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9.23.2020 – “Hidden” Lessons

September 23, 2020

Have you ever wondered if God was “holding something back” from you? Or “holding you back” from something? The door won’t seem to open for you? I notice that my mind often tries to take over in times like these… Or my emotions… Wondering this or wondering about that… In times like these, we might… Read More 9.23.2020 – “Hidden” Lessons

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9.22.2020 -“Father, may Your will be done…”

September 22, 2020

As I was listening to a teaching message yesterday, I heard a quote that just jumped out at me and stuck with me… “…but if you’re not purged of that which would stop you from saying ‘yes” (to God)… the reason why God put you here will never happen. You have to be purged of… Read More 9.22.2020 -“Father, may Your will be done…”

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9.21.2020 – Another Layer

September 21, 2020

I love it when the Lord leads me to my “archive” of old journals…. and He shows me which ones to take down from the shelf to browse through… When He does this, I know He’s going to reveal another layer that perhaps I’ve never seen before… and maybe I have seen it before, but… Read More 9.21.2020 – Another Layer

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9.20.2020 – Let it take you into His presence…

September 20, 2020

There’s something about a challenge… a hard time, a trial, an inability, inadequacy, insecurity…. rejection, a moment of weakness, a moment of failure, a moment of pain… …that drives us straight into the arms of our Heavenly Father. 💝 Let it take you there…✨Let it drive you straight to His heart… 💝 You’ll be wrapped… Read More 9.20.2020 – Let it take you into His presence…

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9.19.2020 – Walking in Awe and Wonder

September 19, 2020

This morning, as I sat down with my Heavenly Father, I just began to share with Him, all the things that He already knows, of course 😌…. but I shared these things with Him from the deep places of my heart—a daughter who needed to sit down and talk with her Heavenly Father about a… Read More 9.19.2020 – Walking in Awe and Wonder

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9.18.2020 – “He drew me up from the pit of destruction…”

September 18, 2020

So I’m not going to apologize for the plethora of metaphors that I’ve used in this post. 🤓 But don’t worry, I don’t think I put any dad jokes in there…😆 You see, me and God are working on this thing, where I learn to not care about what anybody may or may not think… Read More 9.18.2020 – “He drew me up from the pit of destruction…”

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9.17.2020 – “…joy will break forth within you as you listen for what I’ll say.”

September 17, 2020

I was drawn to this passage this morning… Proverbs 8:32-36 in The Passion Translation. I think it paints the most beautiful picture of when we find ourselves in this “place of longing to hear from Him”—this place of eager excitement, this longing and desire to hear from Him—what’s on His mind, what He has to… Read More 9.17.2020 – “…joy will break forth within you as you listen for what I’ll say.”

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9.16.2020 – Discovering Him Through Relationship with Him

September 16, 2020

You know, I never was really interested in too much when I was learning in school. I never really was interested in any kind of in-depth studying… never felt the need to have all of the information, and didn’t care at all to know how to do all the things. I really didn’t care too… Read More 9.16.2020 – Discovering Him Through Relationship with Him

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9.15.2020 – You’re Safe with Him

September 15, 2020

Have you ever had days when you just feel “broken open” before the Lord? I felt like that all morning yesterday….and it wasn’t as much in my early morning time with the Lord… it was while I was vacuuming 💗… tears, broken open—and it was in the most refreshing way. ⛲️ And it’s like through… Read More 9.15.2020 – You’re Safe with Him

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9.14.2020 – Change of Course

September 14, 2020

Have you ever reflected upon your life—a pathway you were on, a direction you were headed…. And you realized… “….my how that changed. I was headed for utter destruction…. …But God, You changed my course!” “God, You shifted me back onto Your path. I didn’t even know so much was going to change… But it… Read More 9.14.2020 – Change of Course

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9.13.2020 – Home Renovations Pt. 3

September 13, 2020

Who knew I’d be writing so much about our home renovations this week… Guess I should have known, because so often the Lord teaches me through things I can see in the natural, and things I go through in life—He often teaches me about the “unseen” through what I can see. ✍🏻 In case you… Read More 9.13.2020 – Home Renovations Pt. 3

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9.12.2020 – Small Awakenings

September 12, 2020

I used to think that God didn’t really actually (literally) speak to us…. …other than through what He wanted to show us in His Word, or perhaps through the message of a preacher… For a lot of my life I believed it was good to pray, to speak to God, but I didn’t really expect… Read More 9.12.2020 – Small Awakenings

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9.10.2020 – Home Renovations Pt. 2

September 10, 2020

Renovations on our bedroom are going nicely this week… We seem to be mostly on track with the planned schedule this week, perhaps only a little behind, even though there were a lot of unexpected “foundational” issues that were discovered that needed to be repaired before we could move into “building”… Old damage to the… Read More 9.10.2020 – Home Renovations Pt. 2

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9.9.2020 – God’s Infusion Therapy

September 9, 2020

I love how God can “infuse” us in such a way…. that we are “cleansed” and “nourished” at the same time… It’s His “infusion therapy”… I had a dream last night, and in the dream, I was at the Dentist for some kind of “issue” with my mouth, with my teeth. The Dentist asked me… Read More 9.9.2020 – God’s Infusion Therapy

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9.8.2020 – …You Planned the “Sweetest Victory!”

September 8, 2020

Our Heavenly Father delivers us from so much more than we realize… But when we begin to start “waking up”—when we begin realizing what’s real and true… When we begin to be able to see and recognize His ways… The “patterns” He uses in our lives—so precisely specific—a language He designed and created so that… Read More 9.8.2020 – …You Planned the “Sweetest Victory!”

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9.7.2020 – Home Renovations

September 7, 2020

Today we’re starting on another small phase of home renovations—at least for the next week. 🏡 Today is “demo day”, at least for the bedroom. We’re tearing down ALL of the walls in our bedroom, taking it down to the studs, closing in one of the doorways to make more wall space, and we’re widening… Read More 9.7.2020 – Home Renovations

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