Category: Spiritual Practices
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How to Rely on God in Troubles Like King David Did
Knowing how to rely on God can be a rather elusive issue, not to mention being hard to know how to do. So, as promised today, I will continue to unpack in my “Surrender Series” the final step in the Heart Healing Prayer method, “RELY.” As in Rely on God! One of the best…
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How Praying Scripture Guides You to God’s Best Plan
Several years ago, I allowed two of my sons (about 13 and 10 at the time) to walk home from an event at church without looking at a map or formulating a plan. They wanted to leave early from a picnic that was being held on our church grounds and thought that they could easily…
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6 Reasons Why It Helps to Examine Your Heart
Are you that person who avoids letting a doctor examine you? Maybe it’s just that you don’t like getting on that dreaded scale! Perhaps you fear that your doctor will diagnose a problem that you’d rather remain in denial about. Maybe the pandemic has you feeling a bit skittish about entering a doctor’s office—a potential…
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How to Get Results by Praying Through Scripture with Journaling
Sometimes we try to do too much before or instead of praying through a problem. As you might imagine, that typically makes the problem much worse! 😉 However, most of us don’t really take either of these tacks. Most of us do too much, while ALSO praying about it. Then when we grow tired and…
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10 Inspiring Ways Troubles Can Be Used to Ignite Joy
I remember the moment like it was yesterday—the day I recognized the unbreakable link between troubles and joy. Ironically, that day and moment happened more than 20 years ago. 😉 My husband had just been called to pastor a church. And we were so excited to get started on that new journey. During those first…
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How to Make Time with God Your Priority
As a counselor and life coach, people often ask me what’s the best way to get their lives and marriages back on track. My answer often leaves them less than satisfied. I always say—it’s connecting with God and His word daily. It’s as if they can’t quite see the connection between a vibrant and growing…
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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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How a Faulty Worship Focus Can Hurt Your Marriage
Today my guest and newfound friend Kevin Taylor exposes a faulty focus related to worship that keeps God from being on the throne of a husband’s heart. Our lives and marriages—for both husbands and wives—will continue to fail, without making this essential shift! Find out more about Kevin below, including checking out his blog. When…
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5 Verses and Prayers that Will Bless Your Marriage
When Rev and I are enjoying moments of marital bliss, I don’t want to change a thing. But when, on those rare occasions, our conversations have been strained and we’ve had trouble connecting … we needed help. Whether it has been our job challenges, kid problems, the stresses or busyness of life … whatever was going…
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