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MY LIFE ON THE EDGE OF CHAOS
Jake Edmunds What is a life encompassed with a mental disease? A disease that will wrap around its host; threatening to suffocate and drown him in confusion, neglect, lack of strength, loneliness, and pain. Tough question? No, not really. It’s a life on the edge of chaos. A life living with Tourette’s Syndrome. My mind …
ALMOST GONE
John Baldwin In June 2014, we, with the help of the FBI, stopped our 18-year-old daughter, Mackenzie, from secretly leaving the United States – just 3 days before she was to board a plane to marry a Muslim man from Kosovo. Fourteen months earlier, Mackenzie and a friend were killing time surfing the video chat …
BLESSED IN OBEDIENCE
Ashleigh Lankford We started noticing changes in my mom a few years ago. However, with us living four hours away, we weren’t able to keep track of her day to day. Still, when I was pregnant with my second baby six years ago, she forgot our baby’s gender and name, which was very much unlike …
TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS
Jessica Britnell “Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.” Psalms 90:12 The day my second baby was born is a day that has forever changed me in so many ways. Our daughter was born a little after 9:00 in the morning without too much concern. Although …
HANNAH : A HEART OF THANKFULNESS
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Colossians 4:2 Hannah exemplifies a true heart of thanksgiving. She devoted herself to prayer, was watchful to see how God would respond, and she was thankful for His blessings. Hannah’s story, like so many of our own, starts with brokenness and sin. She is battling infertility, depression, …
RECOVERING FROM CONTROL, PERFECTIONISM, AND APPROVAL-SEEKING
This is a transcript of a testimony given at re:generation, a 12-step recovery program. It’s longer than our usual stories, so we’ve provided an audio version. Whether you read or listen, the illustrations shown below will be helpful! My name is Amanda. I have a new life in Christ and I’m recovering from control, perfectionism, …
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DANIEL – A LIFE ABOVE REPROACH
When a person has decided to follow God and live in the light of His way, certain character traits start to show up. One of the prime examples from the Bible of a life lived on-mission is Daniel. The stories we have from this historical record reveal his character, and it’s one worth following! “Daniel …
MY JOURNEY TO THE SPACIOUS PLACE
This is a story of how God led us to the wilderness, through the desert, and into the pit, to pull us out into a spacious place…all to intimately show us Who He truly is. THROUGH EXILE: THE WILDERNESS “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? …
JOHN THE BAPTIST – PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD
In chapter one of John’s Gospel, we are introduced to John the Baptist. He writes, “There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that Light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the Light; he came only as a witness …
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