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Worshiping the Hurt Away
I had never felt so hurt in my life. The wound was deep, because it had come from another Christian. All I could bring to God that day were my tears. As I cried, I felt a gentle nudge to read Isaiah...
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Stand
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand (Ephesians 6:13 NKJV). When everything around you looks as if God has...
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Focus
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Christ from the dead (1 Peter 1:3 NIV). You may...
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Worship While You Work
Photo Credit Cieleke sxc.hu The housework seemed overwhelming. Every time I looked, there seemed to be a new mess to clean up. I became overwhelmed, and when I’m overwhelmed, I’m grumpy. One day I...
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Four Ways To Stay Spiritually Healthy
Photo Credit Everywhere sxc.hu The temptation to give up was strong. Depression weighed on me like a wet blanket. I couldn’t seem to shake it, and no matter how hard I tried, the hurts played over and...
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Finding Strength
image courtesy of ventrilock/freedigitalphots.net After a time of prayer with a group of people in church, an older man came forward and gave me a hug. He stepped back and said, “I just feel like you...
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Do Not Give Up
Image courtesy of dan/freedigitalphotos.net During this last season I spent a lot of time feeling discouraged, like giving up. Certain things were happening that at times simply made no sense. It...
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You’re Growing Right Now
Image courtesy of Simon Howden/freedigitalphotos.net How beautiful you are my darling! Oh, how beautiful, your eyes are doves ~ Song of Songs 1:15 (NIV) I had wanted one for so long. Finally, I watched...
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When We’ve Wept ’till We Can Weep No More
In 1 Samuel 30, it talks about David and His men’s families being taken captive, and when the men had wept till they could weep no more, they talked of stoning David. But David Strengthened himself in...
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Day and Night I Cry Out Before you
Image courtesy of David Castillo dominci/freedigitalphotos.net In Bible College we had a wonderful professor who taught us about prayer. He told us about his own prayer life, how he woke up each...
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He Carries You
Last year, wave after wave of crisis left our family in turmoil. It seemed we couldn’t catch our breaths before another crisis came. It all started when my son came down with pneumonia. The first...
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Worship Is Warfare
While training for ministry is when I learned the value of praise and worship. Every other week one of us from the Cleansing Stream Discipleship class would be the one to receive prayer. It was a...
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A Prayer to Receive God’s love
Dear Sister, When we have struggled to overcome abuse, sometimes the biggest thing to overcome is the lies we’ve been told about ourselves. Often we’ve been led to believe we were worthless and told...
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Rising out of the Pain
I remember it clearly. My daffodils seemed as if they were looking to heaven, with their leaves outstretched in worship. The sun shone upon them just right that morning, and as I looked I thought...
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You’re Growing Right Now
Image courtesy of Simon Howden/freedigitalphotos.net How beautiful you are my darling! Oh, how beautiful, your eyes are doves ~ Song of Songs 1:15 (NIV) I had wanted one for so long. Finally, I watched...
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Thirty Minutes A Day Changed My Life
I did it every day. After I took my kids to school in the morning, I turned on some worship music in my kitchen, and while nobody was home but me, I belted out songs of worship and spent time with the...
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When All Seems Dark
When all seems dark, When it seems there is no hope, When discouragement is knocking, When the tears won’t stop flowing, Rise up, O daughter of the King. Take your place among the saints of old. Rise...
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