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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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Today we have the pleasure of launching our new DECLARE series, “A Confident Heart.” We begin in Proverbs with a familiar verse in which Solomon offers fatherly advice to his children, “Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23 (Amplified Bible Classic Edition)…
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The phone rang. As I answered, I heard the voice of one of my mother’s best friends, a faithful intercessor who has prayed for me since I was a little girl. When she calls, everything stops. I pay close attention because, when she reaches out to me, she has a word from the Lord. She said, “I’ll be brief, Sweetie,…
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I awoke naturally this morning, earlier than usual for a Sunday morning. As I walked downstairs to make some tea and enjoy a few moments of quiet before the rest of the family awoke, I was surprised by the time, “5:30 am!! What? Surely, there must be some mistake, today is my day of rest, I should be resting!” Nevertheless,…
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