Every year on June 30th, I celebrate my birthday. However, lately, I haven’t been looking forward to the yearly tradition of dinners out and candles on cakes as much as I used to. Unlike when I was a child, as an adult, I don’t particularly enjoy celebrating myself or having a day set aside just […]
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Compromising your values, beliefs, and moral compass can be easy when you struggle to fit in. When worldly norms and secular influences taunt you to let go of your foundations, it’s crucial that your faith is strong enough to be the secure line you can trust won’t snap under pressure. Over the last few months,
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I’ve never fallen in love, but I’m a part of the greatest love story of all time The hands that hold me are the same hands that gave the Earth permission to sculpt masterpieces out of mountain ranges Every late-night conversation I have, starts with “Dear God” and ends with “Amen” My name is written
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Love is mentioned 714 times in the Bible and the first mention is in Genesis 22:2. “Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell
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For the last 6 months, I’ve been unemployed from full-time work. Losing my job was an emotional rollercoaster, to say the least. There are stages of grief, emptiness, confusion, anger, and fear. My faith was tested. My identity needed to be reframed. As I prayed for my circumstances to change, God undeniably used this uncomfortable
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Over the past few months, I’ve been privileged to learn more about God– the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. As I’ve learned more about Him and His mighty power, I developed a curiosity to dive even deeper into His powerful Word. One question I’ve always wondered is, “Where did Satan come from?” If
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I’ve been praying to God for something that hasn’t been answered yet. I know that God doesn’t always answer prayers right when we pray. Sometimes he answers them in unforeseen ways. Sometimes he answers them in an entirely different season. And sometimes he doesn’t answer them at all. We have to be okay with all
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In the Old Testament, the Jews and Gentiles were divided as the Gentiles were not God’s chosen people—this division created resentment and indifference between the two groups for generations. Not until Christ came was this great wall of separation finally lifted. In Ephesians 2:11-13, Paul reminds those who were once Gentiles and living apart from
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Sometimes my emotions feel like oceans threatening to permeate their boundaries – spilling over into my dreams, my motivation levels, and my quiet moments. I know God is in ultimate control of my life, but I still feel lost when I look at every wrong move I make and every closed door. Parts of me
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To some Christians, the Old Testament feels intimidating to read, and since we have the New Testament in its place, why spend time on a book to which we are no longer bound? The Old Testament doesn’t just come before the New Testament chronologically. It comes before the New Testament because understanding the stories told
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