Just for Women

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God places value in our journey and the discovery of age-old truths that are vibrant and life-changing for us here in our specific new season.

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For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

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And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus...

 

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It was in the middle of one of these nitty-gritty down-to-earth conversations between Jesus and His disciples that He fleshed out the secret.

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I've often wished to be able to be with Jesus in person. To share a meal, a cup of steaming coffee, to ask Him specifics. What wealth it would be to lean into His presence and hear His words tailored for my exact situation.

You feel it, too!? That burning to really...

 

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It's good to embrace seasons of quiet.

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"Go out and stand before me on the mountain," the Lord told [Elijah]. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake there...

 

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In a world swirling with heavy clouds and looming headlines, we mothers hold a massive opportunity!

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Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. For no word from God will ever fail."

"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May your word to me be fulfilled." Then the angel left her
(Luke...

 

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Hope is the life in our veins, the breath in our lungs and the courage for tomorrow.

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Our hope is not in our circumstances.

Our hope is not in what we see or even feel.

Our hope is in Jesus, who is doing a deep eternal work in us. Far beyond what eyes can grasp, deep underground roots are growing. When all looks dead and frozen, sap is still running beneath gray bark, bringing us the promise of new...

 

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All too often we cringe at the role we find ourselves filling, and filling beautifully, when in fact this is the role God made us to fill!

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What if our biggest ministry and calling in life is to whisper encouragement to someone in their moment of self-doubt?

What if God custom created us to adapt and meld to one person, and stand by their side through incredibly long and wearying seasons?

What if we were...

 

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We AREN'T enough, but He is. It is the goodness of the Lord that brings us nose-to-nose with our desperate need for Him.

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This is what the LORD says:

"Stand at the crossroads and look;

ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,

and you...

 

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Instead of a well-manicured life, and perfectly organized and aesthetic home, my heart is yearning for more connection with love... His love... and, to be part of His loving presence.

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All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us") (Matthew 1:22-23).

I...

 

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I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life (John 8:12).

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We hold our breath. We close our eyes and listen. Our hearts strain and lean in.

We taste it, salty between our teeth. We feel the shadows deepen all around us. The chill wants to chase down our necks and into our spines, then freeze our hearts with fear.

But on such a dark night, in...

 

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God brings me to my knees, both in honesty and in choosing joy, as I pick up a careless mess made by the precious, but oblivious little stampede that lives within my walls.

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Start children off on the way they should go,

and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
(Proverbs 22:6)

For who is the greater, one who...