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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…
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Meeting Jesus in Your Story
How connecting with Jesus at every stage of emotional development can bring deep, lasting healing. A reader recently posed a beautiful and thoughtful question, something along these lines: “Do you have any input on how we express and experience emotions differently depending on our level of maturity? For example: an infant cries and feels helpless…
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How Emotions Show Up In Our Lives
I’ve been thinking a lot about emotions this month as I continue to walk people through them and inviting Jesus to heal. Further, I too found myself feeling a ton of emotions as I had to process several events and environments and therefore, I walked through this myself. An emotion wheel is helpful to see…
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God Still Speaks. You Can Hear Him. (Greatest lessons I’ve learned so far.)
One of my team recently asked me this question: “If you only had the opportunity to only share one 5 minute message before you leave this earth, what would it be?” Here it is… My heart message: God still speaks.And you can hear Him. And His voice saves lives! Here’s what I mean… You Were…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 