Author: WhitneyD

The Word of God is Not Bound!

The last few weeks had left my body feeling the exhaustion of traveling through four countries with my husband and our five young children. When we finally arrived in East Asia, our friends and teammates were anxiously awaiting our arrival. It was late, we had just flown for fifteen hours,

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Guard the Gospel

  I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to live in a different time in history. A day when the world wasn’t so cynical, when tolerance wasn’t a religion, when success meant more than money and power, and when more people genuinely looked out for each other. But different

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Who Do You Love?

I was pulling the last of the dinner rolls out of the oven when the whole lot of them came running. It was 4pm on a Monday, and in between homework and suppertime the smells and their impatient bellies had gotten the best of them. “Can I have a warm

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Spiritual Fitness

I despise exercise. I absolutely dread it. I know how important exercise is for my heart and my muscles. I know how necessary exercise is for effective body function. I know how crucial it is, and yet… I don’t like pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I don’t like

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An Overseer Above Reproach

It was near the end of our pre-marital counseling sessions and we were pretty sure we were ready to take on the world. I mean, we had Jesus, each other, and the cutest matching placemats and plastic napkin ring holders (sporting true 90’s fashion) that you ever did see. Heh. I’m

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You’re not too far gone…

I cupped his chin into one hand and made him look into my eyes. God still loves you, buddy. He will never, ever stop loving you. This boy of mine has a hard time remembering this. His sin is ever before him – that thorn in his side that has

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| Sold Out | What’s Your Story?

I’ll never forget when he tip-toed down the stairs a little too early one morning, with sleep still in his eyes as he stumbled and squinted his way into my bathroom. No “Good Morning” greeting. No drama. No frills. He just walked up to me and matter-of-factly whispered into my

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Overcoming Unbelief

There’s one in every crowd. You might have heard them referred to as the: Party Pooper. Debbie Downer. Pessimistic Penny. Negative Nancy. I once knew a girl named Vanessa whose friends called her “Depressa”. No one wants to carry these labels, but it seems that they just can’t help themselves. No

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Simon the Zealot, Jesus the Cure…

“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great

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Following Christ, No Matter the Cost

“Following Jesus is more than nodding a head, raising a hand, signing a card, or repeating a prayer – though someone coming to Christ can do any of those. Following Jesus is not returning to life as usual, the only difference being that we’re now going to Heaven. Following Jesus

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