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- 21. Trusting God While Waiting When Everyone Says, 'Do Something'
- Waiting. I've never been a fan. But it seems I have a Ph.D. in the art. Waiting for the results of infertility treatments, waiting for an offer for a job, waiting for a change in a relationship, waiting ...
- Created on 16 January 2017
- 22. 5 Simple Ways to Start the Spiritual Discipline of Fasting
- Fasting is scary for most of us—if we're honest—but it doesn't have to be. Why would the Bible tell us to go without food for a time? What's the benefit? And is it optional for Christians, or should it ...
- Created on 16 January 2017
- 23. Break the Enemy's Grip on Your Life With These 2 Biblical Strategies
- Scripture tells us we need to be transformed by renewing our mind (see Rom. 12:2). But how do we do this? Renewing our mind doesn't happen by our determination to stop thinking the way we've always thought. ...
- Created on 16 January 2017
- 24. 10 Scriptures to War for Your Identity in Christ
- Over the past 15 years, I have worked at leaving my past behind and walking in my new identity in Christ. One thing that has been critical to this journey is surrounding myself with verses about what God ...
- Created on 13 January 2017
- 25. 2 Ingredients for God's Glory to Be Released in Your Situation
- Gabriel answers Mary's honest question, "How can this be?" (Luke 1:34b). He says to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. Therefore the Holy One who ...
- Created on 13 January 2017
- 26. Moms: Move From Vanquished to Victor With These 4 Truths
- "What would you do differently as a mom, Cheri?" I hesitate, look around the table at the five women gathered for a mom's night out, and realize I'm among friends. "Pretty much everything!" I say, only ...
- Created on 13 January 2017
- 27. 4 Signs You're Making a Bad Decision
- "It's not my fault!" ranks in my top 10 most frequently used phrases and may well be No. 1. Don't get me wrong—I'm not the kind of person who always has to be right. But heaven protect anyone who implies ...
- Created on 12 January 2017
- 28. Why Your Breakthrough May Be Delayed
- I imagine everyone wants things to happen instantaneously, but sometimes believers must be comfortable with the progressive nature of God's kingdom. Occasionally the works of Jesus are going to emerge ...
- Created on 12 January 2017
- 29. Heart-Softening Prayers You Can Use to Obey Matthew 5:44
- That pesky commandment to "love your enemies" (Matt. 5:44) has a tendency to play in the back of my mind during conflict. There are very few people I cannot get along with. My default is enjoying people, ...
- Created on 11 January 2017
- 30. Your Secret Weapon Against Anemic Prayers
- When they heard this, they lifted their voices in unity to God and prayed, "Lord, You are God, who has made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, and who by the mouth of Your servant ...
- Created on 11 January 2017
- 31. Uprooting the Enemy's Legalistic Lies in Your Heart
- Hope has never been a thing that comes easily to me. Neither has the belief that God is good. Actually, that is only partially true. I have believed in His goodness for others, but not His goodness that ...
- Created on 11 January 2017
- 32. Ward off Lethargic Disappointment With Paul's Eye-Opening Lesson to Timothy
- By this time in a new year, many people may be struck by fear because they feel stuck in failure. The uncertainties echo in the recesses of our minds and might sound like this: I am afraid this is going ...
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- 33. Quick and Easy Methods for Remembering Prayer Requests
- I jolted awake at 2 a.m. this morning to a shrill, heart-stopping alarm blasting from my cellphone. I nearly fell out of bed onto my head while scrambling to find the phone somewhere on the floor. I grabbed ...
- Created on 10 January 2017
- 34. Holy Spirit's Unchanging Message for You in the Midst of Sorrow's Deluge
- "Mom, I had a dream," my 14-year-old daughter, D'Andra, said through tears streaming down her face. "What was your dream about?" I asked. She gulped and sobbed, "Jesus came in my dream and gave me a hug. ...
- Created on 10 January 2017
- 35. Breaking the Subtly Deceptive Mentality That Steals God's Harvest
- Mark 12:1-12: He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and rented it to vinedressers, and went to ...
- Created on 09 January 2017
- 36. Healing Soul Scars With 4 Jesus-Centered Tools
- I grew up in a very healthy home environment. I never once questioned my parents' love for me, and I felt very safe in talking with them about anything I was going through. This is what makes my story ...
- Created on 09 January 2017
- 37. 2 Surprising Ways a POW Persevered Through Years of Unspeakable Torture
- Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale was an officer in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He became a fighter pilot, and in 1965, he was shot down while returning from his second combat tour over North Vietnam. ...
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- 38. What a Rejected Blind Man Can Teach Us About Effective Prayer
- He was a blind man. A beggar. He lived long before Braille and social welfare, so he was probably far more desperate than the homeless man who holds a cardboard sign outside your car window. He begged ...
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- 39. This Jaw-Dropping Truth Sends New Year's Dread Fleeing
- As I'm standing on the precipice of a new year, I sometimes feel anxious. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm typically filled with great hope. Yet as the calendar turns, I'm reminded that I haven't accomplished ...
- Created on 06 January 2017
- 40. Try This Uncommon Approach to Embark on Your Next Spirit-Led Year
- At the beginning of each new year, we tend to make goals for ourselves that we would like to accomplish. And a couple of years ago, someone taught me to think of three words to describe my personal goals ...
- Created on 06 January 2017