The landscape you once…
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Waiting Well, Standing Strong
I’ve held onto this devotional for close to a year. It was the one God gave me to share the words I wish I had when I was going through the hardest season of my life. I recently spoke on this topic, having organized the first women’s breakfast at my church campus, and gave powerful…
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To Save My Life
“And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” – Luke 9:23-24 (ESV) A few months ago I wrote about…
Consider the Joy 