What are the most powerful lessons of unmet expectations?
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Joy Comes in the Morning
It seems we are in a season when weeping lasts. But hear the good news: joy comes in the morning!
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Friend, if life has plunged you in darkness right now, I want to encourage you and share with you three spiritual disciplines to grow in a season of pain. Seasons of intense suffering, pain, and sorrow provide the perfect soil for the growth of our faith, endurance, character, and hope.
Four Ways to Stand Firm in Faith
Friend, do you find it difficult to trust God and stand firm in faith? When our lives don’t develop as we hoped for, when our prayers go unanswered, when a tragedy strikes, then it is especially challenging to continue putting our faith in God. But at the same time, it is crucial to choose to trust Him so we can stand, persevere, and move forward.
Five Principles in a Time of Transition
It’s a time of transition. I sit on the floor among piles of open boxes trying to envisage how to master the unknown way of leaving my life as I knew it and crossing into a new life in another country alone.
How to Have the Courage to Go Forward
Do you have these days when you wonder how to have the courage to go forward? I woke up on such a day with one wish – I wanted to go back to sleep, to avoid the painful reality of my new unwanted life as a widow.
Don’t Be Satisfied with the Less
Have you had a situation in which you chose to be satisfied with the less? When did you choose to stop and settle just one step before the breakthrough, or the solution or the right door to open?
How to Find Joy in a Season of Suffering
Friend, do you wonder if it is possible to have joy in a season of suffering? What kind of joy this could be and how can we cultivate such unconditional joy?
7 Ways to Stop Coveting and Start Committing
Do you know what are the Biblical ways to stop coveting? Do you find yourself often in a situation when you compare with somebody else and before you even notice, you start coveting?
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A Story of Breaking Free from Bitterness and Resentment
Do you struggle with bitterness and resentment in your relationships? We are all hurt people. And we also hurt people. It is especially difficult when we are hurt or betrayed by the closest people: parents, marriage partners, closest friends.
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