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Flourish Where You're Planted (Even When You Want to Give Up)

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11) We often treat this verse like a security blanket or a genie-in-a-bottle wish. We take it to mean our suffering will soon end and the flourishing is just

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Your Character Will Outlive The Lies Told About You

Have you ever been lied about? Had a friend (who you thought had your back) make a difficult time even worse? Are you the subject of gossip? It’s a terrible feeling. The injustice of it all can eat away at you, leaving you overwhelmed by anger, fear, and uncertainty. Before you know it you could

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Why Do We Fight Over What We Wear?

Remember back—maybe waaaay back—to some of the disagreements you had with your own mom about what you wanted to wear. Why is that? Well, I think the rumble about wardrobes is a small piece of an ongoing war that was waged in antiquity. Tucked in the midst of Genesis 3 is a Bible verse from

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Whose Idea Was Clothing?

Have you ever wondered why we wear clothes? I mean, when God made the first man and woman, He made them without clothes: “The man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed” (Gen. 2:25 ESV). There was no clothing . . . and there was no shame or guilt. That’s because Adam

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8 Ways the Holy Spirit Helps When Marriage Is Painful

Has your marriage ever been in a place where you barely knew how to pray? Mine has. At times, the only prayer that formed on my lips was, Lord, help! And He did. God has written a redemption story in the marriage of Bob and Dannah Gresh that I could never have dreamed of. We

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We Need a Theology of Clothing

I detest legalism, and I often hear obsessive conformity to rules when some people within the Christian community talk about the way women present themselves. That’s not to say God doesn’t have guidelines for us, but we’re awfully good at adding to them. That’s part of what gave me pause when it came to surrendering

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Healing Does Happen: Our Road to Freedom

We both felt the nudge of God's spirit to slow down and get honest. But we didn't. We kept making a lie our refuge. Eventually, Bob got to the point where he had to tell me the whole truth.  He did. Sitting in our red leather chairs in our living room, he broke my heart.

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8 Ways the Holy Spirit Helps When Marriage Is Painful

Has your marriage ever been in a place where you barely knew how to pray? Mine has. My husband’s fierce battle with lust and pornography once knocked me to my knees. At times, the only prayer that formed on my lips was, Lord, help! And He did. God has written a redemption story in the marriage

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A Great Depression Recipe to Bring Hope In Hard Times

Hello, my friend! And welcome to my kitchen. Well, it’s my mom’s kitchen in this photo and the attached mouth-watering video. At least, it’s mouth-watering to me, because I grew up knowing that Nana’s Beef Pot Pie had one important ingredient: love. Keep scrolling if you like to watch the art of food because my

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