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A Prayer for Minimized Losses and Multiplied Gains During COVID-19

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A Prayer for Minimized Losses and Multiplied Gains During COVID-19

Until God releases us from threats like COVID-19, my family is leaning hard into prayer. In many ways, we’re paraphrasing a very helpful prayer prayed over our daughter from so many years ago. I hope extended families, friends and churches will join us in praying this prayer, too.

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Come To Me - During Quarantine, and Every Day

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Come To Me - During Quarantine, and Every Day

When you are sheltering in place, come to ME. When you are out serving in an essential job, come to ME. This came to me in the shower. Yes, I’m still showering now and then. The ME in this writing is Jesus. Except last line is all Deb!

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Scriptures for Overcoming 15 Lies, Fears, and Doubts

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Scriptures for Overcoming 15 Lies, Fears, and Doubts

When we go through dark, lonely times it’s easy for our thinking to get cloudy, to forget the things we know, and to get confused. It’s easy to start believing lies instead of truth. During my doubting, fighting-daily-for-faith years, I started a list of thoughts I struggled with and Bible verses that I could go to in order to combat those lies or struggles. Here is my list; maybe you’ll find some of these helpful.

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The Confidence of Youth

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The Confidence of Youth

I wonder when the confidence of youth slips through our fingers, and we find ourselves so caught up in the worrying or embarrassing ‘what ifs’ that we forget the amazing, unexpected, wonderful ‘what ifs,’ the very ones God specializes in!