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Too Intentional To Be Busy

2 minute read
Christmas is a hard time for so many. But this year, instead of being too busy to be intentional, let's be too intentional to be busy.
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Just For You

1 minute read
You say it’s impossible, God says all things are possible. You say I’m too tired, God says I will give you rest. You think nobody loves you, God says HE loves you. Believe your God is FOR you.
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The Look of Opportunity

2 minute read
Be the reason someone smiles. But don’t think of it as making someone's day a little brighter; think of it as influencing their day in such a way that it reshapes their entire life.
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What It Means To Recognize Others

4 minute read
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
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Things To Remember

2 minute read
He loves us, He cares about us, He desires to be in right relationship with us, and He is guiding and directing our lives in ways we can’t even imagine if we choose to draw near and press into Him.
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Go Share Your Story

2 minute read
Every season we face is represented, in some way or another, by and through the story of the cross. And isn’t that exactly how Christ would have us live – lovingly intertwined and beautifully interwoven by and through our “cross”roads with Him?
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When We Are Weak, He Is Strong

2 minute read
It's good to work hard. It's good to be responsible. And it's good to steward your time, your talent, your energy and your life dreams to the best of your ability. But at the end of the day, what He desires to happen will happen, and what He doesn't desire to happen won't.
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Transitions

3 minute read
We should care way more about being obedient to God than we should about continuing something because we want to. Obedience means way more to God than us feeling comfortable and in control.
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See The Best In Others Not Their Worst

3 minute read
What if, like Jesus, we chose to see people for the best they have to offer rather than the worst they might be currently extending? Isn’t this what it means to be in this world but not of it?

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Pushing Buttons & Asking Questions ft. Renae Kulhawe

00:26:33 minute listen
We’ve learned to think of pushing buttons and asking questions as a bad thing. But perhaps we should embrace the spirit behind these attitudes as more about curiosity and adventure than about outright defiance.
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About God Or Ourselves?

2 minute read
In these busy lives we’re living, how much of what we’re doing is really about God and how much is about us - our selfish desires, our conveniences and our comfort? No one can answer that but Him. So ask Him.
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What Life Is Really All About

2 minute read
Significance is something we all crave. We all long for our lives to matter and that our existence means something to someone, somewhere. Because we were created with purpose and for purpose.

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The Poverty Of Isolation ft. Chris Glubish

00:18:14 minute listen
Perhaps in the midst of our privileged communities, it’s time to think differently about poverty and see isolation as one of our culture’s greatest forms of it. Perhaps it’s time we go out of our way, like Jesus, to have dinner with the unlikely impoverished.
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The Substance Of Good Fruit

2 minute read
The tree looked promising but offered no fruit. In the same way the fig tree appeared to bear fruit, Jesus was showing his anger at religious life that displays no substance.
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Are You The Crowd Or Caleb?

2 minute read
The voice of the minority often stands in stark contrast to majority opinion. The truth is not often popular nor warmly embraced, but is still needs to be said. Where are the leaders who will say it? Where are the leaders willing to stand alone? Where are the leaders who will quit blending in?

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Faithfulness Matters

00:05:17 minute listen
So often we feel like what we do is unimportant and insignificant, but what filter are we seeing this through? To human eyes, sure, it may seem and be deemed unglamorous and unsuccessful. But to God, our dedication and steadfastness is noticed.
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If Not For Mercy

3 minute read
It’s easy to point out everyone else’s flaws and faults. It’s a lot harder to hold a mirror up to our own souls to see where we’re at fault and where we go wrong.
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Are You A Fake?

3 minute read
Truth is, it’s easier to judge other people for the type of Christian they are (or aren’t) than it is to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the type of Christian YOU are.

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Gripped ft. Bob Roxburgh

00:20:48 minute listen
We belong to the Kingdom of God, and only until that really grips us can we cope with the kingdom of this world. Do we create space for our hearts to be gripped?
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Change Starts With Us First

3 minute read
It’s one thing to be bothered by something; it’s an entirely different thing to do something about it. But these are the kind of lives Christ is calling us to live. It starts in us and with us.
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Even In Our Darkest Moments, God Is Good

2 minute read
What dies for His sake can find assurance through the resurrection that new life in Him will come alive again. The death was first and THEN came the resurrection. It wasn’t the other way around.
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Following Jesus Or Following People

2 minute read
If you aren’t intentional about unfollowing the voices that drown out Jesus’s words and ways, the noise and clutter of misguidedness will always find a way into your life.
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We Go So Much Further With Him Than We Do Without

2 minute read
When we’re willing to focus on The One who calms the storm rather than the storm, our boats immediately reach shore. That's the point - to recognize that we go so much further WITH Him than we do without.
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The Other Side Of Your Comfort Zone

3 minute read
Stepping out of your comfort zone is exactly that, it’s stepping OUT of comfort — out of everything you know and understand — and INTO faith, patience, trust, hope, and uncertainty.
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It’s The Journey That’s Important

2 minute read
Enjoy the process of God at work in you, to will and to do of His good pleasure, rather than be frustrated that you are not yet the product you...

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The Glory Of The Cross

00:07:07 minute listen
Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him.” John 13:31 This isn’t exactly culture’s style of glory, is it? In a culture caught...
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And For No Other Reason

2 minute read
Ever feel like you get it wrong? Seriously, Story.Of.My.Life! In conversation with my son the other day, we both found ourselves discussing how we seem to make the same mistakes...

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He Is Enough

00:10:24 minute listen
In a culture caught up with needing more and more, we tend to be oblivious in understanding when enough is enough. We hoard out of our need for security and...
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Do Something Today That Will Mean The World To Someone Else

3 minute read
There’s this terrible notion going around in today’s culture that we can do life on our own. I’m not talking about our social lives where we have plenty of entertainment...
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In Charge Of Our Attitudes

2 minute read
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than...
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The Best Route

2 minute read
I read the coolest thing the other day. When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter....

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Reflection

00:04:04 minute listen
So many times we get too caught up with a fast-paced life in our attempts to propel forward that we forget to stop and reflect. But think back to all...
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No More Striving

2 minute read
We’re told to work hard and then work harder. We’re encouraged to try a million different strategies to get results. We’re applauded for long hours and exhaustive reinvention. But this...

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A Future Not Our Own

00:07:44 minute listen
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.  The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts; it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in...
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I Cannot Be The Ocean But I CAN Be A Drop

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This was my morning read: “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established...
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There Is No Them, There Is Only Us

3 minute read
The other day a friend of mine sent me an amazing quote that a friend of hers had shared to her Facebook feed. Sorry I can’t quote the original source,...

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Hope & Grit ft. Heidi McLaughlin

00:20:23 minute listen
Joining the podcast today is international speaker and author, Heidi McLaughlin – a widow, mom, step-mom and grandmother. Heidi shares candidly about community and what it looks like to have...
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Enough Is Enough. I Am Enough

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I’ve been mulling over this quote for days. I find it freeing. And inspiring. And deeply meaningful. It evokes rest. Makes my shoulders relax. Allows me to take a deep...
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You Take The Good With The Bad

3 minute read
There are behaviors I like about my kids and there are behaviors I don’t. There are mannerisms I appreciate about my husband and there are mannerisms that drive me up...
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Be The Person You Wish Other People Would Be For You

3 minute read
I can’t tell you how many conversations I have where the people I’m conversing with tell me how important community is to them. The longer and deeper we talk, the...

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Keep Showing Up

00:13:12 minute listen
We know our life story is never summed up by only one particular season of life. But still it can be hard. When the present season is a tough one,...
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What’s Your Heart Saying?

2 minute read
To trust Him is to understand that total immersion in what He is doing with your life is the best thing that could ever happen to you. To learn from...
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Summer IS Coming

2 minute read
Sometimes the seasons drag. Like winter. Last week while doing my devotions I felt the Holy Spirit stir my heart with a sense of anticipation, which was odd. Feeling a...

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Producing Fruit ft. Glen Madden

00:19:10 minute listen
Oh how the parable of the sower speaks to our hearts as Christians – sometimes it’s rocky, other times it’s shallow, some days it’s choked and other times it’s fertile....
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Rethinking How You Live

2 minute read
Today is the start of lent – a forty-day period of reflection and preparation for the death and resurrection of Jesus. While Lent is not officially in the Bible, it...
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Be The First To Shut Up

2 minute read
  I shared my opinion. She disagreed. There was tension. It was obvious that we didn’t see eye-to-eye and in that moment I had two choices to make. 1. Fight...

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The Paradoxical Commandments

00:11:50 minute listen
This podcast episode ponders the question: what does it mean to plant seeds in your life? The everyday wear and tear of day-to-day monotony can take a toll. It’s easy...
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Something To Think About

3 minute read
Today is World Thinking Day, did you know? Established in 1926, world thinking day is a day of international friendship that speaks out about issues that affect girls and young...
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Surround Yourself

2 minute read
“There is something that can spark in us when we are surrounded by others whose hearts are on fire. Hot coals build a better fire when they are together. There...

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I Like Jesus ft. Amie Gosselin

00:10:00 minute listen
What started out as a question between friends – “What are you reading and is there something specific you are learning?” – turned into a spontaneous conversation about Jesus. Because...
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Grace. For You. For Me. Today.

2 minute read
Grace. It takes the edge off, doesn’t it? When we’re being hard on ourselves and it feels like we can’t seem to get our act together. Grace shows up. When...

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A Blanket Or The Cross

00:08:51 minute listen
There’s a lot going around social media these days that is emotional, angry and aggressive. Trump has created a pretty huge divide in his country, which has certainly affected anyone...
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What Stirs Your Faith?

2 minute read
My friend Eldon asked a question at our book club last week because it was something he had been thinking about for quite some time and was curious to know...
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He Is Always On Time

2 minute read
One of faith’s greatest frustrations is that God’s timetable is rarely the same as our own. This culture moves at such a rapid pace, that we can’t help but expect...
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Why Not You?

2 minute read
Someone will take a giant leap of faith to do something courageous and brave today… why not you? Someone will show kindness to a stranger and offer hope to the hurting… why...

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What Is The Legacy You Want To Leave?

0:06:04 minute listen
“Consider what you hope others will say about you when they describe you, or what you want to be written in your obituary. What legacy do you want to leave?...

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Conversation With A Friend ft. Sarah Marriott

0:10:45 minute listen
Every Tuesday I meet with a group of people to discuss books, articles, scripture, and real life circumstances in an attempt to make sense of life and faith together. We...
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Are You Showing Your Faith Or Telling It?

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I’ve mentioned a few times now that I follow a writer named Seth Godin. He’s a business guy who writes daily thoughts expressing his perspective on the business world and...
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Ease & Rest

2 minute read
As of right now, at this stage of my life, there isn’t a whole lot that is easy and effortless. Parenting is hard work. Marriage is hard work. Physical activity...
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Leaving Your Mark On The World

2 minute read
I just started reading the Gospel of Mark. My church is about to start a new sermon series on the entire Gospel, and I thought I’d dive in. Take chapter...
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Do Something About It

3 minute read
Over coffee one morning, two founders lamented over the lack of acknowledgement, appreciation and gratitude they seemed to observe all around them. As a result, they put research into motion...
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Do Unto Others

3 minute read
I’ve been teaching my boys lately about the importance of thinking about their actions. As brothers, they have a tendency to punch each other in the face as an “effective”...
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To Go Deeper

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I’m reading a book right now called “Quitting Church – Why The Faithful Are Fleeing And What To Do About It” by Julia Duin. It’s fascinating. Based on extremely well-thought-out...
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It’s All About Choice

2 minute read
What do we really need? It’s a question that has been mulling around in my mind and burning in my heart for the past couple of weeks. Here’s my list:...
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From Bottom To Top

2 minute read
My mother-in-law sent me the coolest thing yesterday. She saw this note floating around Facebook (sorry I can’t credit the source) and I thought it was such a great visual...
Series: Christmas Is

What Do You Choose To Celebrate?

4 minute read
I recently stumbled upon an entrepreneur who is launching a brand new product to help fellow entrepreneurs launch their ideas. He basically defines and classifies the success of business people...
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Expectancy And Excitement

3 minute read
For five years I have picked a theme word at the end of each Christmas that has served to focus my mind, my faith and my year in a direction...
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Adjust What’s Fuzzy

3 minute read
Whether you’re taking a picture, peeking through binoculars or driving in busy traffic with screaming kids in the car, focus is needed. You cannot capture a great moment without adjusting...
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Stop And Appreciate

3 minute read
It’s usually right around now that bellies are bloated, pants are tight, minds are over stimulated, hearts are full and treadmills are being bought. Lol. It’s also right around now...
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Think About The Words You Are Singing

4 minute read
Music: vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. When something becomes habit / second nature...
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The Rest Will Fall Into Place

3 minute read
If I asked my boys to eat candy with me, there wouldn’t be a single hesitation. If I asked my boys to watch a movie, play a game, make a...
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What Is Most Important?

3 minute read
Last year I read a book called Essentialism – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. Basically, the entire book teaches about the importance of living your life doing...
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A Love Twist

3 minute read
We typically know 1 Corinthians 13 as “the wedding text.” This passage, however, intrigues me when I read it with “a Christmas twist.” If I give everything I own to...
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The Availability Of Our Hearts

3 minute read
Hospitality: the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. When my husband and I moved into our current home in July of last year, we made...
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The Right Kinds Of Friendship

3 minute read
Recently I found myself in conversation with a girl who is working with a local church to bring a Syrian family to Canada before Christmas. A few days later I...
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Do You Have An Extra Spot At Your Table?

3 minute read
I follow a page on Facebook called “Humans of New York.” Normally they cover life stories of everyday people in New York City, but recently they turned their efforts to...
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Take The Marathon Approach

3 minute read
Rest: an instance or period of relaxing or ceasing to engage in strenuous or stressful activity. Christmas is full tilt. From the time December 1st hits (and perhaps before), to...
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How Can I Contribute?

2 minute read
To share: to be a part of something where everything is divided among a number of people, or to which a number of people contribute. I find this an interesting...
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A Sweet & Gentle Season

2 minute read
This is the time of year when the pressure to do everything and be everywhere starts revving up. Turn left, there’s something to do. Turn right, there’s some place to...
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Potential, Possibility & Promise

2 minute read
Camped on the edge of the Promised Land, Moses sent twelve scouts to scope out the land. Ten brought back a negative report; two brought back a positive one. Only...
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How Would People Quote You?

2 minute read
I recently had a friend say to me, “Cindy, you say that so much I could quote you.” She was referring to my, “I love that!” statement. And she’s right....
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Forgotten God

3 minute read
A couple of weekends ago I spent 16 hours in the car by my lonesome and it was glorious! If you have rambunctious and high-energy kids like me, then you’ll...
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Showing Up Day After Day

2 minute read
I follow a blogger named Seth Godin who writes to encourage individuals in their business and entrepreneurial pursuits. I started following him because my husband – a business guy –...
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Who Are You Trying To Please?

2 minute read
It’s a question I posed to a group of ladies while speaking at a retreat this past weekend in Nordegg, Alberta. The theme for the weekend was about freedom in...
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It’s Okay To Cut Yourself Some Slack

2 minute read
If you read my emails on a regular basis, you’ll notice I missed the last two days of sending out devotions. It wasn’t deliberate and I was fully prepared to...
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Christianity Is An Everyday Life

1 minute read
“Christianity could never be merely intellectual theory, doctrine divorced from life, or mystical emotion, but always it must be responsible, obedient action, the discipleship of Christ in every situation of...
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Life Is A Journey

3 minute read
As I prep for an upcoming retreat, I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in the book of Galatians. And I’m learning so much: …about Paul and his passion...
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Your Roots Will Determine Your Fruit

2 minute read
“We can become quite adept at projecting an image that does not accurately reflect what’s going on inside of us. True spiritual dignity is inside out – it comes from...
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Every Day Your Heart Has A Choice

1 minute read
To worry or be at peace. To divide or build unity. To see life cynically or optimistically. To doubt or trust. To be closed off and short sighted or teachable...
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No More And No Less

3 minute read
Ever find yourself haunted by your past? Ugh. It happened to me this weekend. Suddenly, without warning, my heart started racing as my mind flooded back to the many failures...
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I Choose Mystery

2 minute read
You don’t have to have everything figured out. Having a scripted answer is not what it’s all about. Performing life in perfect fashion hinders one from wrestling with the messy....
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Be Quiet

1 minute read
quiet “Don’t blow your own horn! If you want to start a big movement, then go ahead and make a big splash; if you want to be renowned, then go...
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Called To Be Fruitful

1 minute read
uitful “We have been called to be fruitful – not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission...
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Great Faith, Great Testimonies & Great Triumphs

2 minute read
Noah waited 120 years before the predicted rains arrived. Jacob wrestled with God. Abraham waited 25 years for a promised son. Esther risked her life. Joseph waited 14 years in...
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From Father To Friend

3 minute read
If I were honest with you, and I’m talkin’ really honest, I would admit that I used to think of God like a genie. This wasn’t intentional. I didn’t kneel...
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A “Love”ly Day To Celebrate

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Today is my 14th wedding anniversary. What!? How’d that happen? Recently Chris and I were talking about the vows we took on this day oh so many years ago, and...
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Are You Reading Your Life Right?

3 minute read
He wants to read so badly. Call it independence or call it competition with his friends, either way, my eldest son is on a mission to advance from level 9...
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Stay The Course

3 minute read
Every so often there is an article, a scripture, a podcast, or a word of encouragement from a friend that hits me at exactly the perfect time. Like this blog...
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This is My Story

3 minute read
There’s such an emphasis these days on the importance of “story” – finding it, living it, and telling it. I’ve bought into this. Culture has bought into this. Even the...
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World Gratitude Day

3 minute read
With the rush, hustle and stress of life, it’s all too easy to become overwhelmed with daily responsibilities and consumed by everyday annoyances. Am I right? I often wonder why...
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Live A Life That Matters

2 minute read
Someday it will all come to an end. All the things you collected whether treasure or baubles will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame, and temporal will shrivel to...
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Wait Gain

2 minute read
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 If ever there was some tough advice to swallow, it’s this: “Wait for the...
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Seventy Times Seven

3 minute read
My best friend is currently reading through the book of James. Everyday she sends me text messages with passages of scripture that speak straight to my heart. Take last week...
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He Did Not Waver

2 minute read
I’ve been reading about the story of Abraham. I am inspired. To read about his life is to read about hardship, trial, testing, difficulty, patience, endurance, discipline, struggle and challenge....
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Need

2 minute read
He was “dying” of boredom. “Mom, I’m just a little guy who NEEEEEEDS a new Lego set.” Need. Really? I hear friends say this all the time. My kids say...
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Prison

3 minute read
Last Sunday I asked my son what he learned in Sunday school. He said, “This guy named Joseph had to go to prison because his brothers were mean to him.”...
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Hold Your Post

2 minute read
It’s no secret I have the world’s worst sense of direction. The big joke between my husband and I is that we should go on the Amazing Race and I...
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Show Up

2 minute read
I follow a blog written by a guy named Seth Godin. He’s a pretty popular author, speaker, entrepreneur and thought leader, but I follow him because he’s a guy who...
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Ambassadors

3 minute read
A few weeks ago Chris and I had an amazing opportunity to attend an Ambassadors dinner. I had never been to one before, neither had Chris, so we had no...
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Hands Free

1 minute read
Experiment 101: turn off your phone for one whole weekend. Why? Just to see. Just to poke curiosity. Just to test a theory. I tried it a couple of months...
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Time

3 minute read
While reading Isaiah a little while ago, I came across a passage of scripture that caught my eye and nudged my heart. This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy...
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The Lesson

3 minute read
Last week I found myself in three different conversations about gratitude. Every time someone would mention anything difficult or challenging going on in life, there was always one or more...
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UNlovely

2 minute read
How many times have you heard a Pastor give a sermon about love? How many times have you read that famous passage of scripture on love? How many times have...
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Unusual Miracles

3 minute read
While reading the book of Acts last week I was struck by a sentence in chapter 19 that left me pondering the life of Paul. We know how much of...
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Speak Life

2 minute read
I recently had a conversation with a new friend who called me one of the nicest people she has ever met. I laughed and said she didn’t know me very...
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Be A Star

2 minute read
”Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.” -Daniel 12:3 I read...
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Wear Your Pearls

2 minute read
“When life causes irritation, you can let it develop into an infection or you can allow it to become a pearl.” -Unknown It’s no secret that life has its share of...
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Angles

2 minute read
“I think, more often than not, if we were willing to look at our life in different ways, to come at it from different angles, our relationships and circumstances would...
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Always Something To Be Grateful For

2 minute read
Life is hard indeed. Monotony is a killer. The mundane takes its toll. Fatigue easily sets in. But God is good all the time (even when we don’t understand it) and...
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Today’s To-Do List

1 minute read
Life is filled with all kinds of busy but there’s nothing SO important that it should trump a few quiet moments with Him. Sometimes it’s good to be reminded of...
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Trust Me

2 minute read
My son has an inquisitive mind. He asks questions all day long and his obsession to know answers is both equally challenging and frustrating all at the same time. I...
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Lean Not On Your Own Understanding

2 minute read
The other day I was scrolling through Facebook when I stumbled upon a post that made me stop scrolling. Ever done that before? A good friend of mine had posted...
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May Our Hearts Become Quiet

2 minute read
When people send me anything meaningful, like an email, a card, an FB message, a text, or even a spoken word that I later write down – whatever it may...
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He Shows Up!

4 minute read
I had a conversation the other day with a lady at the park who said that Christians are old school and out of touch with reality. It made for an...
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A Pure Gift

3 minute read
To those of you who try to live life with a deep sense of responsibility and reliability, I dedicate today’s devotion to you. To those of you in any type...
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Just Like A Baby

3 minute read
When my boys go to bed, I often sneak into their rooms late at night to watch them sleep and pray over their sweet little lives. There’s just something about...
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Don’t Just Think, Do!

2 minute read
We all make promises. I’m going to pray more. I’m going to spend more time with my family. I’m going to read my Bible. I’m going to get involved with...
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Be Your Attitude

1 minute read
May the words of Matthew “be your attitude” today. God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. God blesses...
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Refiner’s Fire

2 minute read
Fire. I love fire. I love to look at it. I love the way it dances before my eyes. I love the comfort it brings. Most of all, I love...
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Pride Verses Humility

1 minute read
“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in...
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Holy Spirit Things

3 minute read
In keeping with yesterday’s devotional theme – the Holy Spirit – I thought it appropriate to offer you a list that a friend of mine and myself recently came up...
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All Kinds Of Right

2 minute read
Let’s be honest, the mundane is hard. Doing something day in and day out because it’s the right thing to do can wear a person out – like teaching our...
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A Heavenly Day

2 minute read
“Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ,...
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Here’s My Heart

2 minute read
Every so often I stumble upon a song that speaks right to my heart – I’m talkin’ RIGHT to my heart. And since lately I’ve been spending quite a bit...
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Do Not Spoil What You Have

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“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. The things you now have were once among the things you could have only hoped for.” List 5...
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Instead Of Worrying, Pray

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If you’re anything like me, my mind is constant. I’m a total thinker, a creative, and a “slight” perfectionist. Oiy. These qualities do not bode well in my favor when...
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Boast In Hope

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I’m reading the most amazing book right now called “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Viktor Frankl. It’s a true story about a Jewish Psychiatrist who endured three years in a...
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Because We Trust Him

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My little guy is a thinker. He processes life through questions. Non. Stop. Questions. The other day he was asking about birds and where they’re always flying. The day before...
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The Upper Hand

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Last week I had a situation pop up that caught me off guard. Truth is, I panicked. Honest truth? I freaked right out. Instantly I began venting to God, which...
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32,000 Plans

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Last week I was reading the story of Gideon to my boys and it sparked quite a lengthy conversation about what kind of fighter Gideon was. “…like a ninja hiding...
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Trust Is Like Air

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Trust. It seems like I’m forever learning this lesson. Every time I think I have everything under control, that’s when something shifts in my life and I’m reminded once again...
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The Crowd Is Crowded

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I follow a thought leader named Seth Godin. He’s a smart guy. He never writes specifically about faith, and yet, his writing challenges my faith sometimes more than the faith...
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Why Let Doubt Rule?

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I’d love to say I never doubt and that my faith is the size of New York City, but that would be a lie (insert sheepish grin). Sometimes I doubt...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Resolve To Revolve

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No matter what you do, where you go or how you live your life, wisdom will always lead you home. If your heart is truly focused on seeking Him, then you will always circle back to wisdom, knowledge and understanding because these truths always encircle Him.
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Respect Your Leaders

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At any given moment we are either leading or following. It’s not a one-way thing. It’s both. All the time. On-going. Ever-changing. Continuously rotating. There’s a leader in all of us.
Series: Wisdom Resolution

We Always Have Choices

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We have two choices. We can live procrastinating lives marked by stops, starts, detours and spastic inconsistency. Or we can live purposeful lives marked by steadfastness and secure commitment to simply walk our talks.
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Heart-To-Heart

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“Don’t laugh when your enemy falls; don’t crow over his collapse. God might see, and become very provoked, and then take pity on his plight.” Proverbs 24:17-18 Generally my boys are...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Rise Again

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“Don’t interfere with good people’s lives; don’t try to get the best of them. No matter how many times you trip them up, God-loyal people don’t stay down long; Soon...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Pass The Honey, Honey

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I watched a documentary last week about a tribe living deep in the African jungles and who solely live off the land. The show was documenting how these people survive, struggle...
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Tap Confrontation On The Shoulder

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“Rescue the perishing; don’t hesitate to step in and help. If you say, “Hey, that’s none of my business,” will that get you off the hook? Someone is watching you...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Mic Drop

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“If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn’t much to you in the first place.” Talk about a mic drop. I think of persecuted Christians in other parts...
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Incubating His Word

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“The person who’s always cooking up some evil soon gets a reputation as prince of rogues. Fools incubate sin; cynics desecrate beauty.” -Proverbs 24:8-9 I don’t know about you, but...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

I Don’t Know

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“Wise conversation is way over the head of fools; in a serious discussion they haven’t a clue.” Proverbs 24:7 In the last few weeks I’ve been in a variety of conversations...
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Backwards Economy

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“It’s better to be wise than strong; intelligence outranks muscle any day. Strategic planning is the key to warfare; to win, you need a lot of good counsel.” This is how...
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Heart Is Where The Home Is

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“It takes wisdom to build a house, and understanding to set it on a firm foundation; it takes knowledge to furnish its rooms with fine furniture and beautiful draperies.” Proverbs...
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Peacefully Disturb

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“Don’t envy bad people; don’t even want to be around them. All they think about is causing a disturbance; all they talk about is making trouble.” Proverbs 24:1-2 It’s easy...
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I’ll Drink To That

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“Who are the people who are always crying the blues? Who do you know who reeks of self-pity? Who keeps getting beat up for no reason at all? Whose eyes...
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Full Attention

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“Dear child, I want your full attention; please do what I show you. A whore is a bottomless pit; a loose woman can get you in deep trouble fast. She’ll...
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Smart Or Wise

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“Listen with respect to the father who raised you, and when your mother grows old, don’t neglect her. Buy truth—don’t sell it for love or money; buy wisdom, buy education,...
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Never Take Off The Backpack

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“Oh listen, dear child—become wise; point your life in the right direction. Don’t drink too much wine and get drunk; don’t eat too much food and get fat. Drunks and...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Bank On Hope

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The pressure is real. Everyday we face competition – to be the best, act the best, look the best, have the best, accomplish more, and make it look like easy...
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Stand Back Up

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“Dear child, if you become wise, I’ll be one happy parent. My heart will dance and sing to the tuneful truth you’ll speak.” Proverbs 23:15-16 A couple of months ago I...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

To.Correct.Your.

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“Don’t be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won’t kill them. A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.” Proverbs 23:13-14 There are...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Open Your Ears

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“Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; open your ears to tested knowledge.” I’m a part of a book club where I’m the youngest person by 40 years. Yes you heard that...
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No Boundaries

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“Don’t stealthily move back the boundary lines or cheat orphans out of their property, For they have a powerful Advocate who will go to bat for them.” There’s a concept floating...
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Talking Sense To Fools

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Foolish people don’t sit around and think they’re foolish. Unaware people don’t think they’re unaware. Stupid people think it’s everybody else who are the stupid ones. As Eleanor Roosevelt puts...
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The Goodness Of Our Hearts

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“Don’t accept a meal from a tightwad; don’t expect anything special. He’ll be as stingy with you as he is with himself; he’ll say, “Eat! Drink!” but won’t mean a...
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Rich Towards God

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I grew up in an oil town called Fort McMurray. For my American readers, Fort McMurray is located way up north in the province of Alberta, which is located on...
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Manner Your Mind

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”When you go out to dinner with an influential person, mind your manners: Don’t gobble your food, don’t talk with your mouth full. And don’t stuff yourself; bridle your appetite.”...
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Don’t Take A Backseat To Learning

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“Observe people who are good at their work—skilled workers are always in demand and admired; they don’t take a backseat to anyone.” Proverbs 22:29 At first glance this scripture could...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Don’t Move The Boundary Lines

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“Don’t stealthily move back the boundary lines staked out long ago by your ancestors.” Proverbs 22:28 I realize this passage of scripture is detailing property divides where in ancient times...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Kicking Bombs Down The Road

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“Don’t gamble on the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hocking your house against a lucky chance. The time will come when you have to pay up;...
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Tell Me About Your Friends

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I once had coffee with a mentor who told me this statement in conversation: tell me about your five closest friends and I’ll tell you who you become. If you...
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Don’t Walk On The Poor

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“Don’t walk on the poor just because they’re poor, and don’t use your position to crush the weak, because God will come to their defense; the life you took, he’ll...
Series: Wisdom Resolution

Wisdom Resolution

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I’ve been challenged by something a friend said to me over dinner a couple of months ago. She and I were discussing parenting and how much wisdom one needs in...
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Paris

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In light of the recent tragedies to hit Paris, Japan, Baghdad, Beirut, and Lebanon, today’s devotional is a prayer. I’ll be honest, the evil that is currently steam rolling our...
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Remember

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“It is important to look back on our lives and realize that God’s fingerprints are all over them and see the ways that God has rescued and redeemed us time...
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Real Love

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Today is Remembrance Day in Canada – a day we honor those who served our country and who sacrificed their lives so that we might live in freedom. Today I...
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Filter

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I love Instagram. It’s one of my favorite social media platforms because pictures are beautiful to me. They’re art. Each picture represents a small piece of the story into the...
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Love Thy Neighbor

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A friend of mine shared this picture to her Facebook page the other day and it caught my eye. But in keeping with Wednesday’s devotional, “Humans of The Cross,” and...
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Humans Of The Cross

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I follow this amazing page on Facebook called (HONY) “Humans of New York.” Ever heard of it? It’s inspiring! The purpose of the page is simply this: to document New York...