Heed Those Warnings

Gwen Smith August 9, 2017Blog, Holy Spirit, Temptation, Wisdom 3 Comments

I love spinach. I love it in salads – especially with grilled salmon, goat cheese and pine nuts. I love it on a turkey sandwich with whole grain bread,

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Acknowledging The Battle and Keeping Watch

Gwen Smith August 1, 2017Blog, Faith, Holy Spirit, Prayer, Trials 50 Comments

We need to be fully engaged and alert because our enemy is fierce. You don’t have to wear camo but as a follower of Christ you do need a battle plan.

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GIVEAWAY: Doing Busy Better

Gwen Smith July 28, 2017Blog, Giveaways, Priorities, Worship 114 Comments

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Today I welcome my friend and fellow author, GLYNNIS WHITWER, to share from her new book, Doing Busy Better.

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A Love That Meets You In The Lonely Places

Gwen Smith July 27, 2017Blog, Devotions, Love, Worship 32 Comments

I’m needy when it comes to love.

Remember that game Hungry Hungry Hippos? Well, I’m pretty much Hungry Hungry Gwenno.

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A Challenge For The Changed

Gwen Smith July 18, 2017Blog 18 Comments

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He was about to go.

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When There Is Nothing There

Gwen Smith July 11, 2017Blog, Faith, Prayer 12 Comments

I have a girlfriend who is caught between faith and a hard place. Though she is a committed Christ-follower she struggles to believe God’s promises and feels helpless to the circumstances of her trial.

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No Performance Needed

Gwen Smith July 6, 2017Blog, Christian Living, Encouragement, Faith, Grace, Love, Parenting 3 Comments

One day when my kids were little and playing with Play-Doh at the kitchen table, they enthusiastically called me over to view their creative masterpieces. I noticed that my son Hunter had used a small cookie cutter to make a bunch of blue stars.

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What’s Your Temperature?

Gwen Smith June 27, 2017Blog, Confession, Peace 12 Comments

I got a phone call in the middle of the school day from my son Preston. He was calling from the nurse’s office at the middle school.

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Something Beautiful

Gwen Smith June 22, 2017Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Giving, Worship 20 Comments

I am completely crazy about cool jewelry, so when the Lord prompted me to take off my favorite necklace and give it to the woman who had just admired it,

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