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Big, Scary, Unknown Future? This is the One Thing that matters.

A devotion about deciding on the big things and worrying less about the details. In a hurry? Scroll to the bottom to read The Big Idea – a summary of what this devotional is all about. How do I plan for the future when I don’t know what the future holds? A devotion. ______________________________________________________________________________ Who […]

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Practical Compassion: How everyday compassion makes us more like Jesus + Tips

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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3 Simple Ways to Create Resilient Kids When You’re Having Marriage Trouble

“Daddy’s going to live by himself for a while. But we love you, and that’s never going to change.” No one gets married expecting to say these words to their precious children. Once, we sat together rubbing a hand over a large belly and imagining the happy future of the child within. But this wasn’t

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Path, Fence or Fortress: How to Stop Toxic People from Destroying the Peace of Your Home

This is part 2 on How to Make Your Home into Your Dream Sanctuary. To read part 1, click here. In my last post on making our homes into our sanctuary, we discussed how our attitudes affect our home and what we can do about it, as well as how to create a welcoming environment,

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Does God care about me personally? What sheep taught me about true love in Jesus

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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Why is it so hard to pray? 4 things I wish I had known about prayer years ago

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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Tables into Altars: How to Bless Others with Food (because you’re cooking anyway)…

Have you ever sat around the table for hours after dinner, talking about everything and nothing, laughing together as the minutes speed by? When people peeled away to go to bed, slipped off to wash dishes, or shuffled to cars, their hearts were singing. Fulfilled, content, and joyful. This was community at its best. At

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Feel inadequate as a Christian? Pull up a seat at your Father’s table…

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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