Category: Deception

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A Part in His Play

April 19, 2021

What is it that we’ve believed… that we would think we want or need to be… “the same”…as everybody else. …when our God has so obviously created us to be wonderfully, and uniquely “different“… Purposefully, and precisely different. Multicolored multifaceted… Each a unique “color” of His heart—His beautiful personality. He is pure, “white light.” Perfect… Read More A Part in His Play

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“Write upon my heart, Lord. I trust You with Your pen.”

April 18, 2021

There is a moment… …when we “break open” before the Lord… Sometimes it takes a little time… and sometimes we open right up as we come into His presence. But as we “break open” before Him… in that moment… we may not know or have any idea what He might desire to do in our… Read More “Write upon my heart, Lord. I trust You with Your pen.”

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Living a Parable

April 15, 2021

If we didn’t have to live an imperfect life here on the earth… would we truly be able to grasp… to understand…to experience that God’s ways are higher than our ways? “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the… Read More Living a Parable

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What an invitation…

April 13, 2021

Who or what do you run to? Have you ever thought about it? We have a Heavenly Father who longs— for it to always be Him, first. 💝🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️ He longs—for us to run straight to Him… …when we have something on our hearts. …when we’re in need of direction. …when we don’t know what to… Read More What an invitation…

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He wants you to know…

April 12, 2021

A long time ago—well actually…not too long ago, in the grand scheme of things… I couldn’t see God as a “tenderhearted God”… I couldn’t see God as a “proud Father” who was “pleased, and proud of me“… Because I couldn’t see that I was His “daughter” that He loved. And when that began to change,… Read More He wants you to know…

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“Behold…”

April 10, 2021

As I was in prayer this morning, something began to BURST from within my heart. 💖 Here it is… There is SO MUCH that God is doing that we cannot see! ✨ SO. MUCH! …far, far more than what we CAN see. And this morning, I can just feel the excitement…✨ I can just feel… Read More “Behold…”

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“I’ve got you…”

April 8, 2021

“I’ve got you… Yes, you may have to endure through the valley for a little while… but your journey through the valley— with Me… is just as much a part of your story as your “moments on the mountaintop.“ Just keep going. Just keep trusting. There’s more in store… ☀️ Prepare, and expect to be… Read More “I’ve got you…”

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Into the Deep

April 7, 2021

Have you ever felt as though… you’ve found yourself in a “shallow” kind of place? —a place without much feeling or depth. I found myself in that place this morning. But then suddenly… it was as if the Lord took me by the hand and, caught me off guard with the most tender kind of… Read More Into the Deep

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Above & Beyond

April 6, 2021

Can we learn… to be grateful—even for the things that “hinder” us in life? Even for the trials the weaknesses the lack the disappointment the mockery the ridicule the rejection the lies …all the things that attempt to convince us…”to drive ourselves into the cave” to dull and darken our light to shut ourselves down…… Read More Above & Beyond

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Don’t be ashamed of where you are in your journey with Him…

April 5, 2021

Don’t be ashamed of where you are in your journey with Him… Don’t be ashamed of walking through the “valley.” Don’t worry that you “should be“… “someone else” in “someplace else.” Do not worry… if you’ve found yourself in the middle of a hard, uncertain kind of place. Remember… that there are lessons to be… Read More Don’t be ashamed of where you are in your journey with Him…

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You are not “less” to Him…

April 3, 2021

This morning I turned straight to Mark 16:9, and it says… “Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. She went and told…“ Don’t you think it’s interesting how the writer “threw in” the part about her… Read More You are not “less” to Him…

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“Now I truly understand…”

April 2, 2021

Have you ever gone through something… And then you realize… that now you truly “understand” what it’s like to go through it, to experience it… the hardship, the trial, the struggle, the scary health situation, the feeling of unknown, the mental spiral, the very real panic attack, the challenge, the mistake, the failure, —whatever it… Read More “Now I truly understand…”

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He knows what “seasons” we need, before we’re ready for our “Spring”…

April 1, 2021

Have you ever felt as though… God led you up to a place in your life, and it’s like you can see the “doorway” into this thing, you can see this thing beginning to “unfold” in your life… And you’re excited, and you think you’re ready to run right through the door, but then God… Read More He knows what “seasons” we need, before we’re ready for our “Spring”…

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Empowered for Breakthrough

March 31, 2021

There has been an intense resistance that I’ve felt this morning… To be honest, even just bringing myself to the table—has been unusually challenging today. I spent some time in my head… thinking “this thought” and “thinking that thought”… Dwelling on a few things, considering a few things… And then finally I took it all… Read More Empowered for Breakthrough

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Night Light

March 30, 2021

Were you ever afraid of the dark as a child? Oh, I was. …I would call it more of a “tormenting level” of fear of the darkness. And somehow, I knew, even as a tiny little child, that if I just turned on a “light”—even the tiniest little bit of light… I would be “okay.”… Read More Night Light

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…and then His loving light floods in…

March 29, 2021

The moment… when your heart begins to break open before Him… and in that same moment… you can FEEL His loving light flood into the broken, hurting places of your heart. You can feel Him meet you, in the broken places, where the pain is coming from… …and in that same moment… the sunrise begins… Read More …and then His loving light floods in…