Why Don’t You Settle In?

Published Feb 1, 2022

By Carissa VanDalen Have you ever noticed patterns in your life? In my teens and early twenties, I noticed a pattern that every two years a major change would come along. It could be a new job, new relationship, or a new primary hobby. Because I knew that pattern, when a two-year time period was […]

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Certain Hope in Storms of Sorrow

Published Jan 27, 2022

By Deb Burma Several years ago, I lost my little sister to complications related to her severe special needs. As my parents mourned the terrible loss of their daughter, and as loved ones searched to provide them with words of comfort, my mom and dad expressed their sorrow openly. “She’s with Jesus,” they said, again and […]

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Inadequate

Published Jan 11, 2022

By Nicole Soto Inadequate. The word itself seems depressing and hopeless, right? As I was thinking about this topic, I began to realize that every human being, no matter how confident they may seem, feels inadequate in some area of their life. The bottom line is that we all feel it and experience feeling insignificant […]

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Breakthrough

Published Jan 4, 2022

By Shelia Walsh There are examples of breakthrough scattered throughout the entire Bible, but rarely do we see an example where breakthrough happens the same way twice. There are different examples of breakthrough looking at the experiences and responses of Daniel and Moses. Both were men seeking breakthrough and both in desperate need of a […]

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The Meaning of Joy

Published Dec 29, 2021

By Amanda Popp Back in September, the Lord gave me the word JOY. At the moment I was actually surprised. I did not consider myself a person “of joy”. I didn’t consider my personality this JOYFUL thing. I joked with people that “joyful” was probably not going to be an adjective they would use to […]

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