Create A Prayer Habit

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The Bible instructs us: When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer. Matthew 5:44 MSG Why does the Bible tell us to pray about our challenging relationships? What difference can prayer make to a relationship that is out of sync? When we turn to prayer, we allow God to enter into the brokenness and bring healing. 1 Corinthians 13:4 says: Love…does not boast. Today, pray for a relationship which is being spoiled by boasting or bragging.  Boasting or bragging is something we often notice and find objectionable in other people. It’s not so easy to see in ourselves. There’s alsoRead More →

Create A Prayer Habit

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The Bible instructs us: When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer. Matthew 5:44 MSG Why does the Bible tell us to pray about our challenging relationships? What difference can prayer make to a relationship that is out of sync? When we turn to prayer, we allow God to enter into the brokenness and bring healing. 1 Corinthians 13:4 says: Love…does not envy. Today, pray for a relationship which is being spoiled by envy — with either of you wanting what you do not have. Lord God, I pray for my relationship with _______________________. Lord, this is where it hasRead More →

Create A Prayer Habit

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We know the importance and value of prayer. As James 5:16 (NIRV) says:  The prayer of a godly person is powerful. Things happen because of it. Sometimes, though, we need a little help to find a routine and pray consistently — to make prayer a habit. I want to help you get intentional in your prayer life. Each day I will provide you with an opportunity to practice prayer — to help you pray naturally. These will be simple, biblically-based prayer prompts with fill-in-the-blanks that you can personalize for yourself and your life. Here is today’s prayer prompt: The Bible instructs us: When someone givesRead More →

Create A Prayer Habit

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We know the importance and value of prayer. As James 5:16 (NIRV) says:  The prayer of a godly person is powerful. Things happen because of it. Sometimes, though, we need a little help to find a routine and pray consistently — to make prayer a habit. I want to help you get intentional in your prayer life. Each day I will provide you with an opportunity to practice prayer — to help you pray naturally. These will be simple, biblically-based prayer prompts with fill-in-the-blanks that you can personalize for yourself and your life. Here is today’s prayer prompt: The Bible instructs us: When someone givesRead More →

I had to be bold in my authenticity and intimacy with my heavenly Father. No longer did I come to Him with a put together life. I was a mess. I could no longer pretend life was okay. It wasn't.  It was time to be real with God. 

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So often when we’re struggling and feel vulnerable, we want to be self-sufficient. It’s hard to accept help from other people. #BeBoldGirl Karen Smith shares her story of how she had to be bold and become dependent on God and those he brought to help her during a painful season. Are you bold enough to take roses that someone has given you, throw them on the ground and stomp on them? I mean really; that requires a bold  person to do that! Unfortunately, I was one of those ladies who was bold in a not so good way!  No, they weren’t real roses. They wereRead More →

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We can learn a lot about the part we play in relationships when we practice asking God for his perspective and listening to him. One thing I’ve discovered is I often react with envy and let this feeling hinder my relationships. I am envious if someone is more successful or looks better than me. My problem with envy is closely tied to my strength of competition, as competition is rooted in comparison. I am competitive. Just ask my husband. He refuses to play board games, like Monopoly, with me, because my aim is to win, and I am ruthless in achieving my goal. Being competitiveRead More →

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A difficult relationship can leave us drained and exhausted. On one hand, we feel like turning our back and walking away. On the other hand, we are not ready to give up. So, what do we do? We may share our relationship problem with a friend, but that doesn’t always lead to a solution. Or, we spend hours, usually in the middle of the night, thinking through what happened and wondering if we should have done something different. But, we don’t come up with any answers. We can’t depend upon other people or our own wisdom to resolve demanding relationships. But, there is one weRead More →

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As I threw my collection of used plastic bags onto the back seat of my car, with the intention to drop them off at the recycling center of my local supermarket, I vowed to stop using plastic bags altogether. Of course, the dilemma is how to make purchases in a shop without having it bagged and not look like you’re shoplifting. Apart from this problem, there are other worldwide issues that need to be addressed regarding our dependence on this type of carrier. Most plastic ends up clogging up our oceans and threatening wildlife, or being an unsightly mess, as Ivory Coast discovered and isRead More →