How A Simple Thank You Brings You Closer To God

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How A Simple Thank You Brings You Closer To God

“Thanksgiving comes from yadah; properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. Adoration.” It’s worshiping your Creator, your Heavenly Father.

Thanking God for who He is and what He’s done for you is actually prayer.

Remember prayer is talking to God. This communication can come in all kinds of forms.

You could journal this to Him, speak it out loud to Him or even sing to Him. Any way you express it, thankfulness is a key component to developing a great relationship with God.

God loves our thankfulness, but it also does some wonderful things for us too!

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How To Pray Prayers That Get Heard And Answered

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How To Pray Prayers That Get Heard And Answered

So, what’s another way we can spend time with Jesus–abiding in the Vine? I think, for most of us, our first thought is prayer.

What is prayer?

Prayer is talking to God. It’s how we communicate with our Heavenly Father. It’s how we connect with the Holy Spirit and access His power in our lives. It’s another way we spend time with Jesus.

For so long, I’ve struggled with this one. I’ve typically been good about reading my Bible, but prayer always seemed so much harder for me to grasp. I don’t know if it’s because it can “feel” intangible? I can’t touch God, but I can touch my Bible. 

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How To Dig Deeper Into Your Bible Study - Three Tools To Change Your Life

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How To Dig Deeper Into Your Bible Study - Three Tools To Change Your Life

We’ve been talking about learning to study the Word of God going deeper than just reading it. We learned when we study God’s Word, we’re actually learning to feed ourselves. We go from a baby who has to be helped to eat to a toddler who now can begin to feed themselves. As we practice, we get better and better. Eventually, we get to start using knives and other special utensils to fully enjoy our meals.

So, today, we’re going to add some extra cutlery to your Scripture Study arsenal that will bring even more clarity and understanding to God’s Word.

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How To Study The Bible In Five Simple Steps

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How To Study The Bible In Five Simple Steps

Most of us know we need to do spend time in the Word of God, but for the many of us, it’s either a drudgery, it’s boring or it’s a bit confusing. 

Going back to abiding in the Vine, remember, remain (or abide) means to continue in Him or be held by Him. 

Spending time with Jesus in His Word should be something that brings you joy not sucks it out of you.

For some of us, we just don’t know where or how to start. We know how to READ the word, but most of us have never been taught to STUDY the word.

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The Christian Woman’s Foolproof Way To Bear Fruit

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The Christian Woman’s Foolproof Way To Bear Fruit

Have you ever said, “’It’s such a struggle to be a christian? I never seem to fix my issues.’? ‘I’m suppose bear fruit, but it feels like I go one step forward and two steps backward.’”

I’ve experienced that feeling most of my adult life. 

However, our Heavenly Father doesn’t want us feeling that way. He’s actually provided a simple, foolproof way for us to bear fruit.

How you say?

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How To Live A Life Of Joy Using These Quick And Dirty Tips - Tip 3

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How To Live A Life Of Joy Using These Quick And Dirty Tips - Tip 3

Living a life of victory isn’t always easy, but it can be simple. We’ve explored two quick & dirty tips that help clean up our thought life. Why a clean thought life you ask? Well…

When you select your thoughts, you shape your future.

So now that we’ve filtered our thoughts and learned to flip our thoughts, let’s bring some joy to your life by having fun with your thoughts.

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How To Live A Life Of Joy Using These Quick And Dirty Tips - Tip 2

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How To Live A Life Of Joy Using These Quick And Dirty Tips - Tip 2

So last week we talked about Quick & Dirty Tips To A Clean Thought Life. 

We discovered if we can think right, we can live a victorious life. Or, we could say it this way– 

When you select your thoughts, you shape your future.

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How To Live A Life Of Joy Using These Quick And Dirty Tips - Tip 1

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How To Live A Life Of Joy Using These Quick And Dirty Tips - Tip 1

How’s the quality of your life?

Do you feel like life has more stresses than victories? Do you ever feel mentally overwhelmed and don’t know what to do about it? Do you ever feel sad or depressed and you’re not sure how to dig your way out?

A victorious life is first won in our thoughts.

No area of our lives is untouched by our thoughts.

What we think on is what we’ll say and do. So, what we think on will determine the quality of our lives. 

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How To Jump Off The Merry-Go-Round Of Anxiety And Finally Experience Peace

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How To Jump Off The Merry-Go-Round Of Anxiety And Finally Experience Peace

Do you ever feel so stressed you feel like you’re going to pieces?

Maybe you’re so stressed it feels like you’re insides are on a merry-go-round. I’m not talking about the kind with prancing horses. I’m talking about that one where the neighbor kid spun you so fast the G-force pinned you to the floorboard and you knew you were going to spin off into space never to be seen again.

I remember a time when our finances were going to pieces. I was stressed out during this time more than any other time I can remember.

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The Two Secrets To Experiencing The Life You've Always Wanted

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The Two Secrets To Experiencing The Life You've Always Wanted

How's life going for you? Does it feel like a constant struggle? Are you living from emergency to emergency? Does money issues have you worried again? Or, maybe you're health, or the health of a love one, is stressing you out? 

Do you feel like this Christian walk should be so much more than what you're experiencing on a daily basis?

Well, you're right! There is so much more than what most of us are currently experiencing. 

Today, I'm going to share with you two secrets that will change that.

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Hey Moms - Did You Know You're Good Enough?

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Hey Moms - Did You Know You're Good Enough?

I know for many of us moms, we have this something in the back of our mind that tells us we’re not enough. For many of us, this drives us to constant work. Work to show that we are super mom, work to show we can do it all. Work because we feel like no one else can do it as good as we can. 

But, it only leaves us unfulfilled, tired and full of guilt and condemnation. Why do we do this to ourselves?

Our Heavenly Father desires us to rest. Rest in Him. Rest in His love for us. Rest in the fact that we are enough. 

How can we be enough?

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Who Am I? Finding Your Potential In A Cosmos Of Comparison

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Who Am I? Finding Your Potential In A Cosmos Of Comparison

He’s called us to so much more than what most of us are experiencing.

He wants us to see ourselves as He sees us–fearfully and wonderfully made (from Psalms 139:13-14).

You know fearfully in this passage means: to cause astonishment and awe; be held in awe. And, wonderfully here means: to be distinct, be distinguished and to be wonderful.

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Where's My Murphy's Repellant? Living The Life We We're Meant To Live Part 2

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Where's My Murphy's Repellant? Living The Life We We're Meant To Live Part 2

Last post we learned that, “joy is an outward sign of inward faith in the promises of God.” (Tommy Newberry– The 4:8 Principle) and that joy is not an emotional phantom floating in and out of our lives. We can choose to be joyful because joy is not based on our circumstances.

Well, if that’s the case, how do we go about walking out this joy filled life – this walk of faith in God’s promises? How do we change our marriages, relationships, or feelings of hopelessness? How do we tell Murphy's Law to take a hike? How do you walk by faith?

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Where's My Murphy's Repellant? Living The Life We We're Meant To Live

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Where's My Murphy's Repellant? Living The Life We We're Meant To Live

Seems like one of the society's favorite things to do is complain.

When was the last time you heard the news anchor tell about the wonderful things happening in the world today, the lives being changed? How about our weather reports? Or, when was the last time your heard there was going to be a 70% chance of sunshine instead of a 30% chance of rain? 

Did you know complaining is an activity just as listening to the radio or turning on the TV is an activity? 

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Is That My Response-ability?

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Is That My Response-ability?

How do you respond when the pressure is on? What's your response when things aren't going your way?

A marriage can bring out the worst in us sometimes. But, that’s not a bad thing. It gives us a chance, if we choose, to get it out of our lives. If we just let it stay buried, we can’t get rid of that junk inside.

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How To Turn A Bad Day Into A Great Day

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How To Turn A Bad Day Into A Great Day

Have you have ever had a bad day?

You know the kind I’m talking about. You wake up in the morning, roll over to face your prince charming and discover he’s turned into a frog…or maybe just his breath has. Next you stumble into the kitchen for that caffeinated elixir of life only to step on a bed of nails, aka your son’s legos...How do you turn a bad day into a great day?

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