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How to Overcome Temptation
Do you know how to overcome temptations? Because it is not about growing your moral muscle! God delights in helping us. Read… How to Overcome | Flowing Faith.
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The Son of a Carpenter Who Builds and Restores
“The carpenter’s Son will take the nail and a tree made into a cross, and He will rebuild us and restore us and all we who are broken down will find shelter in grace and make the heart of God home. No wonder this time of year we haul trees into our homes. Lord God,…
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Trusting God Even Though… « Alan Fadling
“What are some of the ifs that linger in my faith? If our finances are strong. If no one in our family has any physical illnesses or injuries. If my emotions are always up and never down.” Read… Trusting God Even Though… « Alan Fadling: Notes from my Unhurried Journey.
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Blazing Grace « Alan Fadling
“I am not fanning my own self-developed abilities into flame. I am fanning a gift into flame.” Read… Blazing Grace « Alan Fadling: Notes from my Unhurried Journey.
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Overheard in an Orchard (A Lesson on Anxiety and Worry)
As a little girl visiting my mom’s childhood farm in Kansas, I remember my loving grandmother had a wooden plaque on her wall with a painting on it. There were two birds on it and a poem. Portions of this poem was in my head this morning around 9am as I walked across my frosted…
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Painful Memories?
How are you doing today? Is everything in your life great right now or are you suffering? Painful memories? I can relate. Read… Painful Memories | Christian Daily Devotionals.
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Growing in Spiritual Discernment
Instead of falling to temptation, the Father wants to help us with a strategy for finding true peace, inner quiet, rest, well-being, joy, spiritual energy, holy disengagement and so on. Read… Growing in Spiritual Discernment « Alan Fadling: Notes from my Unhurried Journey.
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Lessons From “The Help”
Saw “The Help” last night. Great movie! Qs to ask yourself: Am I lacking courage to stand up for an issue that’s not right? Am I guilty of prejudice in my own culture? Am I being dishonest with myself – not truly expressing emotions only to one day blow up on someone? We love the…
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Becoming A Woman of Excellence
“Becoming a woman of excellence essentially has nothing to do with our family, friends, or circumstances, but everything to do with our relationship to God and our choosing to trust Him with our lives… A woman of excellence rises above the norm through virtue and goodness. The qualities she is pursuing include knowing God intimately,…
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Prayer— Battle in “The Secret Place”
“We must have a specially selected place for prayer, but once we get there this plague of wandering thoughts begins, as we begin to think to ourselves, “This needs to be done, and I have to do that today. Jesus says to “shut your door.” Having a secret stillness before God means deliberately shutting the…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 