Guidance
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Satan’s Lies or God’s Truth?
I stand in the kitchen with both my feet and head throbbing. My senses are overstimulated from juggling the after school routine while simultaneously cooking dinner, refereeing fights between my kids and trying to mentally process anything else that I need to get done before tomorrow. As my brain seems to stop in the midst…
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A Never Changed
PEACE AND PURPOSE BLOG SERIES A Never Changed By Elizabeth Harlan “In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9 (NIV) Never say never. I learned that the hard way. God can take that “never”, turn it around, and drop it right into your lap. He can also…
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Faith Over Fear
Isaiah 41:10 NIV So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. I had a very rough start to my career. God led me down the path to teach, but…
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Making Room
To continuously pursue our faith walk takes intentionality, time and willingness to offer our life with open hands. I don’t know about you, but my instinct is to control. Making plans and successfully executing them brings me delight. However, what should bring me delight, joy and satisfaction more than anything else is knowing that what…
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The Cost
Life is full of costs. Most spend money daily on things for life. What we spend our time and money on can come at a cost to the things we no longer prioritize or have time for. Certain actions and decisions can come at the cost of our reputation or at the cost of a…
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Safe or Stuck?
Guest Blog by Emily Cruz: If I let fear prevent me from doing the things in my life that scared me, I would do approximately zero things. Motherhood would be out of the question, forget about public speaking, and all of my teeth would fall out because you’d never find me at the dentist’s office.…
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Walk With Faith
Galatians 2:20 (ESV) “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Walking by faith comes with hills, valleys…
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3 Things I’ve Learned
The older I have become and more mature in my faith there are some lessons that God has slowly taught me. Each trial and struggle of life has brought with it more opportunity to learn and growth in faith. These lessons have deepened my faith and trust in a Savior who provides peace, hope and…
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Faithful Provision
Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT) But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Roughly a year ago I sat on the floor in front of our fireplace. With a fire warming my back I started to…