Tag: God’s love
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Take heart–God is greater than your struggle, greater than your strife
When life is hard, obstacles seems overwhelming, you can’t see past the current struggle or situation–take heart! God is greater and more powerful than we can imagine. One of my newest favorite recording artists is Blanca, and her words ring in my ears of her song Greater Is He. (<– click the link to listen) Greater…
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When you’re not proud of your choices you want to throw in the towel…
Life is not always easy. And when the going gets tough it IS easy to forget the good things, forget our progress, forget that we’re “human,” get derailed, beat ourselves up mentally and turn on ourselves with nasty self-talk. Why is that? Just yesterday we were proud of ourselves, things were going well, we saw…
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God has given you dreams–visions–aspirations. Glimpses of His work played out in your life–of your potential.
So what are you going to do about it? Have you ever heard the saying, “God helps those who help themselves?” Let’s think about this for a second—then ask 1) is it true? And 2) is that statement supported in God’s word–His ultimate guidebook? Does that mean that in order for me to deserve…
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“In Christ alone my hope is found…”
I love how God speaks to us through songs and how our bodies and souls are so integrated to respond to music. Given that my name is Melody, it would be easy to surmise that I am musically inclined and wouldn’t be a shame it if wasn’t so? Lol I’m glad it is. I…
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Giving Thanks When You’re in the Struggle
We all know life is not always flowers and roses. Sometimes it’s thick, tough, confusing, exhausting, relentless; literally a struggle. Sometimes we can’t see how God is working or feel his presence, leaving us wondering, “Where is He?” “Has He abandoned me?” “Why won’t He help me?” These are the times that our faith is…
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Finding Our Identity In Christ…not food, fashion, friends or family
It’s so easy to get caught up in the coming holiday season that we forget the importance of taking time for ourselves, let alone quality time with God. I wrapped up a personal 30 day self-improvement challenge almost 2 weeks ago. My goal was not only weight loss (Goal: lose 10 pound;. Result: 9.5 pounds…
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Are you a victim of life or living in the fullness God has available for you?
This is one of my most straight-to-the-heart chats that cuts to the core of the happiness we experience, or lack thereof, in life. I’ve been working through a 30 day personal improvement self-created challenge to really get myself to a better place physically, emotionally and spiritually. Because I know we were created for more. You…
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Pride Cometh Before the Fall…Literally
Not the prettiest picture you’ve ever seen, but VALUABLE lessons have been learned… “Pride cometh before the fall…”Proverbs 16:18. Well I have now lived that in a very literal sense… I went jogging the other day and had a brand new workout outfit that I was taking for a spin for the first time. Very…
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The Relief is in the Rain. How to relieve the stresses and pressures of life [VIDEO]
![The Relief is in the Rain. How to relieve the stresses and pressures of life [VIDEO]](https://fitplusfaith.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/the-relief.png?w=560)
Got caught in an unexpected downpour a mile in to my morning run today. I knew it was humid, but didn’t expect the skies to open up! But let me tell you, it felt so much better afterwards! The humidity had reached a point that the clouds had to form precipitation and release the rain.…
"Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Romans 12:2 