Category: Jealousy

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7.2.2021 – He PURIFIES our Hearts to PREPARE us… that we may be ABLE to SEE and RECOGNIZE Him!

July 2, 2021

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.“—Matthew 5:8 NIV “Blessed [anticipating God’s presence, spiritually mature] are the pure in heart [those with integrity, moral courage, and godly character], for they will see God.“—Matthew 5:8 AMP Every so often, the Lord will take me into another season of doing a “deep, deep… Read More 7.2.2021 – He PURIFIES our Hearts to PREPARE us… that we may be ABLE to SEE and RECOGNIZE Him!

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6.30.2021 – “Not good enough.”

June 30, 2021

What if… what I’ve been “looking for” “waiting on God for” “thinking I need“ …has really been right here in front of me …already placed right here, within my own two hands …all this time? What if… what I’ve been seeking… looking for… is just right here before me right here within the grasp of… Read More 6.30.2021 – “Not good enough.”

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The Painful Purification Process

June 24, 2021

“Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.”—Psalm 19:12 Have you ever prayed this? He’ll do it, oh, He will do it. God will test us, and sometimes in that time of testing things will rise to the surface of our hearts, and we’ll feel the pain. A “test” from God… Read More The Painful Purification Process

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2:22 AM this morning…

June 19, 2021

I woke up, wide awake— around 2:22 AM this morning… …and I couldn’t go back to sleep. I immediately thought of this verse when I looked at the time… “He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him.“—Daniel 2:22 …and I was drawn to go sit at the… Read More 2:22 AM this morning…

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The Wrestling Match of the Soul

June 10, 2021

“So then, my dear ones, just as you have always obeyed [my instructions with enthusiasm], not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation [that is, cultivate it, bring it to full effect, actively pursue spiritual maturity] with awe-inspired fear and trembling [using serious caution and… Read More The Wrestling Match of the Soul

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The “Fruit” Reveals the “Root System”

May 26, 2021

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit…”—Matthew 12:33 “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever… Read More The “Fruit” Reveals the “Root System”

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Desires of the Heart

May 23, 2021

There are so many things in my life right now that I never would have dreamed I would love and enjoy SO much… Sometimes we realize the desires we have within our hearts… …and sometimes it takes an act of God to help us to realize and to see… …what has been planted within our… Read More Desires of the Heart

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He knows what we need to be able to thrive…

May 22, 2021

So I’m sitting here, trying to figure out how I can communicate what is on my heart this morning. Here goes… Have you ever felt as though something in your life is lying somewhat “dormant”? Like the “pause” button has been hit on that area of your life? Something that was once “growing out of… Read More He knows what we need to be able to thrive…

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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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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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“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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He Restores My Soul

March 24, 2021

I’ve been pondering… 🍃 …we’re born— …and then we dive right into this sinful, broken world… …but then… we’re given an opportunity within this journey of life. An “opportunity” for God to restore us. 💖 An invitation from God that says, “Join Me on a journey of recovering your soul and redeeming your life…” And… Read More He Restores My Soul

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Something “Better” than a “Quick Fix”

March 18, 2021

I remember in the very, very beginning of when I started facing some things in my heart, before the Lord… When I came into the light… It was more like I came into a realization—I began to recognize—that ‘my way’ of living life just wasn’t working. And in that time, I remember describing, something that… Read More Something “Better” than a “Quick Fix”

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3.9.2021 – Heart Healer

March 9, 2021

And He brings His light in… …into any kind of situation, any kind of heart… revealing what is true… showing what is really there giving sight in His light for eyes to see… All is known by Him. Nothing hidden, nothing unseen. He knows what His children need. And in this place… He gives an… Read More 3.9.2021 – Heart Healer