This is a war. And now that you have pulled back the shroud, a little, and peeked beyond at the battle raging beyond, you have two choices. Let the curtain fall, turn and cover your eyes pretend that nothing happened. That nothing was on the other side of that curtain. Or, grab that curtain, pull it free and go…to... War. "Let someone else do it. Let someone else give up sleep to spend hours on their knees during the midnight watch. Let others- I'm not good enough. My prayers aren't …
How to Combat the devil’s Schemes as a Teen
Why is it so hard to follow Christ when you are a teen? Sadly, I have realized in the couple of years that I have been a teen it is extremely hard to stay focused on Christ. There are so many distractions and temptations. It is hard to battle back. There is social media, peer pressure of so many different kinds (I could go on about that for forever), events to attend, status to keep up, and more! The devil has gotten really good at his job of deceiving us. We are constantly being tempted and …
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Repentance and Confession
Confessing our sins to God and repenting from those sins is not something we talk about a lot in our Christian circles. I think a lot of people believe you should repent and confess once as a step of salvation and then you're done. I also think that people don't like to confess because we live in a society that's all about competition and one up-ing each other. We don't like to admit when we're wrong. But confessing to God and repenting from our sins is an ongoing process. We constantly fall …
The Battle Is Real
We're all struggling, all fighting the same battles, facing the same ugly lies. We're all in the same boat. We think we are the only ones facing it- but we're not. Yes, the attacks against you are personalized, wrapped up with a bow especially for you, but the attack is nothing new. Its been happening since the beginning of time- back in a mist shrouded garden. No new battle plan was drawn up specifically to tear you down. To rob you of your joy, to divide your family and scatter them to the …
The Power We Have In Prayer
We all have situations in our lives. We have people in our lives that are dealing with health issues, relationship issues, and personal issues. Not only are they dealing with them, but many times we can find ourselves dealing with the same type of issues in our own lives. When we are hit with an issue, one of the first things that we tend to do is stop in our tracks. We wonder what just happened and what did we do to get ourselves into the situation. We try to find out who is to blame and, …
Our Book of the Month: Join Us
It's April 1st and, while some are happy to celebrate "April Fools Day," I am excited for a completely different reason. I have really enjoyed connecting with my prayerful sisters in the past few weeks. We have been connecting and communicating on different topics, like books, drawing closer as a community, and finding ways to strengthen & encourage one another in the Lord. Well, this is going to be one of the first things that we will do to combine our group goals. Starting today, we are …