Tag: christianity
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Can I Trust My Father?
Earthly Fathers / Our Heavenly Father This morning, as I was going about my ‘duties’ that included starting the laundry, taking out the trash, washing the dishes, and organizing the pantry a bit, my heart and mind were running wild – literally in so many directions, and I knew that I was bordering on an…
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Strengthen the Spirit
Weaken the Flesh “Whatever strengthens my spirit weakens my flesh!” In our Christian walk, we cling to the promises of God found throughout His Word. One of those promises is that God will bless our obedience. He says that those who walk in obedience to Him will see the goodness of God. So how…
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“I’m Not Born Again!”
Faithfulness Matters I’m just going to begin this post with the honest truth, which is that I struggled with what to title it! They say that people choose whether to read your articles or not based on the ‘catchiness’ of the titles. I’m pretty sure this one will not grab the attention of many, but…
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Chaotic Emotions
Not Enough Words It was just a week ago that I was battling real feelings of loneliness, discouragement, and was close to depression. I even reached out to a couple of my closest friends and just asked them to pray for me – that I wasn’t ok. Let me tell you that this is not…
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Maybe She Was Born With It
Or Maybe It’s Mayballine Does anyone remember this commercial jingle? It has been running through my head this morning as I’ve considered some things that my study of Mary and Martha from Scripture this week brought to mind. If you’ve spent any time looking at these women and how they interacted with Jesus and those…
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Clinging To Him
End of my rope “While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal!” This verse of Scripture became very real to me when I was in my early twenties…
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No, It is not Easy
But if God will use it… I was in my early twenties when I first began singing the song, The Refiner’s Fire by Steve Green. At that point, I had suffered loss in many areas of my life, and I truly wanted all of it to be used to refine who I was/am and as…
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Feeling the Hurt
But not sad This past week, I’ve had the opportunity to share and speak with dozens of people on the subject of pain, difficult life situations, wounds, discouragement, depression, grief… and the reality of navigating and walking with these aspects of life without losing the joy that Christ gives. In this world, there is no…
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CHEATED!
Ok – I said it. I’m painfully aware that as a believer, I’m not supposed to say that I’ve been cheated. With that awareness comes the knowledge that I deserve absolutely nothing and that every blessing of life is a gift from God. I use the words painfully aware, because my head knows these things…
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Pride Month
Genuine Love Can Disagree As someone who is passionate about truth and hates controversy… As someone who believes what God says is truth, regardless of how I feel… As someone who has faced intense anger this week because I questioned why a friend believes what she believes… My heart and mind have been working in…
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Ministry Update
Dear Friends! Today’s blog entry is a little different, but necessary. I want to begin by thanking each of you who have been faithful readers of The Forgotten Woman Blog. I’m constantly working to improve the format and site, and writing as much as I can. You know my goal is to encourage others while…
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Technology BAD
The Evils of that Phone in Your Hand Yep. We’re gonna tackle this subject – one that seems to be gaining in popularity among various demographics of society. Y’all know that I spend a lot of time with people who are Christians, and many of us are understandably concerned about the influences that we bring…
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Is This Going to Matter…
In Eternity To begin today, let me give you just a little bit of transparent insight into the mind and life of a blogger like me… I’ve been trying to write this article now for two weeks and the problem hasn’t been about forming words or sentences or ideas: it’s been about sitting down and…
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It’s TAR!
Don’t Worry about it; It’s TOO Badly Soiled “What’s that all over your sweatshirt, son?” “Oh, that’s tar.” “Well, give it to me and let me see if I can get it off!” “Mom, it’s ruined. I didn’t realize what we were doing at work today or I wouldn’t have worn it, but it’s too…
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That Unknown Work
We’ve Underestimated the Value! Oh, friends; we know the Scripture verses – “Pray without ceasing,” “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” “If ye have faith and doubt not, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing, ye shall receive.” “And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him.” There are so many more…
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My Stinkin Mind
RENEW THAT THING Well, we’ve come through the end of the year holiday season and my heart is so full of all that God is teaching me. This morning I had to go to court again – yes, I’m being sued by a stranger and while it isn’t something I talk about; it is certainly…
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The Forgotten Woman Vision 2025
What we are doing and asking God for in 2025 It’s incredible to think that 2024 is coming to a close, and we are getting ready to embark on a new year. This is always a great time to evaluate, reevaluate, and communicate with those who pray for us and support us in life and…
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LOVE
Unconditional? My heart wants to love like Jesus. Over the past few years in reflecting and studying the subject, my thoughts have led me to a conclusion. We hear the term “unconditional love” often when someone is speaking of God’s love for us, or the love we should have for one another. Unconditional love as…
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That Speech, Though
I Bet You’ve Heard of the Chief’s Kicker Now! Unless you have been intentionally disconnected from the cultural screams this past week, then you are aware of the commencement speech made by Harrison Butker. His words have caused quite a stir and some of you are quite tired of hearing about it. To you, I…
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Well, That’s Gross!
Yes, but think about this… Have you seen anything more disgusting? Yes – this is from my Rainbow vacuum after the first sweep across my den floor. Before I go any further, let me assure you that I’m not looking for cleaning advice, or for all of the reasons I should not have carpet. I…
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Moms (and Dads) at Prayer
When we are Weary “I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God: which is your reasonable service.” How is your heart today? Have you ever noticed like me that there are times in our Christian lives that we feel like…
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The Umbrella
God’s Design for Family Authority – or not… I am absolutely, positively certain that within my circle of readers most have heard of the “umbrella of authority” as taught by Gothard and others. Some of you agree with him wholeheartedly and some of you are outraged by the entire notion. As someone who attended several…
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Pray about THAT?
*I don’t think God really cares about things like that! Do you pray about the daily things? The schedule, the plan. How about the necessary funds for simple things like meals or gasoline? Do you pray for wisdom before meeting with a friend, or for the Lord to help you guard your expressions when your…
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