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Who’s the Thief (According to Jesus)?
This week I found myself diving deep again into John 10, reflecting on a powerful conversation I had recently with a woman about healthy community, especially within the context of church and ministry organizations. It was a conversation filled with revelation for both of us. She asked me about how I lead the women in…
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Avoiding Your Broken Heart by Living in Your Head
I live in a Bible Belt where many church goers are resistant to having a personal relationship with Jesus. Instead, I see that there can be a default to learning merely about God, or striving to do all the right things for Him, and that’s it. They’ve lost the love and in danger of becoming…
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The Struggle of Minimizing our Pain
Recently, while I was leading women through a listening prayer exercise in the Freedom Coaching Circle (our zoom groups for women), the Lord highlighted to me that I was minimizing my journey because of the intense things I was finding myself walking others through. I felt the Lord was saying to me that He sees…
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Struggling with Porn Addiction? Invite Jesus Into the Picture
If you find yourself struggling with a porn addiction, know that healing is possible through renewing your mind with the truth of Scripture and inviting Jesus into your thought life. (This is a powerful exercise and NOT to be discounted NOR interpreted to be an unhelpful: “read your Bible more”.) One powerful way to begin…
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Stubbornness: A Path to Healing
Stubbornness often masquerades as strength, but in reality, it’s a symptom of our deeper heart wounds. Ezekiel 36:26 shows us that God desires to give us a heart of flesh, free from the hardened places caused by pain and trauma. Stubbornness blocks us from receiving the fruits of the Spirit, such as love, patience, and…
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Why Love God with ALL of your Heart?
A Story of Disaster: King Solomon King Solomon is one of the most tragic examples in the Bible of a person who, despite his wisdom and a good beginning, failed to love God with all his heart. Solomon started out with great devotion, asking God for wisdom to lead the people of Israel. God blessed…
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Thanksgiving: A Call to Gratitude in Every Season
As we gather to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving (yes, it’s in October – a month before the USA), it’s easy to focus on the tradition of giving thanks for food, family, and blessings. But for women of faith, devoted to hearing God’s voice, Thanksgiving is a time to press even deeper into the practice of gratitude—not…
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Finding Opportunity in the Problem: A Biblical Perspective for Women
As women of faith we often face challenges that are overwhelming. We can get caught up in the difficulty of the moment, feeling like the problem is way too big to handle or that there’s no way out. As I pray for friends and clients in the south hit by overwhelming disaster, the Lord keeps…
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Do You Suffer From the Following?
Answer the following questions honestly if any of these statements resonate with you: What to Do If You Answered ‘Yes’ to Any of These? If any of these questions struck a chord with you, your heart is longing for more: It could be that your heart is longing for validation, for significance, for more, and…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 