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How to Pray for Your Dreams and Desires

8/23/2018

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​We all have dreams and desires.


Sometimes, they come about just as we wanted and planned, unfolding as we always dreamed. But more often, we hold the dreams in our hearts with hope for an unknown time when they will come true. 

When the someday is far away, and seems to be moving farther with each passing day, when the dreams that seemed to be falling into place suddenly fall through, we can find ourselves discouraged, disappointed, despairing, and discontent.

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5 Truths to Remember When You Feel Purposeless

7/19/2018

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I think we all have times when we struggle to know what our purpose in life is. When we ask, What am I supposed to do with my life? When we are confused about the next step to take and the direction we should go.

In my last post, I wrote about when we don’t know God’s purpose for our life, and went back to the creation story in Genesis 1, drawing from God creating the first woman to show His purpose in creating each one of us.

But, like I said at the end of that post, this purpose looks different in each one of our lives, and it can be hard and confusing at times to know how to live it out. 

In the midst of the questions and unknowns and confusion, it’s easy to become discouraged and feel purposeless.

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When You Don't Know God's Purpose for Your Life

7/12/2018

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​What do you want to be when you grow up?
 
Remember getting asked that question as a kid?

I know I gave different answers over the years of my childhood. I went through a phase of obsession with ballet, but never took any lessons. I probably wanted to be a princess at one point or another. When I got into my teen years, my aspirations became a bit more realistic, though I never stuck with one; the answer changed frequently.

That is, until the summer before my senior year of high school, when the real answer to this question came hitting me right between the eyes: I don’t know.

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To the Woman Who is Waiting for Something (part 3): how to wait on the Lord with patience & purpose

5/24/2018

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So many of us are waiting for something, and as we wait we can easily become discouraged and discontent and defeated.

We can wonder, “When will the waiting end?” We can struggle to see the good. We can question if God is hearing our prayers. We can feel like we’re missing out. We can want to give up.

And so I wrote this series to you, the woman who is waiting for something (whatever that something might be) to encourage you in the waiting, on the good days when your faith is strong and your heart is content, and on the hard days when some doubts whisper and your heart hurts.

God has been teaching me much about waiting, giving me encouragement as I go through my own time of waiting, helping me to trust Him while I wait, and changing how I view waiting.

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To the Woman Who is Waiting for Something (Part 2): lies about waiting & the truth we can stand on & wait in

5/10/2018

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​Many of us are waiting for something. Healing, direction, Mr. Right, a place to call home, the ending of a hard season, a friend, peace to settle in the heart, an answer to prayer, conflict to be resolved, a dream to be fulfilled…

What is the thing you’re waiting for?

Waiting can be hard, and that’s why I’m writing this series, to the woman who is waiting for something. So even when the waiting is hard and long, we can still have hope and joy, and we can see that times of waiting can actually be good.

Because the enemy would have us believe that waiting isn’t good, that God isn’t good in those times of waiting. 


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    I'm Jessica Faith,
    a quiet girl with a lot of books, a lot of dreams, and a lot of love for Jesus.
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