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The Bible’s Solution to Bad Habits
In Matthew Chapter 12, Jesus illustrates on a spiritual level a key concept found in The Power of Habit.
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24 Signs You’re Addicted to your Phone
Let’s face it: It’s 2018 and we’re pretty much all addicted to our phones at this point. Even if you think you’re not, you may be surprised to learn that a lot of your daily habits surrounding your phone and social media are pretty unhealthy. Let’s go through a few of them and see if…
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Your Phone is Changing the Way you Work (and not in a good way)
It’s 11:37 PM and I can’t sleep because my brain is too busy reliving all the embarrassing things that have ever happened to me. Naturally, I reach for my phone in search of a distraction- anything must be better than reliving the 8th grade. I type “baby guinea pigs” into my phone, hit the search…
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By Grace, I Made it Here
“A year ago you did not know today. You did not know how you’d make it here. But you made it here. By grace, you made it here.” I have to take a deep breath when I think about where I was a year ago. To put it lightly, it was not the best of…
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Knit Together in Love
Community is heavily emphasized in the book of Colossians through the use of powerful imagery. Paul says in Colossians 2:2, “…that their hearts might be encouraged, being knit together in love…” I don’t know much about knitting, but I have a close friend who does. She spends all year working on hats, scarves and blankets for…
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Fire Alarms are Not Real (and other adult things I’m learning)
Today something weird happened. I don’t know if it symbolizes my initiation into adulthood or if I just learned the wrong thing in elementary school, but here’s what went down: I was minding my own business in my plain, color-stripped cubicle when suddenly my eardrums were assaulted by the sound of a fire alarm. I stood up at my desk, frozen for a second…
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Finals, Jaw Pain and Negatvity
As I pull into the driveway, my mind races with all of the things I need to do in the next 24 hours. It’s the dreaded finals week and there are simply too many things, I decide. It’s not until several minutes later when I’m sitting upright on my bed with papers strewn everywhere and…
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One Simple Thing You Can Do to Revolutionize Your Prayer Life
Sometimes when I sit down to pray, I have no idea what to ask for. It’s not as if my life is perfect and everything’s peachy. It’s just that there are so many things on my heart that my mind can’t begin to sort through and to lift them up to God in a coherent, meaningful way. Recently…
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Paul: The Ultimate Redemption Story
Paul is a testament to God’s ability to use anyone for His glory. It’s almost as if God decided to illustrate the most extreme redemption story possible through Saul’s conversion. He didn’t just choose a mass murderer for His purposes, He chose one who was widely known and respected for seeking out Christians to be…
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Candidly Kristy 