Category: Prayer
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How to Improve the Connection in Your Marriage
A good connection and closeness in marriage is always the desired goal, right? But in this time of an unrelenting quarantine, connection and closeness can sometimes feel less like holding hands and more like hand-cuffs! 😉 We have little to no time to pull away and experience other connections that help to fuel our desire to…
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How Much Do You Trust God in Time of Crisis?
With a pandemic coming ever closer to our door, I felt like this was a perfect time to shift from a marriage focus to a spiritual one of trusting God more. Rest assured, our trust in God is a marriage issue! We are also much better parents and grandparents. 😉 Our confidence and hope in…
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How to Be Generous Instead of Selfish in Your Marriage
I just knew that looking into this week’s focus—selfishness—would hurt! That’s because, when push comes to shove, I’ve often chosen to be selfish rather than generous with my mate. It would be easy for me to point to my upbringing as the somewhat spoiled youngest in my family. My parents yielded to my way an…
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How to Gain Insight—Improving Your Life and Marriage
I couldn’t resist choosing my “one-word” based on the year we’ve just entered—2020! I’m considering this to be an important reminder from the Lord to pursue greater insight in the new year. And though I cannot improve my own faulty eye vision, I can improve my insight into God, myself, my spouse, and my marriage.…
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3 Encouraging Truths for When You’re Suffering Plus Giveaway!
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve hit a confusing and/or conflicted point in life and/or marriage, only to find my time of Bible study providing the truths and support I needed. God has been so good to me in that way. The pages of the Bible are dripping with so much wisdom, comfort,…
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8 Steps to Avoid Marriage Meltdowns at Holiday Gatherings
This is a repost of my Holiday themed post from last year. I thought I’d pull it out again because I don’t think I can really top it this year! Truthfully, I’m still recovering from a surgery to repair the abductor tendon on my right hip. So a little down time sounds good to me!…
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“I’m a Mess” . . . Allowing God to Work in and Through Weakness
Today, I’m so excited to share my dear friend Emileigh Ziebka’s wise words with you! I’ve gotten to know Emileigh through my church and in my Facebook hosted Bible studies. Her heart for God has shined brightly, drawing me to her like a magnet. I think you’ll feel the same way after reading her very…
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Managing the Emotional Storm Within
Today, while I’m still recovering from a recent surgery, friend and blogger Terri Hutchinson is stepping in to share her wisdom on how to manage our emotional world. I met Terri back in in 2017 at a She Speaks conference, and we’ve remained in touch ever since. I hope you’ll check out her bio below…
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Gratitude in the Valley of Shadows
Today, I’m honored to have Sarah Geringer—a friend that I met through the blogosphere and roomed with at She Speaks in 2017—as my guest today, speaking on how to transform our thoughts. She’s even written a book on this subject! You can find out more about that incredible resource, hot off the presses, along with…
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2 Key Ways to Breakthrough to Hope in Your Marriage and Life
There have been times in my marriage when I either desperately wanted to escape my marriage problems or I yearned for a breakthrough. I naively used to think that the best way to breakthrough my marriage problems (any problems) was by improving communication or by understanding my and my husband’s baggage. But I’ve come to…
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