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From Dream to Print | by Charity Christy

So pleased to introduce our guest-poster today, Charity Christy. As a member of my COMPEL small group, I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing Charity release her first book into the world this summer. Thanks to Charity for candidly sharing her publishing process. I pray her words bless and inspire. From Dream to Print: A New Author’s Road to Publishing  …
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Remember When

Remember when we went to “Putt-Putt” on Labor Day for our first date —and made it a tradition? I wouldn’t want to play mini-golf every first Monday of September for 30 years (and counting) with anyone else. The best traditions are always the ones that choose us. Remember when we walked the cobbled aisle of an autumn garden —and made…
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When God Defines Your Dreams | by Micah Maddox

So sweet to have our friend, Micah Maddox, guest-posting with us today. ♥ Opening my crisp, new planner, I perused the empty pages and thought through what the new year would hold. I put my pink pen to the page and began filling in the dates of the events, birthdays, and plans I knew would fill up each month of…
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September Spotlight & Giveaway | #ChasingCommunity

Hey, friend. So blessed to be kicking up the sand on this Kingdom Road together, as we honor His purpose for our lives. I celebrate you today—you encourage and inspire me—and I thank you. Now that we’re on the fall schedule, we’ll be making a little change—switching the monthly giveaways to the last Thursday of the month, rather than the…
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Eight Simple Tips to Up Your Prayer-Ministry Game

Y’all, something I’ve been thinking lately, and maybe it’s crossed your mind, too…I wonder what impact our prayers have on eternity? When we randomly pray for strangers to find God—are those among the seeds watered? Does that result in souls in heaven? All because we randomly answered a prompt to pray? Have you ever considered that? Honestly, I’m not sure…
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Summer’s Classroom

And—just like that, it’s September. Hi friend, How was your summer? Go anywhere fun? Read any good books? Tackle a big project? I need to know all-the-things. 🙂 It’s great to be back with you. Thank you for the grace you’ve shown me during my Summer of Rest. Transparency alert: taking a break felt scary at first. Would I still…
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It never gets old, this glory that rises in my fro It never gets old, this glory that rises in my front yard & sets in my back yard day upon day. ☀️🙌
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Worthy is the One whose glory is greater. ✨
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These sky eyes of mine can’t not watch the beauty He sketches on the canvas above. 💕
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Thank You, Lord. 🤍
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#sunset #glory #god #beauty #christianwriter
Dear friend, are you living in a season of hope up Dear friend, are you living in a season of hope upon hope? If so, I understand. 💗
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The relentlessness of some seasons has a way of tethering our threadbare hearts to hope.
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Unlike other holy hallmarks, sometimes hope can feel hard to define. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 feels wild and strong; 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, grounded and secure. Yet, hope can seem wistful, intangible.
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But, more and more I'm realizing that even though hope seems an elegant mystery—Hope is a force unto itself.
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In today's Proverbs 31 Ministries devotion, 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, I share how God meets us inside this beautiful mystery of hope with all of Himself. His power has not lost its authority. 🙌 
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Dear friend, I'm here alongside you as together we hold hope inside the lingering heavy seasons of life. 💗
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You can read and join the conversation today at Proverbs31. org . Would love to hear from you, friend. 💕
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#hope #heartache #Proverbs31Ministries #christianwriter
The neon numbers on my nightstand clock insisted i The neon numbers on my nightstand clock insisted it was midnight, yet it may as well have been midday as far as my active mind was concerned.
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Weariness swept my spirit as the enemy nagged notions of angst. 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵? I begged softly into the night.
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Turns out, trying to fill every moment of opportunity can leave you feeling empty of rest.
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Dear friend, can you relate to being in that place of striving to do it all, lest you miss out on something meaningful, while quietly feeling weary and worn?
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We often hear the acronym FOMO—the “fear of missing out.” But what a lullaby it would sing to our weary spirits, if instead we embraced a different kind of FOMO—the “freedom of missing out.” 🙌
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You can read the full devotion live today at Proverbs 31 Ministries! ✨
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I’d love to hear your story, friend. Have you ever felt similarly? 💕
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#FOMO #freedom #weary #christianwriter #proverbs31ministries
Dear Lord of the sunrise: Thank You! 🙌 💗 . . . #su Dear Lord of the sunrise: Thank You! 🙌 💗
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#sunrise #hope #God #christianwriter
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