This is an excerpt from my guest post at Filled to Empty. If you want to know more about having a successful spiritual retreat at home, please click on link at the bottom of the page, or jump over to Filled to Empty now by clicking here. My three-year-old son rumbled his big rig toward […]
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If you feel like you’re waiting for your life to start, then you need to get intentional. Try these 10 powerful steps to transform your life. (Pssst…if you like this post or think it will help someone, please share it on Pinterest and Facebook. Thank you!) “I feel like I’m waiting for my life to
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My cousin, Sarah, saw my apprehension and made a promise: “I’ll stand here and watch him the whole time,” she said, “I won’t take my eyes off him.” We were standing over the small form of my 22-month-old son, Luke, who lay unconscious in a hospital bed in the pediatric intensive care unit. A fat
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This year our family will do an Advent calendar for the first time. After looking on Pinterest and seeing many beautiful and creative calendars, I just couldn’t find one with the right biblical content. A few blogs had wonderful calendars, but I didn’t want to trade my email address to get it. So…as a writer
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If you like this message and think it could help someone, please share it. Thanks! I had a season of life not long ago when anxiety ruled my days and haunted my nights. This painful period provoked questions about God: why is He letting me suffer? Why doesn’t He feel close? What does it feel
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When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:4 ESV This short devotional was the result of a writing challenge in my Christian writers’ group. We were asked to write a 500-word devotional – then cut it down to 350 words! I discovered I could actually write something short and like it.
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Hi! If this post inspires you, would you consider sharing it on Pinterest or Facebook? Thanks! Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2 NKJV A boy, head down, muscles taut, legs spotted with bruises, pulling a red wagon through the yard.
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Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be
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Hi, you made it! Since you survived the super-long part 1 devotional on Psalm 1, you might as well tough it out and read part 2, below. Didn’t catch part 1? Read it here. In part 1, we learned about avoiding trouble by 1. Being careful who we allow to influence us, and ensuring that
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I thought life was a dance, but I was just twirling on thin ice. People thought I was a strong Christian, and I agreed. Appearances can be deceiving, can’t they? The evidence pointed toward a woman who had it together: A woman who planned a mission trip to Ghana with her mom, taught Sunday School,
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