Category Archives: Spiritual Encouragement

5 Important Lessons to Teach Your Daughter

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

Dating: Wait to date until you are old enough to consider a young man as a potential lifelong partner. Numerous relationships and breakups during the teen years are detrimental to your life and witness and can have serious repercussions for your future marriage … Continue reading →

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Joy in the Trenches

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV) My husband and I have been sick with the flu this week. I mean really sick…the kind … Continue reading →

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Reflecting God’s love to a lost world

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one … Continue reading →

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Battling Discontent

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

Many women today struggle with discontent. I admit, even I have wrestled with discontent in the past and sometimes still do. It’s a universal and persistent problem in our culture. I have wanted more things than I had, wanted my husband … Continue reading →

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Friendship: One of the true joys of womanhood

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

  “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’” –C.S. Lewis Friendship is not only one of God’s greatest blessings, but is one of the true … Continue reading →

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