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The Prophetic Gap: What Do You Do When the Word God Gave You Hasn’t Come Yet?
A question landed in my feed recently that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. Someone in a ministry group asked it honestly, and asked it well: “How do you live faithfully, psychologically healthily, and relationally ethically when you believe you’ve received significant prophetic revelation, circumstances appear to contradict it, and you cannot yet…
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Look Up: See the Pattern from a Higher Perspective (Snowbirds 3x)
Sometimes God gets my attention through Scripture. Sometimes through prayer. And sometimes through something completely unexpected – like events right in front of me… This summer, I had the unexpected privilege of seeing the Canadian Forces Snowbirds three different times. Here’s what I noticed God highlighting to me…
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The Unhappy Neighbour
The other day, on the beach, a woman I’d never met before began to share her concerns with me about a hostile situation she was observing. I found myself telling her something that seemed to shift her perspective. I shared with her that I woke up that very morning thinking of a short story of…
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A Blessing Over Canada
I want to bless our nation. Here’s what I believe: nations are not accidents. God doesn’t just let countries happen and then hope for the best. He creates and shapes them, on purpose, the way He shapes a person — with a redemptive gift, a calling, a reason for existing that goes deeper than politics…
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Naive? The State of My Heart
I’ve been called naive a few times in my adult life. I winced when I first heard it. Lately, I’ve noticed it could actually be a compliment in disguise… (Jesus loves doing this kind of thing – turning hurtful words from others into His truth. I talk about this exercise in Part 3 of: God,…
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Your Heart Posture is the Key
Every day, in a hundred small ways, your heart is choosing a posture. This posture causes your life to run in a very distinct direction.
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The Opposite of Shame Is Not Honour—It’s Dignity
The opposite of shame is not honour. It’s dignity. Why? Because honour is often connected to what we do. Dignity is connected to who we are.
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Blessing Prayers for Others’ Redemptive Gifts
The Redemptive Gifts concept based off of Romans 12 has always been a game changer. It’s freedom to discover one’s own gifts and how to walk in them fully! Then, learning how to bless our spirits has been another game changer. These are crafted prayers according to each redemptive gift…
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What is this producing in my life?
aka: What is the fruit? Lately, I’ve been leading women to reflect on a simple question: What is this (name it) producing in my life? Not, Is it popular?Not, Is it impressive?Not even, Is it technically correct? But rather: Is it producing love? Jesus said that we would know a tree by its fruit (Matthew…
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Before You Move: Wait for Holy Spirit
Responding to the Invitation : A Pentecost Sunday Reflection There’s a moment in Acts 1 that I keep coming back to… Jesus has just risen from the dead. He has appeared to His disciples, eaten with them, spoken with them, breathed on them. And now He is about to ascend. You might expect Him to…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 