Do you ever feel the urge to just stop talking? Maybe it’s a moment of frustration or a season of discouragement. You just need to be silent. When I think of hitting the mute button on doubt and negativity, I think of Zechariah in Luke 1.
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The story of Jesus’ birth gives me such hope and inspiration! It gives amazing insight into God’s character. It speaks of His promises, His handiwork, and His intentionality amid what may seem like random chaos, confusion or accidental.
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A wise man once said, “We often compare what we know about ourselves with what we don’t know about others.” This statement sums up the whole idea of comparison. Most of the time, when you measure yourself against others you come up falling miserably short in your own eyes!
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God has uniquely designed women to create, innovate, nurture, multi-task, and so on. We wear many different hats, and most of them require something from us. We pour out from our cup almost every day, all day long - to our husbands, to our kids, to our workplace, to serving others, to friends or family in need, and the list goes on.
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Have you ever wanted to do something, yet you feel paralyzed by insufficiency? The thought that there is a missing factor in the equation, that if it was just added you would have what you need to move forward? It’s the idea of waiting until you are completely sure of what you are doing before you do it.
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As much as complaining is anti-faith, gratitude is a full expression of faith! “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever.” Psalm 136:1 (NIV) Be grateful each day to keep envy at bay. Gratitude is a lifestyle; it's a result of your focus. Just like focusing on the wrong things reaps a harvest of jealousy, envy, and complaining-- gratitude brings about a good harvest!
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How do you deal with conflict? You heard me right—how do you deal with conflict? As Christians, we can be naive about conflict. Often, we fall under one of two mentalities on the matter.
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Will we be faithful? Will we choose to be faithful in our generation? What does faithfulness look like? Will we leave our faithful mark in history? HIS STORY. If you are a faithful woman of God then I want to be friends. LOL!
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What does it mean to override something? One definition is to use one’s authority to reject or cancel a decision or view. Override mode is a mode of faith that is accessible to you as a child of God to override feelings, circumstances, and even people who are a hindrance to your faith! When you are going through stuff—when you feel discouraged—when people try to drag you down— simply slip into override!
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Have you ever found yourself daydreaming about what life could and maybe should look like? It is easy to daydream about life when you are a child because the naivety of life leaves you looking through the lens of life through possibility.
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Have you ever been in the middle of something? The middle of something usually alludes to the space between the beginning and end. When you begin something, there is usually excitement attached to it.
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On any given day, our house can be pretty chaotic with a baby and three little boys ages 4 and under, but it’s like anarchy reigns when I have to feed the baby or I’m trying to get something done. For fun, let me tell you just a couple of things my boys did this week while I was otherwise occupied.
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Insecurity. Insecurity at its simplest form breaks down into one question. What do you put your security in? As women, we all have invisible ladders of what we allow to define success. The truth is that most of us feel inadequate or even shaky as we are climbing.
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Hot summer days are still in full swing, and as the sun starts to set earlier and earlier each day, we are quickly approaching fall and are officially in the back-to-school season!
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Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed? Overwhelmed is defined as buried down beneath. Life has a way of making us feel buried beneath stuff--busyness, stress, finances, and even goals can leave us feeling overwhelmed. If you wake up in the morning tired and already excited for bed- chances are you are overwhelmed. God doesn’t want you to feel buried beneath and defeated.
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This is back-to-school week in the Miller household. With that comes a little bit of chaos. School, sports, and church schedules create busy evenings that can feel chaotic. One of the ways I can bring order to the chaos is by meal planning.
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Faith or fear when it comes to parenting? I think we would all choose faith. The better question may not be what would you choose, but what are you living out? With the start of yet another school year comes all of the things back to school—the clothes, the calculators, the bookbags, the grocery shopping. All the things. My question for you at the beginning of this school year is – is fear and anxiety on your back-to-school list?
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Summer is a time for all things fun— pool days, vacations, outdoor adventures, cookouts, and more. With the constant “go-go-go” summer days often bring, it can be easy to lose a handle on a cleaning regimen.
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