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5 Steps to Endure Now During a Season of Struggling

5 Steps to Endure Now During a Season of Struggling

Challenging seasons are an expected part of life in this broken world. I naturally focus on the negative, and complaining is an everyday battle. God calls us to tame the urge to complain and endure faithfully instead. In this article, I review Paul’s outline to help God’s people in a season of suffering. My season of struggling Last year was a challenging year. God has blessed me with a stable family, consistent community, and unchanging house situation. But after COVID-19…

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How to Become More Connected to God

How to Become More Connected to God

Connection is arguably a driving force of humanity. We crave connection with friends, family, and even ourselves. Society prizes connection communities, whether within the confines of a household or the limits of a town. Community is strongly associated with love. Love is the principal foundation of the Bible, the gospel within it, and the motivation of the God we serve. Becoming more connected to God is important not only for ourselves but for others as well. If we are connected…

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How To Process The Shame Of Doubt

How To Process The Shame Of Doubt

Doubt sounds like such a shameful word. It’s something we often run from as Christians. Yet it appears in many different ways, from doubt in God’s existence to doubt in our salvation to disbelief in God’s sovereignty. Give yourself grace “For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar.” Romans 3:3-4 NKJV Just as God shows us mercy every time…

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Trust, Believe, Obey

Trust, Believe, Obey

Every day of my life, I wrestle with bad thoughts. Various kinds, such as anxiety, negativity, judgement, perfectionism, the works. Recently, I caught myself thinking a bad thought and making an excuse not to debunk the thought. I told myself, “well, I could trust God with this thought if I knew him better, if I was older and had seen God work more in my life, if I only knew more Bible verses, obeyed all the laws, and checked off…

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