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Church Hurt...An Insider's Perspective church hurt deconstructing faith deconversion faith is god good? lament and repent people deconstructing their faith Sep 06, 2022

The other day I found myself in Buc-ee's. If you've not yet found yourself there, stop reading this post and go directly to the nearest Buc-ee's, do not pass "Go!" do not collect $200! :) 

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"If It Be Your Will...When It's Right to Pray These Words and When It's Wrong." begging in prayer believing god can i trust god confidence in god faith god's got this how to pray how to win spiritual battles prayer prayer works praying through pain where is god when it hurts Aug 30, 2022

The Bible teaches us that God has plans for our lives, and that one of the privileges of our position in Christ  is to release those plans through our prayers. Consider what Jesus said about...

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What's the Secret to Answered Prayer? begging in prayer believing god can i trust god confidence in god faith fear and faith god's got this how to pray how to pray for people in pain how to pray for someone i love how to win spiritual battles secret to answered prayer spiritual warfare where is god when it hurts Aug 24, 2022

When I was 12 years old, I heard that when we prayed, we were supposed to go into our closet and pray to God who sees us in that secret place. So I got myself a cardboard box, covered it with a...

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God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It! believing god can i trust god confidence in god faith fear and faith god's got this how to pray how to win spiritual battles is the bible reliable nothing to fear prayer prayer works the bible is god's word victory Aug 09, 2022

Hmmm, what would my life be like if I really lived this way? Let's break this way of thinking down into its' pieces: 

"God said it!"

When I was a child, most parents had this answer when their...

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If You Just Had Enough Faith a mothers love for her adult kids begging in prayer can i trust god confidence in god faith family estrangement fear and faith god's got this how to pray how to pray for people in pain how to pray for someone i love how to win spiritual battles what about when god isn't good? where is god when it hurts Jul 18, 2022

I pulled this blog post from 2013. Before you read it, I need to tell you what I did before I found this one. I read through several blog posts that were written in 2013, and in reading them I was...

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What is Love? a mothers love for her adult kids can i trust god faith family estrangement god's got this how to win spiritual battles mothers parenting praying through pain truth where is god when it hurts Jul 12, 2022

  I am reposting a blog I wrote in August, 2012. When I wrote this, my eldest daughter, Mikel was 20 years old with a one year old daughter, her husband was a soldier with "anger issues" and...

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I Don't Believe in Fairy Tales Anymore can i trust god christmas faith god's got this meet me at the manager telling the truth what about when god isn't good? Jul 05, 2022

I was saved in July. It was the summer of 1975, and I was celebrating Christmas at a GA Camp. (GA's is an organization that was in the Southern Baptist churchI grew up in where girls met with girls...

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When You Just Want God to Say, "YES!" begging in prayer can i trust god faith god's got this playing tug of war with god prayer works praying through pain promise keeper say yes lord what about when god isn't good? where is god when it hurts May 16, 2022

River has a point. Sometimes it just seems like the only good answer is "yes." The only KIND answer is "yes."

Right now.

Right here. 

Right like you've prayed.

But what about when the answer...

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Armed and Dangerous! confidence in god faith prayer works Apr 04, 2022

"I'm a woman of God, I've got 5 smooth stones and I'm not afraid to use them!"

This is what I told the women in Worland, WY this weekend at the conference I led at the invitation of my friend...

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