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How to Navigate Controlling People and Places?
How do you navigate a controlling person, family, or community? It’s a question many of us wrestle with—and it can feel overwhelming. Control is heavy. It’s stifling. And often, it leaves us feeling powerless. But here’s a perspective that changes everything: See the controlling person not as a monster, but as a scared child.
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How to Pray for a Bully?
As many of you know, my heart is to always go higher when it comes to praying for difficult people and situations. Otherwise, we will be tempted to be in fear and offended. Hence, the hidden treasure inside the recent book. So, how do we pray for and influence someone who is bullying? I drew…
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New Year Reflection – Journaling
New year reflection questions: Take some time to pause with the Lord, without distraction. Grab your Bible, paper, pen, a cup of tea or coffee… Join me… Reflecting Back: God, how were you shaping me this past year? God, what gift were you producing in me? God, were there any new skills you prompted me…
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Behind the Unhealthy Behaviour
Healing the Heart: Breaking Unhealthy Patterns by Uncovering the Lies We Believe In our walk with God, it’s easy to see certain struggles or habits as isolated behaviors we just need to “fix.” But what if there’s more beneath the surface? What if each unhealthy behavior, each self-sabotaging pattern, is actually a signal—our heart’s way…
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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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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait? It’s Not What You Think…
We’ve all heard the saying, “Good things come to those who wait.” But what does that really mean, especially when we’re in a season of waiting that feels endless, uncertain, or even painful? Many of us might assume it’s just about sitting tight and hoping for the best, but God offers us a deeper, more…
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The school that completely transformed.
A sample story of transformational keyswhich TRANSFORMED a community… “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have ~ Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 3: 11 NLT) A teacher from another country asked to meet for a private Zoom session. She came with a huge heart full of grief for her…
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Praying Women – Join Us This Spring for an Exciting Adventure!
Where are we headed this Spring? Here’s a glimpse… First, some background… “Higher” was the word I kept hearing last December as I prayed into 2024. As we continue to gather with women in our Zoom groups, we pray FROM God’s promises, seeking His voice, rather than getting stuck merely looking at problems. During Christmas…
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When It’s All Too Much?
😳 What to do with your Burdens AND Victories….? (This is another game changer for me…) Yes, you’ve heard me say or read in the book that we are invited to hand our burdens over to the Lord. (And what that ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE in the Spirit… If not, please dig into the book and be set…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 