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Post-Election… Now, What?
Whew. It’s been a week. How are you feeling? Whether you felt celebratory or felt defeated, I bet you are exhausted. This election season has been a hard one and this writing piece is equally as hard. I decided I have two choices: One, tell exactly how I feel. Or two, be a source of…
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Breaking Up with Fear
There are so many directions to go when talking about fear because it is something we all deal with in our lives. We all deal with both rational and irrational fears and sometimes it is hard to separate the two in our minds. And then we also have smaller fears in our day to day…
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A Fruit Salad
Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Gentleness Self-Control These are the Fruits of the Spirit Have you noticed that as we went through this series, each fruit of the spirit related to one another. It was hard to disconnect the attributes from one another and focus on just one attribute at a time. Maybe…
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Being Free: Onesimus’ Story
Paul’s appeal to Philemon reflects the transformative power of Christian love and forgiveness, urging Philemon to see Onesimus not just as a former slave but as a beloved brother in Christ.
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The Freedom of Living in Christ
We see so much freedom in action in the woman described in Proverbs 31. Proverbs 31 describes a woman who cares for her family and is a blessing to everyone she meets. “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no…
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Being Free in Still Waters
Psalm 23 allows us to let go of all our worries and anxieties so that we can rest peacefully.
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Why Bold, Strong, & Free?
I spent a lot of my life being the very opposite of bold, strong, and free. I’ve been timid and shy when I should’ve spoken up or taken a leap of faith. I’ve taken the easy way out when I should’ve embraced Christ’s strength in my weakness. Instead of being free, I’ve felt imprisoned by…
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A Perfect Trio of Words
Bold: fearless before danger; showing or requiring a fearless daring spirit. Strong: having or marked by great physical strength; having moral or intellectual power Free: having a scope not restricted by qualification; not obstructed, restricted, or impeded When we first talked about what we wanted to call this blog and decided on the name…
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Bold, Strong, & Free
When I first began to brainstorm what bold, strong, & free means to me. I could not isolate the three words on their own. They overlapped with one another. Each word is defined in the other word. Furthermore, I thought of a woman from my past, whose life is an inspiration of what it means…