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  • You Are Worth Taking Care Of

    Bonnie Gray | September 7, 2022

    “See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.” Matthew 6:28b-29 (NIV)

    • Peace
    • God's Perspective
    • Breathe
  • When It May Be Time To Draw a Healthy Boundary

    Lysa TerKeurst | September 6, 2022

    “Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.” Proverbs 25:28 (NIV)

    • Relationships
    • Boundaries
  • Am I Really Supposed To Die to Myself?

    Dr. Alison Cook | September 5, 2022

    “He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God …” John 1:11-12 (NIV)

    • Sanctification
    • Identity in Christ
  • A Job Well Done

    Anitha Abraham | September 2, 2022

    “Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.” Colossians 3:23 (NLT)

    • Serving Others
    • God's Character
    • Other Holiday
  • Highly Sensitive and Wonderfully Made

    Sarah Geringer | September 1, 2022

    "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139:14 (NIV)

    • Encouraging Others
    • God's Love
    • Identity in Christ
    • Belonging
  • Are You up for a Fight?

    Jess Connolly | August 31, 2022

    “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)

    • Courage
    • Spiritual Warfare
    • Identity in Christ
    • Confidence
  • And All That Jazz

    Karen Ehman | August 30, 2022

    “Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.” Psalm 119:105 (CSB)

    • Time with God
    • God's Word
  • Give Everyone and Everything to God

    John Eldredge | August 29, 2022

    “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)

    • Control
    • Anxiety
    • Trusting God
    • Surrender
  • How To Shape Your Words To Matter in Your World

    Amy Carroll | August 26, 2022

    “She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.” Proverbs 31:26 (NIV)

    • Encouraging Others
    • God's Word
    • Obedience
  • Jesus’ Prayer for Us

    Lysa TerKeurst | August 25, 2022

    “I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” John 17:23 (NIV)

    • Prayer
    • Love
    • Encouraging Others
    • Unity
  • Living a “Round Up” Kind of Life

    Meredith Houston Carr | August 24, 2022

    “And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.” 2 Corinthians 8:1-2 (NIV)

    • Obedience
    • Serving Others
    • Generosity
  • I'm Not Busy; I'm Where I Belong

    Rachel Marie Kang | August 23, 2022

    “'Martha, Martha,' the Lord answered, 'you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.'” Luke 10:41-42 (NIV)

    • Obedience
    • Identity in Christ
    • Confidence
    • Balancing Life
  • The Cost of Control

    Sharon Hodde Miller | August 22, 2022

    “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)

    • God's Plan
    • Faith
    • Trust
  • Building a Firm Foundation

    Laura Bailey | August 19, 2022

    “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:14-15 (NIV)

    • Family
    • Parenting
    • God's Word
  • Free To Live in Control of Our Desires

    Christina Patterson | August 18, 2022

    “'I have the right to do anything,' you say—but not everything is beneficial. 'I have the right to do anything'—but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV)

    • Freedom
    • Balancing Life
    • Self Control
  • Clinging to God’s Promises

    Zahra from Iran | August 17, 2022

    “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. … Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me …” Psalm 23:1-2, 4 (ESV)

    • Faith
    • Suffering
    • Perseverance
  • The Sweet Invitation of Inadequacy

    Kaitlin Garrison, COMPEL Training Member | August 16, 2022

    “They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:8 (NIV)

    • Perfection
    • Surrender
    • Strength
  • The Cure for a Troubled Heart

    Joanna Weaver | August 15, 2022

    “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 (NIV)

    • Trust
    • Faith
    • Peace
  • This Isn’t Where I Thought I’d Be

    Donna Jones, COMPEL Training Member | August 12, 2022

    “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.” 1 Peter 1:1-2 (NIV)

    • Identity in Christ
    • Contentment
  • How Do We Keep Going When Our Situation Still Looks Hopeless?

    Lysa TerKeurst | August 11, 2022

    “'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.'” Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)

    • God's Plan
    • Hope in Uncertainty
    • Obedience

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