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Are Your Negative Thoughts Self-Defeating? It’s Time to Stop Them Now!
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Are Your Negative Thoughts Self-Defeating? It’s Time to Stop Them Now!

Do negative thoughts run through your mind and lead you to self-defeating behaviors? If so, sadly, you are not alone. A negative thought life leads us along paths not meant for us to take. They result in self-defeat by either over-compensating or under-compensating instead of living in the strength of God in us. They result…

21 Days to Find Joy in God’s Love
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21 Days to Find Joy in God’s Love

Do you experience a unique kind of joy because of God’s love for you? If not, you aren’t alone. Often, we know of God but we don’t really know God. But it makes all the difference in fully experiencing God and His unfailing love for you! Can You Feel God’s Love? I keep seeing it….

Forgiving Yourself and Finding Freedom From Shame
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Forgiving Yourself and Finding Freedom From Shame

Forgiving Yourself and Embracing God’s Grace Go Hand-In-Hand From the outside, it all looked quite picture-perfect. Handsome husband. Two beautiful toddlers. Financial stability. Active in church ministry. Always quick with a smile and an encouraging word. And it wasn’t as if my smile was disingenuous. I treasured my husband and children. Gratitude for all of…

What I Wish My Younger Self Knew About God-Sized Approval
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What I Wish My Younger Self Knew About God-Sized Approval

God’s approval is something different than the rest. It’s unique – even supernatural. More powerful than any other. It’s God-sized. It washes over our souls bringing with it a sense of peace for who we are and where we are going in this life. I wish I would have known that kind of approval long…

Choosing Joy When Everything Falls Apart
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Choosing Joy When Everything Falls Apart

Today’s post is by a very special friend. One that smiled her way into my life and made it so much brighter. She is an encourager by heart and if you read last week’s post, you saw I called her irresistible! Sommer isn’t a blogger, but she gently plants the Word of God into the hearts…