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Learning to Guard my mouth helped improve communication in my Christian Marriage. Learn the tips to Guard your mouth and find encouragement here.

How To Improve Communication in a Christian Marriage Guard My Mouth Lord This is session Six in the marriage communication workshop where couples will learn marriage communication tips be guided through communication exercise, given tools to help with better communication. Wives will learn to improve intimacy while keeping their voice and stop feeling like a door mat in marriage. Respond vs react

How to Improve Communication in a Christian Marriage: Guard

January 20, 2019October 26, 2019 Tiffany Montgomery 15 Comments

How can I fix communication in my marriage? This is one of the first questions I am asked by countless Christian women looking for practical help to fix a Marriage. It doesn’t take much to cause communication problems in a relationship. The answer is not a quick fix communication tool, it is a systematic approach that […]

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What do you think of prayer? Does it feel boring,

What do you think of prayer?
Does it feel boring, passive or even weak?
I spent years feeling like God never even heard my prayers. If HE did, He certainly didn't answer them.

Why is it some people pray - and heaven comes down, angels sing, you feel goosebumps all over and answers are heart?

Then something changed... 💗💗💗 God changed me, began to show me all the things

I'm sure God heard my prayers, even answered many of them - with a resounding "NO, Not yet". Most of my prayers, earlier in my faith were so selfish. They were all about things that would make my life easier - more comfortable.
Can you relate?

I was hurting, emotionally bleeding on everyone in my life. But I was not allowing God to heal the hurt... I didn't trust Him enough 😳

God refused to allow my life to be comfortable for years as He repeatedly tried to get my attention, draw me nearer to Him, establish that trust.

It wasn't until I began fasting that God began to show me how to heal.
Through fasting, God showed me where I was playing a church game and living in sin... SIN in SOOO many areas of my life.
We all sin. Open sin does something to our prayer life... says to God, "I'll be the god of my life here and I won't trust you there." God paid the ultimate price to forgive sin and still, I can be so blind to the sin in my life.
Fasting revealed sin. By confessing that sin I began to have open lines of communication with God - for the first time in a long time.
That open communication enabled me to begin to know HIM more and trust HIM more.
Trusting God led to healing and hope. 💗💗💗 Fasting was the catalyst for all of that change.
Do you need healing and hope in your life today?
A time of fasting can bring that. "There are types of pain and hurt that only God can heal. Fasting is a way to ask Him into those places and experience miraculous healing." #SpiritualBreakthrough #FastAndPray #praywithoutceasing
#alwayspray
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#keeppraying
#powerofprayer
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Do you spend time in #prayer ? What a silly quest

Do you spend time in #prayer ?

What a silly question.
If you are a believer in #jesuschrist , you spend time in prayer.
Let me ask a more personal question.
What was the last specific prayer God answered in your life?
I don’t ask to judge you, but to sympathize with you.
For years it felt like my prayer hit the ceiling and bounced back without an answer.
Today I will share 65 Bible verses about prayer that will change your life as they changed mine.

#bibleverse #godistruth

Read More Here ~> https://hopejoyinchrist.com/bible-verses-about-prayer/

If you are feeling like you are just exhausted try

If you are feeling like you are just exhausted trying to keep up with what you SHOULD be doing and always falling short, this episode will cause you to EXHALE in the REST God has already provided.

@stuffofheaven

Two things must happen:

1. We acknowledge that He’s done all there is to do. It is finished! We don’t have to work to earn His approval.

2. We can then participate in the work He’s given us to do unto His glory!

This is a foundational truth that is definitely an underpinning for our walk with God. 👉🏻 Go subscribe today so you don’t miss a single episode! 👈🏻 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kairos-moments/id1493750283

Love this new podcast from #KairosMoments and @muddamalle

Have you set an intention to grow spiritually this

Have you set an intention to grow spiritually this year?
#fastandpray
#prayerchangesthings
#spiritialwarfare #warriorwoman

While there are many strategies to make that happen, I want to advocate that you try #fasting for #spiritualgrowth

Read More ~> https://holisticfaithlifestyle.com/fasting-for-spiritual-growth/

And many thanks to @holisticfaithlifestyle for letting me share at her spot today!
#blogger #guestpost #bettertogether

Are you a Christian Wife? Have you joined the pri

Are you a Christian Wife?
Have you joined the private group where we are choosing hope and joy in every season of life, faith, and marriage?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChristianWivesChoosingHopeJoy/

The theme verse of that group is Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Come join us as we are making plans for 2020 to grow and connect more! And invite a friend ;) @christinajandali
#GrowYourGroup
#christianwives #godlymarriage #christianmarriage #marriageisforever #communitymakesadifference #proverbs31woman #proverbs31wife #prayingwife #marriagegodsway #prayerchangesthings #godcares

Do you have a life verse? Isaiah 26:3-4 have been

Do you have a life verse?
Isaiah 26:3-4 have been mine for a while and I love @thebrokenblessings perspective on it below! "I was and am so moved by this entry that I just had to share. it with you, love. I know it will touch you in the deepest recess of your soul. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I'm going to let it speak for me.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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"For, dear brethren, the possession of this deep, unbroken peace does not depend on the absence of conflict, on distraction, trouble, or sorrow, but on the presence of God. If we are in touch with Him, then our troubled days may be calm, and beneath all the surface tumult there may be a centre of rest.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Most men’s lives are blown about by winds of circumstance, directed by gusts of passion, shaped by accidents, and are fragmentary and jerky, like some ship at sea with nobody at the helm, heading here and there, as the force of the wind or the flow of the current may carry them. If my life is to be steadied, there must not only be a strong hand at the tiller, but some outward object which shall be for me the point of aim and the point of rest. No man can steady his life except by clinging to a hold-fast without himself. Some of us look for that stay in the fluctuations and fleetingness's of creatures; and some of us are wiser and saner, and look for it in the steadfastness of the unchanging God. The men who do the former are the sport of circumstances, and the slaves of their own natures, and there is no consistency in noble aim and effort throughout their lives, corresponding to their circumstances, relations, and nature. Only they who stay themselves upon God, and get down through all the superficial shifting strata of drift and gravel, to the base-rock, are steadfast and solid."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
- MacLaren's Expositions⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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THE SONG OF TWO CITIES⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
THE INHABITANT OF THE ROCK⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Isaiah 26:3 -4⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#devotional #studytheword #Jesusisking #peace #faith #faithful #love #joy #Godsword #wordoftheday #verseoftheday #scriptures #scriptureoftheday #biblestudy #studyofIsaiah #conflict #trialsandtribulation #spiritualgrowth "

Do you need help reaching your weight loss goals?

Do you need help reaching your weight loss goals?
FAQ's about @faithful_finish_lines 📌What is Faithful Finish Lines 2.0 Membership?

A program that guides women step by step through lasting weight loss while keeping Christ at the center of the process. 📌Who is it for?

Any women who desires to lose weight with a Biblically-focused program. 📌How does it work?

Weekly lessons, easy-to-follow videos, worksheets, and printable workbooks. All the training is online, 📌How much does it cost? $49 a month OR one $517 annually (12% discount) 📌What's included in the monthly membership price?

Access to the ten-stage course, access to a private FB group with weight loss coaching videos with Becky and Sara. 📌 Are there refunds if I'm unhappy with the course?

Yes! Faithful Finish Lines offers a no-questions-asked full 30 day money back guarantee. 📌I have health issues and can't exercise much. Will your program work for me?

Yes! Exercise is not required to lose weight with this program. 📌 I need to follow a special diet. Will your program work for me?

Yes. We have women in the program who have a wide variety of food intolerance and sensitives including gluten free, dairy free, and many others. 📌 What does it mean that your program promotes specifically Christian weight loss?

Every aspect of the Faithful Finish Lines 2.0 program incorporates a faith element. Our trust in Jesus as our Savior is foundational to all we do. 📌Can I join Faithful Finish Lines 2.0 Membership anytime?

No. In order to best serve our members, Faithful Finish Lines 2.0 Membership is open for enrollment once per quarter.

If you have any additional questions you didn’t see listed here, please ask in the comments.

Link in Bio learn more about Faithful Finish Lines 2.0 Membership and decide if it’s the right path for you. https://faithful-finish-lines.teachable.com/p/faithful-finish-lines-2-0?affcode=141265_gwo1xtj6

What do #faith and #fitness have to do with each

What do #faith and #fitness have to do with each other? "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;" (1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV)

Why do I share @faithful_finish_lines ?

Because of the impact being #obese has had on my daily life and in my faith.

As I learn to take my emotions to God I am seeing #breakthrough in areas I had given up on.

Eating instead of praying was stunting my #spiritualgrowth.

Being overweight limited my activity
Mission trips I couldn't attend
Service opportunities I couldn't join
Obesity affects your faith walk in many ways!

The impact of obesity in my daily life

40 pounds ago I couldn't do a lot of things or I didn't want to do a lot of things... 😲 Get on the floor to play with my kids. #M#momfail 😲 Go on a hike with my family. ##familytime 😲 Sleep on my back or lay flat.barrassing). #marriagegoals 😲 Sleep on my back or lying flat.
😲 Tie my shoes without needing a rest. #weightlossmotivation
I could go on ALL day about the ways obesity affected my daily life. Impacted my parenting and my marriage... More than that though, because I have spent so long hiding from people, for shame about my body, I've missed opportunities to share #godslove with people.

Again, Obesity affects your #faithwalk ! 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 I know I am not the only one. Many of you shared with me that losing weight is on your list this year. You've tried and failed to take and keep the weight off.

Because Faithful Finish Lines 2.0 has been so good for me, growing my faith while teaching me how to reach and maintain my #healthyweight I feel like I HAVE to tell you about it!

That is why I share Faithful Finish Lines 2.0 with you.

Maybe you're not ready just yet to commit to a program like this, no worries... it opens a few times a year and will be here when you are ready.

But maybe you just have some questions. Ask away 😘

Check it out here or at the link in my bio ~> https://faithful-finish-lines.teachable.com/p/faithful-finish-lines-2-0?affcode=141265_gwo1xtj6

What does your weight loss journey look like? ##w

What does your weight loss journey look like?
##weightlossjourney ##weightlosstransformation
January perfect for #newbeginnings !
Let the past go and start new today

I LOVE @faithful_finish_lines because it's not just about habit change (eating better, exercising more), but more about #hearttransformation . 💗💗💗💗💗💗 Imagine…
✔️ being able to trade your overeating guilt for grace that covered you in peace? ✔️ wanting to eat healthier, not to punish yourself for eating treats, but because you want to honor God in your eating? ✔️ giving yourself permission to actually enjoy treats as a part of your healthy diet? ✔️ making exercise an act of worship instead of a punishment for eating too much? ✔️ turning to God for comfort instead of food in your stress and struggles?

All that and more is inside the Faithful Finish Lines 2.0 Membership

FFL 2.0 guides women step by step through lasting weight loss while keeping Christ at the center of the process.
The program has 10 Stages that guide women through the spiritual, physical, and mental aspects of weight loss- which are shown in the image below

The membership costs $49 a month, while an annual membership option will be available at a 12% discount.

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When you think worship, what comes to mind? Every

When you think worship, what comes to mind?

Every act in your day can be a way to worship God. Every word you say can lead others to HIM or turn them away.

How are you worshiping today?

This month I am focused on letting my body worship - eating to honor God, moving to promote health and living an example so my kids will Honor God with their body as well.

That's why I am sharing so much about Faithful Finish Lines and their membership for Christian Women's Weight Loss.

Click here for more info ~> https://faithful-finish-lines.teachable.com/p/faithful-finish-lines-2-0?affcode=141265_gwo1xtj6

Are you a busy woman trying to lose weight? #weig

Are you a busy woman trying to lose weight?
#weightloss
#healthyliving #healthymom
#crunchymama
#weightlossjourney
#weightlossmotivation

Can I share some of my story, in hopes that it helps you find the right program?

I love @faithful_finish_lines
Two years ago I hit my heaviest weight and the doctor used the phrase, 'morbidly obese' when she told me all my health problems lay at the feet of my overeating problem.
#prayerworks #prayerchangesthings

Morbidly obese... that sounded like you could die from being so fluffy... was that even possible?
I mean I'm not that big but... 💗 I needed help to get off the floor.
💗 None of my clothes fit
💗 I couldn't sleep on my back and breathe easily.
💗 My wedding ring hurt my hand.
💗 Walking 1/2 mile sent me to bed for an hour

My weight was affecting my ability to enjoy life - to live an #abundantlife

Can you relate?

I joined @FaithfulFinishLines that January and the weight started coming off... https://faithful-finish-lines.teachable.com/p/faithful-finish-lines-2-0?affcode=141265_gwo1xtj6

When they announced a beta group, whew, I couldn't sign up fast enough.

No, we didn't really have the money at the time, but I don't have the money for more doctor visits and medicine either... or the fast food or the unused YMCA membership
With Faithful Finish Lines, I can implement small changes over time and see huge victories.

Today, I am 40 pounds closer to my 100-pound goal and I owe it all to Faithful Finish Lines and God for bringing them into my life at just the right time.

The Membership is open for 2 days only 1/15 - 1/18.

Check it out today (referral link) ~> https://faithful-finish-lines.teachable.com/p/faithful-finish-lines-2-0?affcode=141265_gwo1xtj6

Why don't your healthy habits stick long-term? Wh

Why don't your healthy habits stick long-term?

Why does it seem like your weight loss efforts always end in failure and disappointment?

Come join Becky & Sara of @faithful_finish_lines for this hour-long video where we will answer those questions and more as we give you the tools you need to get to your goal weight in 2020!

Join us LIVE on January 15th at 1:30pm Eastern for the chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card!

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Do you remember as a youth – Unity was the topic

Do you remember as a youth – Unity was the topic of our papers, the subject of our speeches and the passion in our conversations.
I miss the simplicity of those days.
What happened to change it, or cause it to take a back seat to life?
We were going to change the world!
Today we will look at 12 Bible Verses to pray for unity in the church that will help us get back to that focus in a powerful way!

Read More Here ~> https://hopejoyinchrist.com/12-verses-pray-unity-church/

🎉 EXCITING NEWS: I'm on @lauracthomas 's book l

🎉 EXCITING NEWS: I'm on @lauracthomas 's book launch team for The Orphan Beach, her Christian romantic suspense novel coming February 18... stay tuned! #theorphanbeach

This will be an amazing FREE Weight Loss Coaching

This will be an amazing FREE Weight Loss Coaching Call hosted by Faithful Finish Lines focused on helping you overcome every obstacle to your goals this year!!!!!! Sign up for free here ~> https://faithful-finish-lines.teachable.com/a/aff_52bwnjkv/external?affcode=141265_gwo1xtj6

Have you spent years in a church pew listening to

Have you spent years in a church pew listening to entertaining preachers, all the while wondering if the power they preach is still at work today?
That would have described me a decade ago.

The sermons were deep and motivational, but my life was still a mess.
Then I learned how to pray and pray harder by fasting. I began to experience the power those preachers talked about.
But I didn’t learn it from a preacher, rather some books and a good friend who walked me through the process.

Today I’ll share my top 10 list of Books on Fasting and Prayer that really bring power and breakthrough!

Read More at Rock Solid Faith's spot ~> https://www.rocksolidfaith.ca/books-on-fasting

Are there situations in your life that are hard?

Are there situations in your life that are hard?
If you have been a believer for very long I'm sure people have told you to pray when life is hard.
Yes, prayer is the way we take our burdens to God, but did you know there is a way to pray harder and get to a place of a spiritual breakthrough in your faith?
Today over at @kingdombloggers spot we will look at 27 fasting and prayer scriptures that instruct New Testament Christians to fast and pray.

Read More Here ~> https://bloggersforthekingdom.com/fasting-and-prayer-scriptures
#fastandpray #prayer #prayerwarrior #scripture

re there things you have been waiting for? Answer

re there things you have been waiting for?

Answers to prayers you've prayed for years... Prayers for:

A godly spouse
Children
Financial breakthrough
Health
The salvation of a loved one
Direction on a job
Wisdom about a hard decision
............................................... It feels like I am always waiting on God.

If only God would answer this prayer, my way... RIGHT NOW!

Can you relate?

But God takes His time.

And though I know His time is perfect, waiting is hard.

Why does it take God so long to answer some prayers?

Why are so many things hard for so long at times? "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:" (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NASB)

What if God intentionally pads in waiting time?

Hear me out... What happens to your heart and mind during the waiting times?

You grow, don't you? Patience is developed. Trust shines through. Kindness and compassion to others who suffer are birthed.

Waiting time seems to be a part of God's plan for believers.

What if we changed our habit of complaining about the waiting time... To being intentional during the waiting time.

What if you chose to fast while you wait on God to answer?

During a time of fasting, you can more easily hear God's voice, respond as He reveals hidden sin, grow spiritually in ways you never dreamed possible.

Then, when God answers that prayer you've been waiting for, you will be more mature, ready to embrace the blessing God has for you in this Abundant life.

God uses the waiting time. Don't waste the waiting time.

Learn how to fast and pray at this referral link ~> https://amzn.to/2QqPRh9

#fastandpray #spiritualgrowth #spiritialwarfare #spiritualbreakthrough

What battle are you in today? Are there hard thin

What battle are you in today?

Are there hard things in your life that just won't budge?

Have you been praying over something for a while without seeing change?

Yes, #prayerchangesthings

You know I advocate for #prayer in every situation,
But there are some things that just won't budge without #prayerandfasting ""But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."" Matthew 17:21 NASB

There is a very real battle raging over your life.
You have a very real enemy who would love nothing more than to see you fighting the wrong enemy.
Your husband is not the enemy
Your kids are not the enemy
Your co-workers are not the enemy
Your friend is not the enemy
The preacher or church is not the enemy

You are not the enemy

But the enemy is alive and seeking who he can devour.
Pray over that hard situation today.
Add a fast to your prayer life over that hard situation today.
Not sure how to fast?

Check out The Beginners Guide to Fast and Pray and learn how to get started in this simple #spiritual #discipline that can lead to exponential #spiritualgrowth in your life this year!

Referral Link ~> https://amzn.to/2QqPRh9

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