God is making all things new for me and you
“New” is only three letters long, but it delivers a boatload of hopefulness. It conveys the thought of a fresh start, a second chance, and a clean slate.
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Walk: My One Word for the New Year
For several years, I’ve enjoyed the New Year’s practice of choosing one word on which to focus for twelve months. This year, my word is “walk.”
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What Does “Trust in the LORD” Mean?
When God tells us to trust Him, He means fully trust. We refrain from picking and choosing the concerns we feel are okay to give Him while clinging to others.
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Here’s My Special Focus Word for 2024
Each January, I prayerfully ask God for the word He knows will inspire personal growth and help me persevere through year. Here is this year’s word.
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Sharing My Gratitude List for 2023
Happy New Year! Like me, do you feel as though the year whizzed by? As the year draws to a close, I’m reflecting on the many things for which I’m grateful.
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How Does a Yearly Focus Word Help Us Grow?
A yearly focus word is a great tool to help us grow in our faith journey. One year, my word was “joy.” This year’s word, I believe, is “restore.”
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Finding Peace in the New Year
Only God knows what the new year will hold. One thing we know ~ no matter what the new year’s headlines say, we can experience peace because Jesus promised.
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How Having a Focus-Word Helps Us Grow
This year, the word “praise” jumped off the page as I read Psalm 146. The chapter begins, “Praise the LORD. Let all that I am praise the LORD.”
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Why I Didn’t Want This One-Word for 2020
My word is “listen.” It’s not the word I wanted. I tried to ignore it. But “listen” kept popping up, sometimes several times a day, and I finally surrendered.
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3 Promises for When We Need Answers
Whatever questions we ask, we can rest assured that God hasn’t left us to answer them on our own. He’s promised to guide, advise, and lead us.
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Here’s My Focus Word for 2017
Several years ago I began choosing one special word at the start of a new year. For 2017, my one word is “see.” Here are a few thoughts that it brings to mind.
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“Great” – My One Word for 2016
For each of the past five years or so, the Lord’s given me one special word on which to focus. Beyond a doubt, my word for 2016 is “great.”
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How to Respond When God Interrupts Our Routine
I enter 2016 with expectancy. How might God choose to use me in new ways? And how might He interrupt my safe and comfortable routine to accomplish His purposes?
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In the Beginning God was There
Beginning a new year is like opening a new journal. Each blank page represents opportunities to be discovered, adventures to unfold, truths to be learned.
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I’m Taking My Blog a New Direction
I felt as though the Lord was nudging me to start blogging regularly. I’ve blogged about my ministry travels, but I sense it’s time to change direction.
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