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He Knows Your Name…Even If I Can’t Remember It
POST BY: Kendra Broekhuis It takes roughly 2.7 seconds after meeting someone new for me to forget his or her name. I’m certain that when people tell me what they are called, that information goes in...
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How to Love Like Jesus
Once inside the trolley, I realized it was not a tourist ride. It was a public transportation trip through the inner ghettos. As people poured in, I noticed them. I noticed the torn up pants. The...
View ArticleGod Fights Our Battles
My son is at a new school. He’s still getting used to making friends. He’s not on the basketball court during recess. He’s a little shy. He’s pretty small for his age. I’m quite sure he’s desperately...
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I’ve Got to Do Better than Her
She is going to make me look like a fool. It’s me against her. I have to come out on top. Deep in me, there lives a competitive beast. One that promotes selfish ambition and untoward conduct. One that...
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I Don’t want to Take a Step Back
What if your power to move ahead, was in stepping back? What is not pressing ahead, but sitting out? I recently heard a story that captured me. A group of All-star basketball players went to meet an...
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Someone needs this post right now…
I am sending this out right now because I felt, after prayer, that someone needs these prayers to help them where they are right now. Someone is in a struggle and does not know what to do. Someone...
View ArticleThe Power of Words
Our words have power. Perhaps, you hear those words-of-old still reverberating within you. . . You’re SO __. You’ll always be ___. You’ll never ___. You’re such an ___. No matter who you were – a...
View ArticleClean-Up Day!
I can’t handle a dirty, crumb-laden counter when I sit down to write. Before I place my computer on my black-granite counter, I need to have a clean counter. I need to have fresh space I can work on. I...
View ArticleWhat You Tolerate
The social media image said, “You get what you tolerate.” I paused from scrolling for a second to ask myself questions: What have I been tolerating? Putting up with? Grinning, and bearing? Scripture...
View ArticleA Peace-Bringing Psalm
My son kept asking, “Mom, am I going be okay? How many people are dying? Will Coronavirus get us?” When he asked, his eyes darted left and right and his hands fidgeted with jerk-like motions. I tried...
View ArticleYou Won’t Get it Right All The Time!
You won’t get it right, all the time. Last Thursday, as the blog post I wrote about “patience” hit your inbox, let me tell you — my patience was running thin. Here I was telling you why you should be...
View ArticleGod’s Love Never Fails
I stood at the front door, waving bye to my husband… He was flying to a different state to be at his father’s bedside (keep him in your prayers). Frankly, I didn’t know when he’d get home and this was...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Learned
I have learned something that has changed my family. It is simple and profound. The learning is founded on these 2 concepts: One: Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Is. 9:6) Two: I follow Jesus. “Then Jesus...
View ArticleStaying Strong Like Jesus
My young daughter looks at me and cries, “Mommy, I’m falling!” I know it’s a test. In actuality, her falling-off-the-couch body is just half a foot away from the ground. It doesn’t matter. For her,...
View ArticleDon’t Lose Hope
I want to encourage you. With God, there’s always a way. You may be saying, I don’t know how… Or, I don’t have enough… Or, it doesn’t look like it is possible. God is not beholden to the natural; He is...
View ArticleCrippling Self-Reliance
“Do you have even the slightest reliance on anything or anyone other than God? Is there a remnant of reliance left on any natural quality within you, or on any particular set of circumstances? Are you...
View ArticleHow to Return to Trust
Common to man is the subtle inclination to stop trusting God. “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field…” (Gen. 3:1) Just as the snake came subtly to entice Adam and Eve in the...
View ArticleWait and Renew Your Strength
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength…” (Is. 40:31) When I wait, I usually don’t feel strength rise. Instead, I’m wondering… “When will you show up, God?” “Why is this taking so...
View ArticleI Can’t Keep Going
Rushed. Pressured. Little time. Ever experienced being under the gun? People. Distractions. Problems. Does it seem like there’s no way for you? Right now, I am in a coffee shop, trying to write the...
View ArticleWithout Reason
Noah built without reason… Abraham went without knowing where he was going… Sarah trusted without the physical ability to birth… Isaac believed without crippling doubts about what God would do… Joseph...
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