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Lament with Hope and an Invitation from God

On My KneesJudy DouglassJuly 11, 2016ambush, despair, hope, hopeless, lament, loss, murder, pain, prayer, rejoicing, terror Comments

Face Time or Face-to-Face

My friend will need no more Face Time calls. She will be talking to God face-to-face!

Seven Ways I Worship—and Music I Love

True FollowersJudy DouglassJuly 1, 2016Christ, God, Jesus, passion, praise, surrender, wonder, Worship, worship music Comments

What to Wear as a Child of God: Humility

“I don’t want God as my enemy (opposing me), so I will seek to keep on humbling myself.”

God and Verbs and Nouns by Dan Wolgemuth

Becoming Kindling, Guest postsJudy DouglassJune 13, 2016God, love, noun of all nouns, nouns, rock, verbs, Youth for ChristComment

Kingdom Women: Joan of Arc by Carolyn Custis James

Her death at the hands of religious leaders is a sober reminder that battles we’re fighting today—against injustice, corruption, abuse of power and misogyny—are not new...

Prodigal Prayer Day: What Do We Do Now?

...we must remember that we look through that dark glass—God is always working even if we can’t discern what He is doing.

Becoming KindlingJudy DouglassJune 6, 2016hope, prayer, prodigal, ways to pray, Worldwide Day of Prayer for ProdigalsComment

Prodigal Prayer Day 8: An Anchor for Hope

We will ask Him to lavish them with love, immerse them in mercy and embrace them with grace.

How to Be a Blessing Every Day for a Month

True FollowersJudy DouglassMay 27, 201690 Days of Blessing, Be a Blessing, blessing, Global Day of Prayer, homeless, kindnessComment

Prodigal Prayer Day 7: Don't Despair

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 23, 2016children, despair, grandparenting, hope, lament, parenting, prodigal, Psalms Comments

Prodigal Prayer Day 6: 10 Reasons to Keep Hoping

These 10 assurances from God will lift you above the battlefield...

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 16, 2016battle, darkness, enemy, God, hope, keep hoping, prodigal Comment

Prodigal Prayer Day 5: His Name Is Hope

When we hope, we acknowledge that we have not seen the answer we desire yet.

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 9, 2016despair, God, holding on, hope, hopeless, prayer, prodigalComment

Kingdom Women: Fannie Lou Hamer--Southern Grit by Melody Copenny

“She was given a hysterectomy while in the hospital for minor surgery, a procedure so common it was known as a “Mississippi appendectomy.”

Prayer for Prodigals 4: Hope in Hard Places

The promises from God that Jeremiah delivers resonate through all of Scripture with the love, mercy and grace of our Father to all of His children.

True Followers of Jesus: Living on the Love Trail

And maybe, like me, you will be moved to want to live on the Love Trail