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TSL: The 30-Day Challenge for Single Christian Women
Welcome back to The Single Life! These posts are meant to encourage and strengthen single Christian women in their walk with the Lord. They are to help you become more intentional and live life now instead of waiting for a husband who may or may not ever come. I recently ran across this post on Popsugar that was a 30-day challenge for single women. While I loved the idea of the challenge, many of the activities on the challenge were geared for one thing…finding a man, and while I don’t think that is necessarily bad, I wanted to do a challenge that also helped us celebrate being single and I wanted…
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Spiritual Directory Assistance
There is a pin that I have seen floating around Pinterest for a while now called “Spiritual Directory Assistance.” The first time that I saw it I really liked it. I thought that it would be great to print out and keep in my Bible or my Bible study notebook so when I hit a rough path (and you know we all do) I could just look up a chapter or verse and read through them so I pinned it. Then one day as I was going through my Walking by Faith Pinterest board I took a moment to really read through the list of verses that they gave and…
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How to Stop Complaining and Be Happier
Read: Ephesians 4:25-32 When I was in college, I heard of a Christian group called Building 429. I heard their music on the radio & when they played a concert at a college near me, I was one of the chaperones who accompanied the youth group. At that time, I actually got a chance to meet them and when I heard how they chose the name of their group and the verse from which they got their name, that story has stuck with me. Building 429 chose their name because of Ephesians 4:29. They want to be a band that builds up and edifies others This verse has also shown…
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What I’m Reading in 2016
Disclaimer: I am now an Amazon Associate and clicking on a link will take you to a page where you can purchase the item. I will also earn a small commission for each purchase. Thank you for supporting me. If you have visited my blog before, then you know that I love to read. Up until last year it wasn’t unusual for me to finish 2 or 3 or more books in a week. Last year things changed though and I hardly picked up a book at all. This year though I’m determined to change that. I set a goal on Goodreads to read 75 books. I’m a little behind…
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When the Church Fails You
I have been avoiding this post. I haven’t wanted to write it. I have cleaned my house from top to bottom. I have rearranged furniture, and I have done craft project after craft project to avoid writing this which is why there were no posts from me last week. It is one thing for me to confront my own failures as a member of the body of Christ, but in this post I must do something that I hate doing and that is confronting someone else. In this case, I am confronting the Church, but while I am very uncomfortable doing this, it is something that just won’t leave me…
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How I Failed the Church
In the home that I grew up in, I had no choice but to go to church, but even though I had no choice I loved going to church. I loved the people there. I loved the hymns we sang and the praise music that we started incorporating as I grew older. Every summer the adults of the church would take a camping trip and go floating. By the time I was old enough to go almost the entire church was going and it had become a weeklong trip for many of us, not just the weekend. I felt like I was part of a giant family, and for someone…
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ABC’s of Who We Are In Christ
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) When we accept Christ, when we believe in Him, and we repent of our sins, we become a new creation, but if you are like me in anyway, you might struggle with seeing yourself as that new creation and seeing yourself the way that God sees you. The following verses are to help you (and me) remember who we are in Christ. Because of Christ you are: Accepted Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. (1 Corinthians 12:27a ESV)…
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42 Books to Help You Thrive
Disclaimer: I am an Amazon Associate and when you purchase through one of the links on this page, I earn a small commission. Thank you for supporting the blog. If you want to thrive, reading is essential. It is one of the best habits that you can have, but the quality of the books that you read is just as important as sitting down to read. Reading Harlequin romances won’t have the same value as reading Jane Austen’s books. You have to read books that challenge you and make you think whether they are fiction or non-fiction. Not that reading books that simply allow you to escape is always a…
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Ideas for Your Christmas Bucket List
Are you looking for ideas for your Christmas Bucket List, 25 Days of Serving, or 25 Days of Blessings? I have compiled a list of ideas for you. The list is divided into 4 categories: Serving, Giving, Encouraging, and Experiencing. Have fun compiling your bucket list for this Christmas season! Serving Giving Encouraging Others Experiencing
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2015 Autumn Bucket List
It has become a bit of a tradition for me to post seasonal bucket lists. I didn’t post one over the summer because I didn’t post very much, but I wanted to share my autumn one with you. I have already gotten a start on this list since we are a few weeks into the season. What is on your autumn bucket list?
