The Secret to Having a Deeply Rooted Faith

Gwen Smith November 16, 2018Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, Strength, Trials 68 Comments

A nasty storm had blown through. Lots of thunder and lightening. Buckets of wetness. The Twitter feed from our local fire department alerted us to the dangers of high winds and encouraged the community to hunker down at home until the storm passed.

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Practice Makes Progress

Gwen Smith October 30, 2018Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Prayer, Worship 101 Comments

I’ve always been an athlete. As an adult, I enjoy power walking and keeping fit. Growing up, I played on different sports teams all year round,

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What Do Others See In You?

Gwen Smith August 21, 2018Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, Love, Priorities, Trusting God, Worship 9 Comments

When I was growing up, ours was on the doorframe between the kitchen and the hall with the red carpet. A vertical trail of penciled dashes and dates that marked the growth of my siblings and I – that eventually got painted over.

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How To Know When To Go

Gwen Smith August 14, 2018Blog, Christian Living, Control, Devotions, Encouragement, Prayer 8 Comments

Ants have been known to ruin a picnic or two, but recently they messed up my beach time and flustered my heart.

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The Problem With Trusting Broken Cisterns

Gwen Smith May 1, 2018Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, Trusting God 59 Comments

‘Even now,’ declares the LORD, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, 

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Finding God in the Dry of Your Drought

Gwen Smith April 10, 2018Blog, Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, Trials, Trusting God 441 Comments

The Old Testament prophet Elijah is a guy I can relate to.

God asked him to do and say some difficult things.

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How Resistance Can Lead to Strength

Gwen Smith April 3, 2018Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, God's Promises, Strength, Trials, Trusting God 145 Comments

My daughter plays competitive volleyball and recently began a specialized resistance plyometric workout called Vertimax training. The actual Vertimax equipment looks rather unimpressive.

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Which One Are You?

Gwen Smith March 27, 2018Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, fasting, Giving, Priorities, Trials, Trusting God, Wisdom, Worry 84 Comments

The words of Jesus pack a punch. His is a powerful and vibrant dialog that brings both tradition and the Law into a new and living light.

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You Can Do This!

Gwen Smith March 20, 2018Blog, Devotions, Encouragement, Fear, God's Promises, Grace, Grief, Healing, Prayer, Sorrow, Strength, Trusting God, Worry 84 Comments

You can do this.

Sometimes we just need to be reminded. I know I do.

That day was a whopper.

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