Don't Fear What They Fear
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Friends, this world is getting darker by the day, by the hour. This is our moment to SHINE!!! Everyone should be wondering what our secret is. Why do we have so much hope?
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Nothing to Hide - My Story
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“It took so much courage for you to expose yourself like that!” commented a dear woman after I spoke at an event. Hmmmm… It never occurred to me that I was “exposing myself”.
Read MoreA Thrill of Hope
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God knew that all our climbing would never ever get us close to Him. So He came down to us. The religious people of Jesus’ day couldn’t offer rest. They could only crack their whips and demand, “More!” Jesus offers rest because He CAN. He can offer rest because He ALREADY BORE the heavy load.
Read MoreGod of Scandalous Grace - Tamar's Story
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God sees, even in the most private places. In the most degrading and dark circumstances, He sees the wickedness being committed against His children. And God deals with it in His way and in His time.
Read MoreGod's Verbs vs My Verbs
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We are permitted rest because the work, the labor, the battle, the combat – those belong to God.
Read MoreSnapshots - Sarah's Story
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Sarah, dear Sarah, of all of the women I have studied in the scriptures, I find in you my “kindred spirit”. In your life, I see my own questions, struggles, fears and weaknesses portrayed.
Read MoreWhere is God? - Hagar's Story
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“I feel so discarded.” Those heavy-hearted words rang through on a text. I knew my friend was in the midst of a painful breakup, but the word “discarded” implied so much more than just the loss of a relationship. In that one word were feelings of being used up, unnecessary, rejected, and unwanted.
Read MoreGrace and Truth (Part 2) - The Adulteress's Story
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There was not much room in my early experience with Christianity for authenticity, struggle, or “Messy Christianity” as my friends and I liked to call it.
Read MoreGrace and Truth (Part 1) - The Adulteress's Story
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The door burst open and early morning light instantly flooded the room. Men shouted accusations. One walked over to her and yanked her from the bed of her lover. She managed to wrap a sheet clumsily around herself before she was hastily pushed out the door. The air was still cool and she shivered now both from fear and from cold.
Read MoreCome Thirsty - The Samaritan Woman's Story
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Do you ever feel as though you aren't worthy? That if God, or others really knew what you are like, there would be no room for you? That if the people in church knew your past sins, or current struggles, you'd be on the outside looking in? If so, read the following story and be amazed. It's about you. And it's about me. It's about how every single one of us is pursued by Jesus, right where we are...
Read MoreGirls Like Us… Surprising similarities between you, me, and the women of the Bible
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Strip us down to our bare souls, and we’re all pretty much alike… Each of us longing for significance, love, security, friendship, and struggling with loneliness, fear, loss and disappointment.
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