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If you’re not a morning person, this may be challenging, but give it try. Think back to the last time you arose before dawn. Close your eyes and remember the sounds and sights. The earth, silent and thick with slumber, turns slowly toward the sun. At last, the sky brightens with dramatic colors. Silence gives way to bird songs announcing…
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Enjoy this devotional written by a FlourishWriter’s Student… The words popped onto my phone while I sat in my office. It was a text from my husband, but what an appalling message. I reasoned that he must have been drinking again. Driving home from work that sunny afternoon, I felt troubled by the words in that text. I resolved to check…
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Enjoy this devotional written by a FlourishWriter’s Student… As I round the last corner in my subdivision, it comes into view. The dusty white mail truck, with its faded red and blue stripes, has paused its rhythmic stop-and-go hugging of the mailboxes and has turned into my driveway to idle there. Hundreds of mail trucks will crisscross the city this morning…
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Enjoy this devotional written by a FlourishWriter’s Student… “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 (NIV) It was a sultry summer day as I set up my imaginary tea party in the attic bedroom shared with my two older sisters. I was ecstatic to have the room to myself! I took great care, laying out each piece…
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S.O.S. What does the International Morse code distress signal have to do with our reflections on prayer? God has placed within us a beacon that sends a distress signal directly into His throne room in times of need. This is our Holy Spirit S.O.S that cries out, “God, Help!” Unfortunately, it appears that I can circumvent this security system. When…
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You know that person who is causing no end of trouble in your life right now? Yes, that one! What would happen if God asked you to pray for that person? I mean really pray. Not just, “God, help them to stop being such a jerk.” But, “God, I bless them to walk in the fullness of your joy and…
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