Designed to Pray Review & Giveaway

Designed to Pray Review & Giveaway

I’ve been challenged lately to pray more. And with that challenge comes two beautiful giveaways for you this  resurrection weekend! Designed to Pray by Kelly O’Dell Stanley   We all know we should pray. And when life gets a little out of control the first thing we do is often offer up a plea for help to the one who we know can do something about our problem. But do you ever struggle to pray? Do you ever go throughout your day and forget to pray? Do you want to have a deeper relationship with God, but truly practicing the

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What If I Fail?

Peace in Every Place: Week 2 What If I Fail? I pressed send again. I put my heart on the page of paper and I put it out there for people to see and critique. The goal was acceptance and approval. When rejection comes from people who seem to know what they are doing, it gives you a sense of failure and frustration. I followed all the rules and crossed every t, but my work wasn’t good enough. Have you ever put yourself out there? You go out on a limb thinking you’re doing the right thing and then, snap!

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Peace in the Unknown

Welcome to a new series – Peace in Every Place! If you are in a season when peace feels a bit distant, I hope this encourages you. We all go through tough times. So hold on and know this too shall pass. If this series encourages you, be sure to leave a comment or shoot me an email! I am praying for you! Peace in Every Place We all know that feeling of facing circumstances that cannot be predicted. It’s the waiting periods of life that make us evaluate our faith and question our motives. Have you been there? You want

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Calling All Perfectionists

Living With Purpose: Week 8 Sometimes we wait for the circumstances to be perfect before we take a leap of faith. I’m not a good waiter. I like things to happen fast. Once I get my mind made up, I like to make an action plan and leap with all my might. Sometimes it’s good. It means I act in faith and let God work out the details as I go. Other times, it’s complete foolishness. I jump ahead of God and get into deep water that I cannot navigate on my own, and then I wonder why I feel

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Ever Feel Lonely?

Ever Feel Lonely? I entered the room of women excited to make new friends. While they laughed about old memories and giggled over inside jokes, there I stood on the outside looking in – alone. I wanted to laugh and join in the fun, but I didn’t know the inside stories and didn’t understand the jokes that caused them to explode into simultaneous laughter. So there I stood with a smile plastered on my face, and an empty sinking feeling filling up my entire chest. I was surrounded by people, but felt completely alone. Have you ever been there? You

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Ever Feel Inadequate?

Living With Purpose in Every Season: Week 6 Do ever feel like everyone else is doing life better than you? I get it. I see what everyone else is doing and how awesome they are doing it and wonder what I am missing. As a homeschool mom for the past three years, the trap of comparison is so evident all around me. It only takes one glance around me to get me all choked up about how inadequate my homeschooling skills are. As a blogger, it only takes one click to realize how much I don’t know about the huge

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