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Seven Better Questions You Can Ask in the Midst of Adversity
Years ago, I learned an important lesson that is still helping me: the answers we get are often determined by the questions we ask. In times of adversity, this is particularly important. If you ask the wrong questions, you will feel fearful, discouraged, and defeated. In this post, I suggest seven BETTER questions. Read… Seven…
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When The Going Gets Tough…
When the going gets rough, take it on the chin with the rest of us, the way Jesus did. A soldier on duty doesn’t get caught up in making deals at the marketplace. He concentrates on carrying out orders. An athlete who refuses to play by the rules will never get anywhere. It’s the diligent…
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Questions to Ask God
Before I became a Spiritual Director and Life Coach…it all began at an amazing weekend at a Women’s Retreat (March 2011). I look back and see how God opened the door to hear His voice more clearly many years ago. At the retreat, I was blown away with an exercise we were to do with…
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What Does Victory In Your Life Look Like?
I came across this awesome quote today: “Victory is realized when we learn to be sensitive to God’s Spirit and to live according to His will and not just our desires.” – Charles F. Stanley …And if any of our desires are such that we’d fret if someone took the objects of our desire away,…
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Turning Your Pain and Regret Into Joy
Does pain or regret paralyze you? John Piper recently tweeted: “Fly this banner over every wound and regret: Satan meant it for evil, but God meant it for good. (Gen. 50:20)” I have to say loudly with arms waving in the air: Yes!! Claim this promise and ask God to take whatever pain or regret…
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Cramming Defeats Marriages and Families
We learn how to cram before exams in high school and college in order to get all the info in our heads. Then we grow up and carry the same attitudes in our marriages and in how we raise kids. We goof off all semester and expect our quick fixes to cultivate our relationships. In…
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Repentance is Good News!
Repentance. When you read or hear that word, what is your first reaction? It’s a word that Jesus used quite often as He proclaimed the coming of God’s kingdom. But it’s an awfully unpopular word in our independent and self-reliant culture. How can we find God’s grace in this word? Reflecting on scripture, I’m finding…
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What Does The World Give?
What does the world give to us? Trouble. Disaster. Worry. Brokenness. Fear… And yet, we often settle for it. We don’t know there’s anything different. Or maybe we don’t believe it. But He promised… “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do…
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Your Prayers Not Heard?
What if it feels like God isn’t hearing our prayers? These are some possible hindrances to prayer. They will challenge you. They certainly challenged me. “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful…
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Solitude Is a Furnace
“Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false self. Jesus himself entered into this furnace. There he was tempted with the three compulsions of the world: to be relevant (‘turn stones into loaves’), to be spectacular (‘throw yourself…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 