For the Moms and Not-Yet Moms
In honor of Mother's Day, it seems only fitting that we talk about one of the many moms in the Bible: Hannah. Her story is found in 1 Samuel 1-2:11 but basically, after years of infertility, she goes to the temple and pleads with the Lord to give her a son. If He does, she promises to dedicate him to God, meaning that he'll live and work at the temple. Lo and behold, He opens her womb and she gives birth to Samuel ... who she gives over to God as soon as he's weaned. This chi
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Who and Whose
For those of us who’ve asked Jesus to be our Lord and Savior, we’re privy to a whole host of amazing Truths about our newfound, adopted-into-the-family-of-God identity. Unfortunately, most of us don’t know them. This explains why we tend to live in defeat and despair, instead of freedom and triumph. A couple weeks ago, the Lord led me to a wonderful book called Victory Over the Darkness (by Niel T. Anderson, since I gotta cite my sources) and in it, there’s a list of statemen
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Laughing Without Fear
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maddie. Now, this girl was seven months into a bizarre "break" with a guy, and well, she wasn't handling it well. But truth be told, her struggles had started lonnngggg before that guy was even in the picture; the past year had been rough, made her mental health not-so healthy. However, things had started to get better... thanks to God permeating her life with so much Scripture, that she began to fall in love. Not with a boy, but with
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