When betrayal brings you to your knees, the path forward doesn’t have to be bitterness. And it can lead to your Promised Land.

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Stepping Up When It’s Really Uncomfortable

I didn’t want to be reprimanding that stranger on my honeymoon, and I promise you I’m no hothead. Yet there I was, standing in the fancy hotel lobby in my wedding dress, witnessing injustice unfold before me.

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Wide Awake: Recognizing the Slippery Slopes Before You Fall

The path astray often begins with small, seemingly innocent missteps, but staying spiritually alert and grounded in God's Word is our best defense.

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Why ‘Pray about Everything’ Means More Than We Think

It’s not about getting things. It’s about staying in connection with God.

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The Gift of Not Being Good Enough

On our own, none of us is “good enough” for heaven. Thank God for the gift of his grace.

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We Were Never Meant to Do It Alone

On overcoming my pride and self-reliance, illustrated through a season of overwhelming stress that renewed my faith in divine strength.

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Does the Way I Live My Life Point To God?

About the day I realized I’m a walking, talking billboard for the Lord, not only in the things I say and thoughts I have, but also in the things I do—the clothes I wear, the language I use, the choices I make, the jokes I tell.