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2018: A Year for Hope, Speak Life

The Garden Spot of the Soul (AYFH wk 45)

I had a mean mouth.  I knew how to use words to cut someone down in 3.5 seconds flat.   I was actually kind of proud of how skilled I could be with my words. I guess it was Mr. “T” that helped me understand how much words can hurt a soul. I became a little more thoughtful about my speech. I learned to first process my feelings/emotions, then speak. A good practice for life, but unfortunately doesn’t accomplish much good when you’re…. #SpeakLife #PowerofWords #GuardYourHeart Continue reading The Garden Spot of the Soul (AYFH wk 45)

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2018: A Year for Hope, Speak Life

The Garden Spot of the Soul (AYFH wk 44)

We all hear things from the background of our own understanding and experiences. About 20 years ago, I had a good friend who got ‘turned on’ to the Word of Faith movement. With my (more traditional) church upbringing, so much of what he said sounded ridiculous to me at the time. Like the time he was practically purple with the flu, yet was declaring himself healed and well.
(errr … Buddy … you don’t LOOK healed and well to me!) ….. Continue reading The Garden Spot of the Soul (AYFH wk 44)

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2018: A Year for Hope, Dreams and Nightmares

Of Dreams and Nightmares (AYFH wk 41)

I don’t believe God is all that terribly surprised that I’ve got junk in the trunk. Still. Even after all these years of walking with Him, I’m still hauling around a big old trunk of junk.
There was a time when I used to get hung up on the fact that I didn’t have everything all figured out … that my mountaintop experiences didn’t last forever, and that sooner or later I’d once again be dragging my feet down in some nasty old valley again, wondering where God was and why He hasn’t rescued me yet. When I’m feeling “wobbly” of spirit (wrestling with fear, doubt, and unbelief), I no longer… Continue reading Of Dreams and Nightmares (AYFH wk 41)

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2018: A Year for Hope, Dreams and Nightmares

Of Dreams and Nightmares (AYFH wk 39)

The devil hates losing territory. That is why we must remain alert, for the devil is a sneaky cuss! Like a fisherman changes tactics when the fish aren’t striking on one bait, the devil will change tactics and come at you a different way when from time to time. The good news is that the devil is a defeated foe, and while we may be inclined to “take the bait…. Read more Continue reading Of Dreams and Nightmares (AYFH wk 39)

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2018: A Year for Hope, Dreams and Nightmares

Of Dreams and Nightmares (AYFH wk 38)

I was able to lay my head down on the pillow at night and sleep because I had greater confidence in Jesus’s love for me than I had in any dream to derail my sanity. But there is more to the healing process than just remembering and processing, because if just remembering brought healing then why would so many people need medication (self-prescribed or physician prescribed) to help them deal with PTSD, nightmares and night terrors? Nightmares would actually be a good thing! Because nightmares would be one of the tools to remembering and processing, right?…. read more Continue reading Of Dreams and Nightmares (AYFH wk 38)

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