Longing For God in Your Current Situation

Do you ever find yourself longing for something that isn’t? Perhaps you wish you could get back what has already come and gone. The infant days of a challenging child. A pain free body. Sweetness in your marriage. The presence... Continue reading →

A Powerful Strategy Against Parenting Fears

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She was two. We were baking cookies. I turned around for a split second at the counter, and when I turned back, she was devouring a healthy portion of cookie dough. She’d snatched it from the baking sheet, and was... Continue reading →

A Psalm for Your Daily Protection

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“Where’s your motorbike?” I called out to my husband from the back door. “Under the house,” came the reply. But it wasn’t. He’d been using the car for a few days to go to work and I’d been walking, and... Continue reading →

How Fasting Can Bless Your Marriage

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When I first started fasting for our marriage, I did so with the attitude of “that man has to change!” I was sure fasting was the magic wand that I could give a few flips and flings and things would... Continue reading →

When our Strength becomes our Weakness

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Every week the members of this online community receive an email that contains a piece of my heart. Often it’s a what I like to call a “faith peptalk” other times it’s proposing a new challenge or ecourse. But every... Continue reading →

7 Fear Settling Qualities of God

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Courage is like a pair of pantyhose. I opt out of both quite a bit, because, well, you know… there’s usually a more comfortable option. Like sweats. I’ll rearrange my whole wardrobe around not having to wear pantyhose. Hats off... Continue reading →

Maintaining a Steady Heart During Trouble

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In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have overcome the world. These are Jesus’ words from John 16:33. And we all know it’s true. Wars all over the world. Conflict on every continent. (Except Antarctica, maybe!?)... Continue reading →

Lay Down the Crown – Letting go of things that steal our peace & joy

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Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives... Continue reading →

3 Ways to be a Godly Mentor

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I love sitting down and chatting with older women – in fact most of my friends are ten years my senior. I think I just got married and had babies young. Sometimes I don’t even know what it is I... Continue reading →

3 Best Bible Study Tools Ever

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Recently a member of this community asked, “What is the best way to study the Bible?” I immediately wanted to send her straight to all the Bible study tools, helps and methods we offer here. But it didn’t set well with my soul... Continue reading →