Arris Charles
How to Find Purpose in Pain to Pursue God's Greater Vision for You
This month’s guest blog is by Arris Charles, founder of Live Inspired by Purpose. I know you will be blessed and encouraged by her heart...
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Dawn Ward
Nov 15, 20213 min read
How to Handle Seasons of Change in Your Life
“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1 NLT Lately, my thoughts seem to be...
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Dawn Ward
Oct 16, 20218 min read
How to Discover Your True Identity in Jesus
“God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.” Psalms 46:5 (NIV) Who Are You? Or…Whose Are You? Do you...
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Dawn Ward
Jul 5, 20217 min read
Having Difficult Conversations: How to Reason with Unreasonable People
“ Shh!” I hear the Lord’s gentle rebuke as my urge to respond takes over my ability to reason. The better choice would be to stop talking...
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Dawn Ward
Feb 16, 20204 min read
The Image of Christ In Us
“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at...
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Dawn Ward
Sep 12, 20185 min read
Why I Finally Decided To Love Myself
"For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, since we are members of his...
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Dawn Ward
Sep 7, 20183 min read
A Father To The Fatherless
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the...
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Dawn Ward
Sep 1, 20183 min read
Living Satisfied
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity. For he has satisfied the thirsty and...
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Dawn Ward
Aug 22, 20184 min read
When Hope Hurts
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick...” Proverbs 13:12a NIV I often make the snarky comment, “If I knew how selfish I was, I never would...
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Dawn Ward
Aug 15, 20183 min read
The Healer of Our Brokenness
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 NIV Wounds hurt. We don’t like pain. We are anxious to be healed. We...
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Lanie Graham
Aug 12, 20183 min read
Always A Daddy's Girl
Guest blog by Lanie Graham Growing up I was always a daddy's girl. I am the youngest of 3 girls. My dad always says, he loves all his...
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Dawn Ward
Aug 9, 20185 min read
How To Stop Fixating on Fixing
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set...
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Dawn Ward
Aug 4, 20185 min read
Letting Go of Our Addicted Children
"Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he...
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Dawn Ward
Jul 27, 20182 min read
Do Not Fear
“For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 NIV The...
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Dawn Ward
Jul 17, 20182 min read
Songs of Praise
People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty. Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one...
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Dawn Ward
Jun 2, 20183 min read
Sweet Embrace
“So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him;...
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Dawn Ward
May 19, 20184 min read
Put On God's Designer Labels
This is a followup to the blog I posted called Take Off Man-Made Labels. “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment…rather, it...
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Dawn Ward
May 17, 20185 min read
Take Off Man-Made Labels
"You're so stupid!" "You're fat!" "You're a failure." "She's smarter than you, more qualified, prettier..." "I can't!" "I am ugly!" "I'm...
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Dawn Ward
May 9, 20183 min read
Lord of My Heart
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33 NIV This morning...
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Dawn Ward
May 4, 20183 min read
What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do - Part 3 of 3
“Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the...
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