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how to keep going
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My Life Has Fallen Apart

When everything has fallen apart in life you may find yourself asking: Is there even hope for me? Do I give up? How to keep going? I know this feeling all too well. I’ve been there! I’ve been in seasons where your whole life appears to have fallen apart, you feel hopeless as if it has to be a nightmare! You cry out to God, feel hurt, angry and feel as if He’s abandoned you. You may find yourself thinking, how could He allow this to happen to me, I’m a good person, why me? These are all feelings based on our human logic, but our God is so grand and mysterious that His ways may not appear logical to us. We cannot even begin to fathom His ways. “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.” Isaiah 55:8.Continue reading

Submission in marriage
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Is Submission for Punks?

Submission in marriage seems to be associated with a lot of negative thoughts or feelings. Many think submitting makes you a weak person. You are perceived to be someone who has no voice, gets walked all over, a wimp, punk, door mat, pushover… you get my point. I see submission as a form of power and strength! However, there is a key variable involved for it to be considered a form of strength. Let me explain…Continue reading

becoming a Christian
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I Gave Up My Life, Now What?

Since I was a child and for many years afterward, I believed in God. I would call myself a Christian, but I don’t think I really was. But one afternoon, in the library of my college campus, I found myself giving up my own life. Surrounded by books and the hustle and bustle of college students, I found myself mentally in a completely different zone than everyone else. Continue reading

let go depend on God
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Do Old People Really Know What They Are Talking About?

How many of us have heard “respect your elders… older people are wiser?” What about the nursery rhyme “The Wise Old Owl?” Question… was the owl wise because he was old? Is that what qualified him to be called wise? What’s up with this whole older is wiser thing anyways? Is there a message here that we should be applying to our everyday lives? Is the answer to let go and depend on God?Continue reading

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