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Amber Parker
Dec 3, 20248 min read
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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Dawn Ward
Nov 26, 20249 min read
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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Lea Turner
Oct 29, 20246 min read
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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Jesslyn McCutcheon
Sep 27, 20245 min read
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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Dawn Ward
Sep 16, 20245 min read
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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KellyAnn Snyder
Aug 20, 20249 min read
How to Take Steps Towards Freedom from Anxiety and Fear
It’s not uncommon for those who struggle with anxiety and fear to attempt to mask their weaknesses.
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Dawn Ward
Jul 25, 202411 min read
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 24, 20246 min read
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 11, 20247 min read
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 3, 20247 min read
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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Dawn Ward
Apr 22, 20247 min read
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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Rachelle Keng MD
Apr 8, 20245 min read
Surfing at Baby Beach - A Devotional
I hung up the phone in tears.
No school during the pandemic? I relied on the school to give me respite care for my disabled child.
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Dawn Ward
Mar 22, 20248 min read
Bible Verses to Pray Over Your Struggling Son
Are you raising a son? Or has your son suddenly become a man with responsibilities of his own?
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Lea Turner
Feb 23, 20245 min read
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
Feb 18, 20245 min read
How to Praise God with All Your Heart
How do we praise the Lord with our whole heart? How do we worship Him with our very being, our soul, our will, our mind, and our emotions?
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Melanie Makovsky
Jan 29, 20248 min read
Burning Bushes: Believing and Accepting God’s Unexpected Invitations
And when I’m looking at my schedule on any given morning, I am usually interrupted at least once.
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Dawn Ward
Jan 14, 20244 min read
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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Dawn Ward
Dec 18, 20238 min read
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
Nov 4, 20236 min read
How to Live In God's Grace
“For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace." John 1:16 ESV What is Grace? Grace means "God's unmerited favor bestowed...
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Annie Weber
Nov 2, 20232 min read
The Futility of Life Apart From God
Solomon was forced to come to terms with a difficult question: Where is God in all this pleasure and can He be included in giving his life m
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