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What To Do When You Don’t Know What to Do

Nicole Cottrell 23.09.2015 Belief, Encouragement, Hope, Identity, Persevere 0
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On the heels of one of the hardest years of my life, I naively assumed that this year would be easier--lighter--more bearable. I thought that certainly God would, at some critical point, swoop in and rescue me. He would save the day. I was sure of it.   But, difficult days continued to be rolled out before me. I was hurting both physically and emotionally. I was spiritually anemic. I was holding on to a kernel of faith and on most days I was starving for hope, in any form.   I honestly didn’t know what to do. I asked for prayer. Then I...

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Hope Deferred and the Art of a Good Story  

Renee Ronika 08.07.2015 Dreams, Encouragement, Expectancy, Faith, Hope, Identity, Maturity, Overcome, Story 0
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  [dropcaps type='circle' color='' background_color='' border_color='']P[/dropcaps]racticed readers know that a story is as good as its first chapter, sometimes its first paragraph. To understand our story within the arc of God’s narrative, the concept doesn’t change: we look to the beginning of the story to understand its end.   In the first book of the Bible, we meet a seventeen-year-old Joseph who has just revealed two dreams he received from the Lord, which prophesy of his unique calling. This news rouses his older brothers’ jealousy. They, in turn, sell him into slavery, which is the means by which Joseph fulfills his prophetic dream and...

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We are Invited to the Table

Rachel Oludiji 30.06.2015 Belief, Belong, Dreams, Encouragement, Expectancy, Hope 2
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[dropcaps type='circle' color='' background_color='' border_color='']E[/dropcaps]very once in a while I am overwhelmed by the thought that there are some things that aren’t designed for me to experience. I think this not from a place of defeat or depression, but from the knowledge that there are certain dreams I have placed on the back-burner of my heart and mind.   One of my most beloved movies from childhood (along with 2 million others, I am sure) is Hook. My absolute favorite part is when the Lost Boys and grown Peter Pan are sitting at the table to eat. It appears as though there is nothing to...

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Pieces of this Mother’s heart

Jennie Forsberg 17.06.2015 Grace, Hope 2
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My core desire as a mother can be summed up in this:   To raise children who are completely in love with Jesus and desire to experience Him and live for Him all the days of their lives.   As the day to day struggles of parenting go by, do I feel like I can accomplish this? If I'm honest, no. But I am holding out hope.   At the heart of it, I want what God wants for my kids. I often forget that this is the very thing He wants for me. We aren't any different in His eyes. Both His children, both make mistakes,...

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The Lord, Our Only Salvation

Rachel Oludiji 27.05.2015 Belief, Encouragement, Expectancy, Faith, Hope, Overcome 0
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  The last year of my life has been quite a huge stepping-stone and journey. In 12 months, I have learned more about my spiritual gifts than ever, especially about being equipped and stepping out in more faith and authority to walk in them daily. Hearing from the Lord more clearly for others and myself has been on my radar, as well.   At Overcome, I had to stop and ask the Lord what things I needed breakthrough in or a shift in perspective.   One challenge He highlighted to me was the feeling of personal responsibility to be a form of salvation to others....

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Enough is Enough

Brianna VanderWeide 20.05.2015 Belief, Belong, Encouragement, Faith, Hope, Overcome 1
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You know what happens when you Google everything like I do? You find out some pretty simple definitions of things that actually blow your mind. I Googled “enough is enough” and the definition was this: no more will be tolerated. That’s it. Plain and simple and yet, bam, right to the core of my heart.   NO MORE WILL BE TOLERATED.   At the recent Prism :: Overcome gathering, we were asked to write a word on a rock that would counter a lie we have believed, or be a reminder to us of what God is overcoming in our lives. The Lord revealed...

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You Are Free to Do Nothing

Nicole Cottrell 07.05.2015 Encouragement, Faith, Hope 4
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In many Christian circles, we are only as good as the last conference or retreat we attended, class we took, or book we read.   Our “goodness” and “Christ-likeness” are measured against our levels of involvement in church activities. We are often pressured to “do more,” “serve more,” and “give more.” We enter into the exhausting pursuit of "being a Christian."   But pursuing Jesus is something altogether different. Pursuing Christ is actually a counter-intuitive, often uncomfortable, reversal of church life busyness.   At the Prism :: Overcome event two weekends ago, I had the opportunity to talk and pray with a beautiful woman about her...

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The Shackles of Expectancy

Rachel Oludiji 15.04.2015 Encouragement, Expectancy, Faith, Hope 2
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I’ve always struggled with the idea of “expectancy.” It’s an idea/phrase/state of mind that has never really been an easy thing for me to grasp. Honestly, I think I’ve been failing at it for a while now.   In itself, being expectant is not a bad thing. It’s actually quite necessary to please the Lord as stated in Hebrews 11:6. However, I’ve found myself in trouble or increasingly in doubt when certain blessings have been delayed, like experiencing things supernaturally, seeing healings, being launched into worship ministry, getting married, or finding the right job. There was never a selfish intent to enhance...

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The Dangerous Pursuit of Hope

Nicole Cottrell 08.04.2015 Encouragement, Faith, Hope 0
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“Hope” is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— -Emily Dickinson   Last year was one of the hardest years I have ever experienced. I achingly crawled through the year. Everything became hard—facing the day was hard, serving the Lord was hard, believing God was hard.   I felt as if I was being forced into a corner where my past hurts, my daily physical pain, and my fragile emotional state were coming to a head. It was relentless. I remember saying to God at one point, “Can you please stop? I need to come...

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