4207 Refuse the Verdict
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You woke up this morning, and before your feet even hit the floor, there was already noise. Not the alarm. Not the kids. Something deeper, quieter, meaner — a thought that slid in before you had the chance to decide what kind of day this was going to be. And if you're not careful, that thought will try to run the whole show. But you don't have to let it. Today is your invitation to refuse the verdict, because you were named before the noise ever began. WOW!! Sit with that for a minute. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration...
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4206 The Lies That Feel Like Home
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Some lies announce themselves. They crash into your day with a voice so sharp you know immediately something is wrong. But the most dangerous lies aren't shouted out loud. They whisper. They've been whispering so long you stopped recognizing them as anything other than your own voice — and that is exactly what makes the lies that feel like home so hard to leave behind. You know the ones. I'm not enough. It's too late for me. Everyone else has it figured out. They don't feel like attacks. They feel like facts. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . ...
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4205 The Company You Keep
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There's an old saying that you become like the five people you spend the most time with. And while that might sound like something from a self-help book on a clearance rack, there's actually deep, biblical truth tucked inside it. The company you keep matters more than most of us are willing to admit. And it's not because the people around us define us, but because they shape the atmosphere we breathe, the thoughts we entertain, and the steps we're willing to take. And if we're serious about walking in wisdom, we have to be honest about who's walking beside us. Desire to be supported and...
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4204 Speak Your Spouse's Language
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You can love your spouse deeply, consistently, and sincerely, yet they still feel unloved. This has nothing to do with doing it right or wrong; it's about speaking your love language instead of theirs. How you express love matters, especially when nobody is keeping score. So speak your spouse's language. Most of us default to loving people the way we want to be loved. It makes sense. If words of encouragement fill your cup, you naturally pour words into your spouse. If you feel most connected through quality time, you assume sitting together on the couch is the ultimate act of devotion. Desire...
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4203 When Did I Disappear?
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It happened so slowly you didn't even notice—one day you were the woman with dreams of her own, opinions spoken out loud, hobbies that didn't need justifying. And then somewhere between the dinner, dishes, and dogs, she quietly left the room. Not dramatically. Not with a slamming door. She just… faded. And nobody noticed. Not even you. So when did I disappear? If that question hits you somewhere deep, you're not alone. And you're not broken. You are a woman who loved so hard, so completely, that she forgot to save a seat for herself at her own table. Desire to be supported and encouraged...
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4202 Breathe Where You Are
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There's something inside most of us that kicks in the moment life starts pressing down. When the weight shows up — the uncertainty, the waiting, the silence that feels too long — our first instinct is to push. To claw. To hustle our way back into motion because at least movement feels like progress. But what if the bravest thing you could do right now is simply breathe where you are? What if this season isn't asking you to perform your way out — but to be present right where you've been planted? Now, that may sound counterintuitive. We live in a world that celebrates output. The...
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4201 Growing Pains That Still Grow
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Why does growing have to hurt? I mean, we talk about growth like it's this beautiful, sun-drenched thing — butterflies emerging, flowers blooming, all of it wrapped in soft lighting and your favorite song playing in the background. And sure, sometimes it is that. But other times? Other times it feels like you've been turned inside out. Like the life you built — the one that fit so perfectly last year — is suddenly two sizes too small, and you can't breathe in it anymore. That's the part no one puts on the vision board: growing pains that still grow. You know the feeling. Something in...
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4200 Speak Truth to Yourself
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There's a version of you that shows up every morning with a smile already rehearsed. She knows the right words — I'm fine, I'm blessed, I'm good — and she delivers them so well that most people never think to ask a follow-up question. She's pleasant. She's put together. And she is exhausted from the performance. But today, let's get a little I uncomfortable; speak truth to yourself. It's not truth aimed at someone else or spoken from a stage or typed out in a text. It is the kind of truth that happens when you close the door, sit with God, and finally stop narrating the version of...
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4199 Running On Noise
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You haven't even gotten out of bed yet, and already, the world is talking to you. Notifications are lighting up the nightstand. Headlines are waiting behind the lock screen. Opinions, arguments, comparisons are all lined up before your feet hit the floor. You're running on noise, and you don't even realize it. Yesterday, in Guard Your Heart, Guard Your Path, we talked about why guarding your heart matters — because everything you do flows from it. Today, I want us to go a step deeper. If your heart is the wellspring, then your mind is the gate. And every single day, that gate is being...
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4198 Guard Your Heart, Guard Your Path
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There is a quiet war happening in every life, and most of us barely notice it. It doesn't announce itself with sirens or alarms. It creeps in through the glow of a screen, the scroll of a feed, the weight of words we never asked to carry. And before we know it, we've wandered. Not dramatically. Not all at once. But step by slow step, we've drifted from the path God laid out for us — because somewhere along the way, we stopped guarding what matters most. If wisdom has taught us anything, it's this: guard your heart, guard your path. Solomon understood this. In Proverbs 4:23, he writes,...
info_outlineThere is something inside of you that the world needs. Not the version of you that has been shaped and polished by degrees, training programs, and years of professional experience — though those things matter. But it runs deeper. Before you ever sat in a classroom or clocked into your first job, God planted something in you that was never meant to collect dust; lead with your gifts.
Too many of us have spent years building lives around what we've learned while quietly setting aside what we've been given. We show up to work with our skill sets. We volunteer with our expertise. We check the boxes and do good work — and there's nothing wrong with that.
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But somewhere along the way, those God-given gifts got pushed to the back of the shelf. Maybe you told yourself they weren't practical. Maybe someone else told you they weren't enough. Maybe the world simply never made room for them, so you stopped making room for them too.
But a learned skill and a God-given gift are not the same thing. Skills are built. Gifts are breathed into you by the One who formed you.
Psalm 139:14 reminds us, "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are your works."
That verse isn't just about your physical body. It's about the fullness of who you were created to be — including every gift tucked inside of you before you ever took your first breath.
So why do we let them sit there unused?
Fear has a way of whispering just loud enough to make us second-guess what God has already confirmed. It doesn't always show up as full-blown terror. Sometimes it's subtle. It's the hesitation before you speak up. It's the thought that says, "Who am I to do that?" It's the quiet assumption that your gift isn't as valuable as someone else's skill. And over time, those whispers become beliefs. Those beliefs become habits. And those habits keep us playing small in a life that was designed for purpose.
Here's what I want you to hear today: doubt didn't come from God.
2 Timothy 1:7 says, "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."
If fear and doubt are not from Him, then they have no authority over what He placed in you. None. The seeds of insecurity that were planted in your mind — whether by past failures, critical voices, or your own overthinking — those seeds were never meant to take root. And they certainly were never meant to choke out your calling.
The K.I.S.S. ~ Lead with your gifts!
Don't throw away what God has given you. I know it can feel risky to step into something that doesn't come with a certificate or a job title. But your gifts were never meant to fit neatly into a résumé. They were meant to flow through you and into the lives of the people around you. When you lead with your gifts, you're not performing. You're not proving yourself. You're fulfilling what you were made for.
Yes, your learned skills have a place. They open doors. They pay bills. They allow you to serve in positions that make a real difference. But skills alone will leave you efficient without being fulfilled. When you lean only into what you've been trained to do and ignore what you've been called to do, you may look successful on the outside while something inside quietly aches for more. That ache isn't discontentment — it's your gift asking to be used.
Think about what comes naturally to you. Not what you studied for. Not what you practiced until you got it right. What flows out of you without effort? What do people come to you for without you ever hanging a sign on the door? That's your gift. And it deserves more than a back seat.
Maybe you've been using your skills to build someone else's vision while your own gift sits waiting for permission. Let today be the day you stop asking for permission and start walking in purpose.
Romans 11:29 tells us, "For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable."
He hasn't changed His mind about you. He hasn't reassigned your gift to someone more qualified. What He gave you is still yours — and it's still needed.
Leading with your gifts doesn't mean abandoning your career or throwing away everything you've built. It means making sure that what God placed in you has an active seat at the table of your life. It means using your skills as the vehicle and your gifts as the compass. One gets you there. The other makes sure you're headed in the right direction.
You were not created to simply get by. You were not given breath in your lungs and purpose in your spirit just to check off a to-do list and call it a life. You were made to lead — and the best way to lead is with what was given to you before the world ever had a say.
Step into it. Trust it. Use it. Because when you lead with your gifts, you don't just change your own life. You create something that echoes into the lives of everyone around you.
"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"
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