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March 21, 2019March 21, 2019

Cleaning Out Your Closet for Greater Joy

So, why in the world would I show you all my dirty laundry? Well, not laundry. I would never show you that! But, why would I show you my mess? Because the Lord impressed something so precious on my heart, as I walked through the mess, stepping over wires from my husband's studio, and trying to find a square foot to set my bags down on after work.   You see, I just finished speaking at a lovely weekend retreat called Revealed Retreat: Discover Who I Am in Christ. I challenged the ladies to give the Lord the deepest parts of their hearts - even the rooms of their hearts that they have shut the doors on for years. In the fight to stay positive and to keep from drowning in pain, sorrow and despair, people tend to avoid difficult conflict that arises when dealing with broken relationships and pain from the past. It's easier to ignore things and to just keep stuffing. These are things that may give us PTSD, if we decide to unpack them.

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019

21 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Day 18 Rend Your Heart

The day of the Lord is approaching. No one knows the day or the hour, but Jesus told us that we would certainly know the signs of the times. In the prophet Joel, the Lord instructs believers to fast and pray, rending their hearts, as they see the day of the Lord approaching. I have …

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February 16, 2019

21 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Day 16 Power from On High

For years I thought fasting was a good idea. I talked about it. I even taught others about it, as if I knew about it from practical or personal experience, when really, I was speaking of it in theory. I had fasted occasionally, as in once a year for one meal. Or every few years, …

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February 6, 2019April 30, 2020

21 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Day 6 Ezra’s fast.

What makes someone want to fast? In America, we want someone to sell us an idea. Fast so that you can be skinny, or fast to detox your body. Fast to get something from God. Why is it so difficult to do the right thing? Why do we push back against something that doesn't feel …

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November 15, 2018November 28, 2019

Celebrating the Holidays in Times of Loss

Instead of "What is happening to my life?" and thinking on the things that I have suffered, I began to feel the Lord open my heart to the things that I actually have not lost. Here before me are beautiful children. We lost a close family friend, some have lost a child, others a parent. But still, in the words of a beautiful woman who lost a nephew, "We need to celebrate the living. That is where we focus."