Dealing with Fear: 4 Steps to Take When You’re Afraid
Dealing with fear – 4 steps to take when you’re scared. How to overcome fear in life and dealing with fear biblically.
Offering Hope in an Uncertain World
Encouragment
Find Your Word for the Year
[Inside: Find your Word of the Year] My word of the year is REDEEM. Redeem From the latin word redimere meaning, to buy back. Definition: compensate for the faults or bad aspects of (something). gain or regain possession of (something) in exchange for payment. fulfill …
Better Understand Fear so You Can Conquer It Hard
If you better understand fear, then you can conquer it. What is fear? Why do get stuck living in fear? What causes fear? Let’s answer these questions…
Forgive as You Are Forgiven: A Story of Mercy
I forgive you. Hard words to say, but words that hold incredible healing power; healing to the person who hears them, and healing to the person who speaks them. Forgiveness is difficult – sometimes it feels impossible. As we dig into a parable about someone …
The Good Neighbor: Loving Like Jesus Loves
What is a Good Samaritan? Good Samaritan. It’s a term that has become synonymous with a person who comes to the aid of others; someone who is a good neighbor. There are organizations named “Good Samaritan” – like the Good Samaritan Society that offers help …
Lost and Found: The God Who Searches for Us
We All Search for Things We’ve Lost We’ve all lost things and then had to search for them. Ever lost a contact lens? Dropped it on the floor and then got down on your hands and knees feeling around for it until you found it? …
The Shoulders We Stand On: Your Legacy of Faith
None of us stands alone – on their own. We all stand on the shoulders of someone who came before us; someone who laid a foundation, set an example, taught us, mentored us, led us, and loved us. Whose shoulders are you standing on? …
65+ Scripture Verses that Will Give You Hope
(Inside: Bible verses about hope. Hear God speak directly into your life through these hope-filled scripture verses.) She’d had been sick with dementia for 10 years before she’d passed away. My family sat in neat rows listening to the reading of scripture, the recalling of …
I Praise God for ALL of It
[Inside: I Praise God for All of It] Life is Hard If I’m honest…. This last year has been a doozie. Whether you call it life… bad luck… attacks from Satan, or just things that happen because we are living in a fallen world – …
Find Out the Ways You Best Connect with God
(Inside: Do you want to find the best ways you connect with God in your current season of life? Are you ready to deepen your faith?) People raising their hands in worship is weird. It’s all just too much enthusiasm for me. At least …
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