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1. A Call to Rise Up

Hear the passionate call of women of God to rise up! "We can rise above what our culture is telling us a woman has to be in this hour." Rise Up/TheCall, Oct. 9, 2017, Washington, D.C. riseup2017.org.  ...

Created on 18 September 2017

2. What to Do When Ministry Has Worn You Down

If you are under 50 years old, you don't need to read this article. However, if you have been sucking in oxygen for the better part of five decades, read on, my friend, read on. Are you weary?  Do you ...

Created on 07 September 2017

3. Breaking Down the Restricting Walls of Your Bento-Box Life

There are these super adorable little lunch revolution products called Bento Boxes. They keep your food in perfectly neat compartments, like a dream. Your own healthy stainless steel lunchable that can ...

Created on 11 September 2017

4. Are You Too Busy for Jesus?

Here in Russia, summer is soon to be gone, and in about a month most of the leaves will be gone from the trees. Snow will begin to fall sometime in the next few weeks, and as I return from my 120th trip ...

Created on 11 September 2017

5. 10 Unfair Expectations People Place on Pastors' Wives

In many churches, the pastor's wife carries heavy burdens. Sometimes, they are impossible expectations. To be fair, this post could refer to any church staff person, male or female, so it could be called ...

Created on 05 September 2017

6. 3 Compelling Reasons Paul Didn't Silence Women in the Church

First Corinthians 14:34-35 is one of those passages that has been used throughout Christian history to confine and silence women. It reads, "Let your women remain silent in the churches. For they are no ...

Created on 07 September 2017

7. Powerful Relationship Advice to Use Anywhere, Anytime

I remember a season in our home when our kids were little where two of our kids were getting into fairly regular fights. I—like any normal mother—wanted my kids to get along, and I wanted them to "be nice" ...

Created on 30 August 2017

8. The Priceless Power of a Limitless Life

"Live your life at full gallop," the graphic said. A gallop, of course, is the fastest gait of a horse, but even a horse cannot run a full gallop for long stretches at a time. None of us can live our lives ...

Created on 29 August 2017

9. Astounding Heroes of the Faith: Could You Be the Next One?

... quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in fighting, and turned the armies of foreign enemies to flight. Women received their dead r ...

Created on 29 August 2017

10. God Is Looking for 'Abigail Leaders' in Our Divisive Society

... y, it was her words and her heart. God is looking for "Abigail leaders" today. He is looking for women who refuse to throw gasoline on the fires of strife. The Father is on a search for women who will bring pea ...

Created on 24 August 2017

11. Why Conflict Is Your Friend, Not Your Foe

Conflict is inevitable. We're human, so it makes sense that sometimes we're going to disagree, argue and get ticked. Right? While conflict is uncomfortable, it can be transformational. Author Michael Hyatt ...

Created on 23 August 2017

12. How God Created Living Streams of Hope in This Woman's Wasteland

Why do we look behind and long for what we had yesterday to come back? We wish we could roll back time and go back to days where life was easier. Have you done that? God knows we all do at times. "Okay, ...

Created on 20 August 2017

13. The Incredible Lesson Anne Graham Lotz Learned About Forgiveness

  "Just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you" (Col. 3:13, NASB). Guilt is our friend. If you are like me, it's a friend you don't want showing up on your doorstep. But, more than likely, without ...

Created on 20 August 2017

14. No Regrets—Living Intentionally for Christ

Samantha peered into the mirror one day and saw a woman looking back at her whom she did not even recognize. "Can this really be my life?" she asked herself. "This is not the way I thought things were ...

Created on 18 August 2017

15. What Character Qualities Do Teens Value Most?

... ing? Who can you think of who demonstrated loyalty? How does a study of significant men and women from Scripture inform our ideas about humility? So What Can You Do as Parents? If you engage your children in di ...

Created on 15 August 2017

16. How This Woman Found Her One True Love

Looking for love in all the wrong places. Remember that song, popular a few years back? The lyrics resonated with millions because they probably did that very thing. The other day, I looked in hubby's ...

Created on 15 August 2017

17. This Scripture Proves Women Have Apostolic Authority in the Church

... al Evidence Early church fathers, even those who had a bias against women in leadership, understood "Junia" to be a female apostle in the early church. Origin (185-284), who is known as the church's first sy ...

Created on 14 August 2017

18. 5 Easy Steps to Relate to Your Mysterious Daughter

I often hear fathers tell me that their daughters are complicated and complex, confusing and unpredictable. Believe it or not, I have discovered that we girls are not as hard to understand as we may seem!  ...

Created on 14 August 2017

19. Mom Discovers the Surprising Meaning Behind This Popular Verse

...  "worthy of the gospel" and later describes how his son in the Lord, Timothy, has "served with him in the gospel" (2:22). Finally, he mentions two women who have, "labored with [me] in the gospel" (4:3).  ...

Created on 13 August 2017

20. 10 Tips to Nourish Your Starving Soul

You and I are full of leaks. The good things we get filled up with only last so long. We can feel top-of-the-mountain right now, and in an hour, a day, or a week feel empty and discouraged. Our souls get ...

Created on 13 August 2017