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26 Apr

3 Ways to Fight for Your Happy Place

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It’s not how much we have but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. – Charles Spurgeon If happiness is a state of mind; we have to choose to live there. According to Webster, happy is being pleased or glad about a particular situation or event. I’m happy when I...
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29 Mar

Finding Faithful In A Difficult Diagnosis

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“Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous,But the Lord rescues him from them all.” – Psalms 34:19 AMP Colleen’s story: When I can’t figure out the cause of a problem it’s frustrating. Particularly when the cause needs to be identified in order to find a solution. My guest this week can relate....
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22 Mar

Finding Faithful When Resources Run Out

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I continue to be blessed by my friends and fellow bloggers who’ve shared their stories during the Lenten focus on faithfulness series.  Now it’s my turn to share… By the fall of 2008, the nation’s banking system began to spin out of control. Many were affected by widespread job loss, the...
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15 Mar

Finding Faithful When Dreams Fall Apart

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Affirmation,  Guest Writers
I’m pleased to welcome Krista Pettiford toour Lenten focus on faithfulness. Her heart to affirm women is deeply felt in her book, A Call to God’s Daughters to Step into His Lab (Love – Acceptance – Beauty) and in her L.A.B. Chat podcasts on ITunes and kristapettiford.com. She candidly shares...
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08 Mar

Finding Faithful in The Wounds of Our Past

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I’m pleased to welcome my friend and fellow blogger, Jelise Ballon, to our Lenten focus on faithfulness. On her blog at neitherheightnordepth.com, Jelise bares her soul as she beholds God’s love. As I read her words, I encounter His love too. Thank you Jelise for sharing your story on finding...
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01 Mar

A Lenten Focus on Faithfulness

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A Lenten Focus on Faithfulness
Today is Ash Wednesday. It signals the start of Lent, a 40 day reflection of Christ’s journey towards the Cross and to His Resurrection. The word Lent comes from the English word meaning “springtime.”  It nudges us to awaken or renew our understanding of God’s grace in Christ and deepen...
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14 Feb

Next Step: Be You

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Affirmation,  Next Step Series
Do you know who you are? I admit it’s a loaded question. We’re all born with God’s intentions infused with our parents’ genes. But as life’s experiences enter into the mix, a lot changes — and it’s not all good. However, the course we take makes a difference. It makes...
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28 Jan

When Afraid Fall Faith Forward

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What do you do when you’re afraid? I tend to flee. In my haste, sometimes I fall.  Once, I landed in a state of emotional upheaval.  Another time I slipped on a pile of unmet expectations — the kind that anticipated success but couldn’t handle failure. But one day grace broke...
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