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How To Have A Heart of Worship During Difficult Times
Cultivating A Heart of Worship During Trying Times I recently came out of a rather long and arduous season of physical pain, in which I had no real assurance of when God would heal and remove me...
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My Father’s Day Reflection On The Father of Divine Romance
Two years ago, Father’s Day was also my wedding day, so it made this day even more special. When I was on my honeymoon, I reflected on my daddy and his influence on my life. Sweet memories started...
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10 Promises to Gain From A Lost Dream
This past weekend my sister Julia represented North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. She had prepared, planned and dreamed of being Miss USA since she was a young girl. Every year she watched the...
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Miss USA Showed Me Why It’s Worse Not To Try Than To Lose
After a pageant like Miss USA, everyone thinks of two people: The winner and the loser. When 11 o’clock rolled around and the crown was handed off, I was excited for the new winner, disappointed for...
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From Non-Finalist to Miss USA Co-Host
I believe dreams are realized through a combination of God’s plan, our action and a synchronicity of the two. Sometimes it feels like He works over time for us, and other times it feels like we are...
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Why Committing To Failure Wins
A woman doesn’t radiate from the inside out without overcoming adversity or pain. Regardless of whether you were born into a life of wealth and abundance, a middle class family or if you grew up...
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The Importance of Being Coachable
You can’t achieve your dreams by doing what you already think you know. The moment you think you have all the knowledge and skills you need to achieve your goal is the moment you have lost. There is a...
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How To Have A Healthy Self Image
“The true beauty of humanity is in its flaws, not in its perfection.” And when he messes up (or when I mess up or when anyone else messes up), he says, “That’s me being beautifully human.” Self-image....
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The Power of Seeking God’s Presence
It can be so easy for what Jesus did on the cross to fall to the back-burner of our life becoming something we talk about or read about, but don’t feel or resonate to the core of our being. For the...
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10 Verses To Be Renewed in Christ
For me, renewal is something that I have to be intentional about every day. Sometimes, I will be in a season where I am seeking the Lord for hours every day by journaling, reading the bible, praying...
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6 Tips To Be A Boss Public Speaker From A Miss America
Have you ever met someone that is so good at Public Speaking that you forget you’re listening to a “speech?” I know. It’s over and suddenly you feel duped. What just happened? Listen. No one wakes up...
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Having Faith In Relationship With God
Isaiah 7 says, “Unless your faith is firm, I can not make you stand.” Then the Lord sent a message to King Ahaz: “Ask the Lord your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you...
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Miss America Reveals How To Have A Winning Mindset
I say it all the time, and I’ll say it again. I don’t believe that either you win or lose a pageant. I have really come to dislike the word lose all together, but especially in pageantry. Obviously,...
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How Jesus and Pageantry Go Hand in Hand
Two Sundays ago was the 95th Miss America pageant. I was utterly impressed with the production, the beautiful stage, the star studded quality judges, the awesome co-hosts and most of all the stage...
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9 Ways Not To Get Offended
About a year ago I wrote a status update on Facebook that I wanted to learn how to keep myself from getting offended. I wanted to master it and then write a book on it. I got all kinds of advice...
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The Father Wound You Didn’t Know You Had
My grief is beyond healing, my heart is sick within me. Hark, the cry of the daughter of my people from the length and breadth of the land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?…. For...
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Why You Are Worthy of Setting Standards
It’s funny because we live in this medium where we want to standout, be different, unique and special…but we also want to fit in. It’s a lot harder work to rise to the top than it is to drift back...
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5 Ways To Overcome Envy
I definitely think envy is one of the most ensnaring sins to live with. It is so easy to fall into envy without even thinking about it, but it has such a poisonous affect on us. It can literally make...
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5 Ways To Think Like A Queen
In this world, you have to be your own cheerleader. You have the power to control your thoughts, your thoughts shouldn’t control you. Just because a thought drifts into your head doesn’t mean you have...
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How God Can Powerfully Heal Depression
Something I don’t usually talk about is that I dealt with depression that started when I was in high school. I was prescribed my first anti-depressant when I was 17 years old. I remember one time...
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