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When You Don’t Know What to Do
Have you ever asked these questions? God, where are you? God, why haven’t you shown up by now? God, don’t you have a better plan – than this? God, you need to come through for me. What do I need to do?...
View ArticleI Can’t Do This All
One way to succeed at life is to take inventory of what sets you off. Ask: What makes your chest well up with discomfort? What makes your stomach turn in rolling knots of nervousness? What makes your...
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Do you Still Love Me?
I had a really hard talk with a friend. I told her some things that needed to be said. Her face looked sad. I didn’t want to say all these things, but I felt God wanted me to. The words were supposed...
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When You’re Feeling Bad About Yourself
Do you ever wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Or maybe you start your day doing great, only to end it feeling poor. I understand. I sit here feeling kind of blah. Blah because I don’t know how God...
View ArticleLet Go of Old Grudges
I’m under God’s conviction. There’s this person in my life I thought I’d forgiven long ago. That is, until I realized I didn’t want to bless this person, give to them, or pray for them. At just a...
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Let’s Count the Ways: God Watches You
“Are you watching me?” My 6-year-old son puts on shows. Willy Wonka, Moses in the wilderness, Box Car Children- you name it, and he acts it out. And he always asks this question. “Are you watching me?”...
View ArticleFrom “a Bad Hand” to “The Upper Hand”
For a large part of my life, I believed I’d simply been dealt a bad hand. I had thoughts like this: “Things work against me. No one is for me. The world will hurt me. People are out to get me. I can’t...
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I’ve Got to Do Better than Her
She is going to make me look like a fool. It’s me against her. I have to come out on top. Deep in me, there lives a competitive beast. One that promotes selfish ambition and untoward conduct. One that...
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“When Faith Doesn’t Take the Pain Away”
POST BY: Kendra Broekhuis It would have been our daughter’s third birthday. At least, in a perfect world where mothers don’t bury their babies, it would have been. I laid in bed imagining what our baby...
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Hey Mama at the Supermarket, You Started A War & Don’t Even Know It!
You may be wondering what a grocery store has to do with being Battle Ready? But let me tell you I had a straight up WAR in my mind. In my mind. That’s the key. I almost didn’t include the following...
View ArticleHow To Fire Your To-Do List
Post By: Anne Watson I’m going to fire my to-do list. As my assistant, she does an excellent job of keeping me organized, but lately, she’s too good. Every single thought that pops into my brain is...
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I Used to Hate Myself
Share The Trailer I hated how I looked. I hated how I acted. I hated how other people were better than me. I hated that I couldn’t control my family or my future. I hated that no matter how hard I...
View ArticleToday’s Your Day, Change Your Life
To some degree, I am a planner. This means if a vacation is coming up, I probably have a list going of what to pack. Can’t forget my charger! I also have semi-folded piles of clothes awaiting the...
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When You’re Failing to Be Faithful
Here I am. The girl who is supposed to have it all together. Afterall, I wrote the book, Battle Ready: Train your Mind to Conquer Challenges, Defeat Doubt and Live Victoriously (Amazon, B&N,...
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Beware of Being Battle Worn & Weary
He offended me. The fighting words my husband launched hours ago were now causing my entire afternoon to be thrown off. It wasn’t my fault, or so I thought. But, now, rather than being nice to my...
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Are You Using The Wrong Spiritual Tools?
You would not use a hammer as a tool to get a baby to sleep. Nor would you use a saw to put batteries in a toy. Or a colander to fix a driveway. Specific tools address specific issues. Are you using...
View Article4 Reasons Wilderness Deserts are Good
Wilderness is a waiting period that feels like forever. It is an illness that won’t go away. It is people who are trying to go a way other than the right way. It is hope deferred. It is hours of...
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I Don’t want to Take a Step Back
What if your power to move ahead, was in stepping back? What is not pressing ahead, but sitting out? I recently heard a story that captured me. A group of All-star basketball players went to meet an...
View ArticleI Get Complain-y and Want Sympathy
There are two ways I tend to look at things: 1. Good 2. Not so good at all. Unfortunately, I usually default to the bad outlook. Somehow I figure if I focus on what is wrong, I can fix it. Or, if I see...
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The Person Who Hurt Me
As I worshipped God in church, I felt a hard elbow nudge into my arm. My husband leaned in, “Kelly, he’s here.” No sooner did I open my eyes than I saw his horrible face – and everything he did to me....
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