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Surviving Christmas with Depression

Darkness engulfs our days. Like the sun slipping away earlier and earlier each day, we find it difficult to grasp onto hope. Pain envelopes us with its tentacles. Defeat covers us at night and greets us each morning. A tear-soaked pillow cradles our head as we contemplate life…and death.
I cry out to God once again. “Where are You?” No reply. Why doesn’t He answer? I know Hebrews 13:5 is still true:

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My Word for 2023: Peace

I broke the silence in the car. “I see why God gave me the word peace this year.”
Just an hour earlier, the doctor should have scheduled my surgery, but instead, he wanted me to get a second opinion from another neurosurgeon, a deformity doctor. It seems my scoliosis has created havoc in my back.

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Shoes of peace

  Welcome back to part 3 of our Armor of God prayer strategy. If you missed the first episodes, you can catch up on them here. Today, we have...

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Does God Really Want Us to Prosper?

When I realized God truly wants us to prosper, I was stunned. The so-called “prosperity gospel” has tainted the idea of success for Christians. John prayed for his readers to prosper (3 John 1:1). Paul made a connection between giving and prospering (1 Cor. 16:2).
God gave Joshua (and us) the key to prosperity in our focal verse.

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