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Caregiving for Mental Illness During the Holidays

Amber Parker

Dec 38 min read

Guest Blog

Caregiving for Mental Illness During the Holidays

The holidays can be challenging for everyone, especially if your loved one is struggling with mental illness.

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Bible Verses to Pray Over Our Struggling Daughters

Dawn Ward

Nov 269 min read

Parenting

Bible Verses to Pray Over Our Struggling Daughters

Your daughter may be struggling. Raising daughters to become confident women in this world is challenging.

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Can You Build a STABLE Foundation After Betrayal?

Dawn Ward

Nov 15 min read

Guest Blog

Can You Build a STABLE Foundation After Betrayal?

Betrayal trauma recovery is tricky. Here's the good news. It's possible to thrive and heal after experiencing betrayal trauma.

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Grief Coaching or Counseling: How to Choose The Right Path for You

Lea Turner

Oct 296 min read

Guest Blog

Grief Coaching or Counseling: How to Choose The Right Path for You

We all grieve when someone we love passes away. We can also experience what’s known as ambiguous grief,

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How to Let Go of Pain When Living with Mental Illness

Jesslyn McCutcheon

Sep 275 min read

Guest Blog

How to Let Go of Pain When Living with Mental Illness

Pain has a way of twisting you up inside. Pain will make you do things that you didn’t think you were capable of.

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Who Am I? How the Stress of Our Child’s Addiction Affects Our Identity

Dawn Ward

Sep 165 min read

Identity

Who Am I? How the Stress of Our Child’s Addiction Affects Our Identity

When our children struggle with life-destructive addictions, as their mothers, we can become entrenched in trying to save their lives.

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Bible Verses to Help You Walk in God’s Purpose for Your Life

Dawn Ward

Jul 2511 min read

Purpose

Bible Verses to Help You Walk in God’s Purpose for Your Life

God has a purpose for your life, one that brings Him glory as you share His life-giving message of love and salvation with others.

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Terri Brown

Jun 246 min read

Guest Blog

How to Pray When Your Heart is Breaking

The saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. This is true in many areas, but especially in parenting. We can all look back and see things we wish

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Dawn Ward

Jun 117 min read

Family Addiction Support

The Day Addiction Knocked On Our Door

I will never forget the day addiction knocked at our door for the first time. It came in quietly, unannounced.

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Dawn Ward

Jun 37 min read

Christian Living

How to Surrender Our Lives to God

But what about surrendering our will to God and to his plans? Do we willingly submit and lay down our own plans to yield to Him?

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Jodi Dauses

Apr 298 min read

Guest Blog

When Your Heart Breaks for Your Child

When we as mothers surrender our plans to God’s, we become free to love our children in a new way.

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How to Trust God with Your Prodigal Child

Dawn Ward

Apr 227 min read

Relationships

How to Trust God with Your Prodigal Child

When we learn to trust God with the lives of our prodigal children, we don’t cease to have influence in their lives.

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A Prayer When You’re Finding It Hard to Pray

Lea Turner

Feb 235 min read

Guest Blog

A Prayer When You’re Finding It Hard to Pray

I inhale and whisper, God. Please Help me—four words I say often. A mentor calls them breath prayers.

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Dawn Ward

Jan 144 min read

Faith

Longing For Home-Awaiting His Return

It’s easy to want to give up. To throw in the towel. We have all said at one point or another, “I just want to go home and be with the Lord.

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How to Manage Expectations When the Holidays are Hard

Dawn Ward

Dec 18, 20238 min read

Holidays

How to Manage Expectations When the Holidays are Hard

Learning how to manage our expectations during the holiday season means we will come to accept that things may not always be going our way.

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Dawn Ward

Jul 30, 20237 min read

Family Addiction Support

What Does the Bible Say About Drugs?

When we consider the magnitude of the overdose crisis, it’s imperative we consider what the Bible says about the use of drugs and alcohol.

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A Mother's Day Prayer for Struggling Moms

Dawn Ward

May 8, 202310 min read

Relationships

A Mother's Day Prayer for Struggling Moms

"This is the word of the LORD your Maker, the one who formed you from the womb: He will help you. Do not fear, Jacob my servant, Jeshurun...

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Dawn Ward

Jan 8, 20235 min read

Be Renewed

Hurry Up and Slow Down

Do you feel like life is passing you by? We need to learn to slow down and take the time to reflect on the blessings of our lives.

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Dawn Ward

Oct 1, 20224 min read

Flourish in Your Purpose

How to Live Beyond Your Limitations

What if we could see the “Limit-less” rather than our own limitations? Let's see our circumstances as hope-filled opportunities.

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How to Find Purpose in Pain to Pursue God's Greater Vision for You

Arris Charles

Aug 22, 20226 min read

Guest Blog

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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