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4 Ways to Endure Trials with Joy

Do you wonder how to endure trials with joy? I hung the phone with tears in my eyes, my heart heavily pounding. My mind tried to make sense of the shocking news I just heard about my mom. I pictured her disoriented, surrounded by doctors and medical instruments, frightened and not able to walk. “Most …

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How to Become a Person of Prayer and Deeds

Do you want to become a person of prayer and deeds? We have a great example of such a person in the face of the Nehemiah in the Bible who initiated and oversaw the rebuilding of the Jerusalem walls after the restoration of the second temple. How to Become a Person of Prayer and Deeds …

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6 Reasons to Be Thankful for Hopes Deferred

Why can we be thankful for hopes deferred? Here is a sneak peek of my guest post for COMPEL Blog about how to be thankful for the waiting in our writing journey. I have always admired cypresses. Their shape, like a finger reaching to the sky, resonates with the audacity of the dreams I have. …

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Singing in Joyful Anticipation

What is the biggest news you have ever received? Do you remember how your heartbeat accelerated with excitement and joyful anticipation? Perhaps you even leaped for joy or did a happy dance and were eager to tell everybody about your big news. Here is a sneak peek of my Luke 1 devotional for Beholding Advent …

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The Path to Restoration After Devastation

What is the path to restoration after devastation? Is restoration possible at all? Perhaps you have experienced a heavy loss or heartbreak and ask yourself these questions in your pain and sorrow. I often ask myself these questions when the grief overwhelms me. The death of my husband was the biggest heartbreak in my life. …

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What Does It Mean to Be Holy

What does it mean to be holy? God has plans for us. The core of these plans is to make us whole and holy, by His love. “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.” ( But what is holiness? Holiness is not …

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The Blessing of the Second Start

Is there an area in your life where you need a second start? Here is a sneak peek of my guest post at Medium.com for Devotable about the blessing of the second start. The Blessing of the Second Start Perhaps you need the blessing of the second start in your work, ministry, or family? This …

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The Greatest Adventure of Faith

Have you had the feeling that nobody cares and that your life has no meaning and purpose? Have you felt this void in you, full of aching and longing, thirsty for unconditional love and belonging, for something stable and secure? Here is a sneak peek of my guest post at Heart of Flesh Literary Journal …

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How to Have More Meaning and Purpose

Do you have days when you want to have more meaning and purpose in life? Often, when we are having a difficult time or struggle with hopelessness and depression, we long to infuse our days with more meaning and purpose. After experiencing a life-altering loss, my world went darker. The sadness and depression made me …

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What Does It Mean to Put Our Hope in God

What does it mean to put our hope in God? The Bible is full of instructions to put our hope in God. It is important to know what this means and how to do it practically.  Permanent and Temporary Hopes We all tend to place hope in someone or something. This could be a spouse, …

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