Have you ever thought about what drives your choices every day? What keeps you stuck and stops the Peace and Freedom you long for in life? There are 4 Lies about God I believed – as a Christian – that kept me from everything I was longing for. The lies about God I believed started […]
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The #1 Way to Win at Communication in a Christian Marriage
Is Communication in your Christian Marriage a struggle? It is for us too. We disagree, argue, bicker, misunderstand each other, forget to share important details and respond in disrespectful ways all too often. It feels like we get stuck in a cycle and can’t find our way back to friendly communication in our Christian Marriage. Can […]
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Perspective Shift: A New Way to Love in a Christian Marriage
How did we end up back in this place again? Why did I say that to him – again!?!?! I took the class, I listened to the preacher, we prayed – how can I break this cycle once and for all and have the happily ever after I dreamed of for my Christian Marriage? Can […]
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My Top Reasons Not to Forgive in a Christian Marriage
Bitter. Resentful. In denial. Everything I touched seemed to fall apart – just like me – falling apart. Nothing was going right in my life – including my marriage. Christian Marriage… Biblical Marriage… no amount of Perspective shift could change the fact that it was a failing marriage. We had tried everything to save it, […]
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A Forgiveness Challenge Is the Way to Freedom
Have you ever been stuck in your faith? I’m talking about stale, stone cold, can’t feel anything or learn anything no matter how hard you listen to the Preacher? Do you feel like there are chains holding you down – keeping you from freedom? This was me for years. Not to mention jealous of the […]
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How to Create a Marriage Where Love Endures All Things
Did you go into marriage expecting a fairytale ending? I did. Disney really sold me on the whole idea of a brave knight on a white stead who would ride in, gallantly sweep me off my feet, carry me into the sunset… and we would live happily ever after. Disney lied – or at […]
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Planning Backward to Make the Most of Every Season
Life comes at us fast and furious. Do you ever stop and think about why you do all the things you do? Is there any planning involved or did you get sucked into the pull and pace of our culture? I do. I am right now, sucked into a thousand things – and all of […]
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5 Ways Love Can Rejoice In The Truth Not Unrighteousness
What things make you jump for joy and Rejoice? I can’t think of one, but I watch My Little Blessings every day and they are so filled with joy over the simplest of things. An empty box they can play with lights on their faces. (Especially the long Norwex box from that Mop! That Box […]
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God Dreams Big for my life- Why Don’t I?
Do you dream big dreams for your adult life? Hey Friends! We are in an Emotional Wellness Series. God has been shining His light on some unhealthy beliefs in my life. They have kept me from dreaming big and kept me from meeting my “God Given Potential” as Sandy Gross would say. Sandy wrote […]
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How to Reclaim Respect in Marriage: Love Does Not Act Unbecoming
Do your eyes sometimes glaze over mid bible study? Don’t get me wrong, there are some action packed parts of the bible, and then there are parts that feel boring or too familiar or too hard to understand. Our word today for example: Unbecoming is such an old world word… What on earth does that […]
