A gathering place for women growing in God's Word
If I were to introduce you to my daughter, she would tell you that she loves the color blue, she loves to sing along with her radio and that she loves a good California roll at our local sushi restaurant. What you wouldn’t know is that she was born with a wound: a physical wound that bears a striking resemblance…
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Let’s explore a story of pilgrimage inspired by Psalm 84:5. When we relocated to South Africa in 2012, one of my prayers was that I could meet the challenges of a year abroad with gratitude and contentment no matter what we faced, just like Paul describes in Philippians 4. The great apostle says that he “learned the secret of being…
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The words King David penned in Psalm 27 are a beautiful marriage of thanksgiving, praise, and petition. It is his love letter to the Father and a pep talk to his own heart. We find that David understood the power of prayer, the power in the process, and especially the power of praise. When we first read Psalm 27 we…
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“You’re going where?” The year was 2012, and we had just finished building a home in Florida. Our friends were incredulous when we announced that we were going to leave the country for a year. “Why would you want to go half way around the world to South Africa when you just moved into your dream house?!” Why indeed? Most…
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It was Father’s Day weekend three years ago. I remember finishing the book Anything by Jennie Allen as my husband drove us to visit family for the weekend. I cannot remember every word of my prayer that day in the car, but it would be the first time I would pray, “God, I want anything you have for me, for…
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We are told to resist and withstand this enemy with a firm faith. The Amplified Bible explains the qualities we need to be firm in faith: rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined (verse 9 of I Peter 5). Now remember when you read that grand list of fine qualities that you are not expected to be this person without God….
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