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What has God told you to leave? That question speaks volumes to my heart. When I was younger, I probably would have walked away from hard things much more easily. But adulthood taught me how to stay. For many years, I was the sole provider for our family. I couldn’t simply leave a difficult job because I was tired, frustrated, or unhappy. My family needed food on the table and a roof over their heads. So I learned to endure. I learned to show up. I learned to keep going when things were hard....

Who Have You Placed in the Seat of Power? When church hurt reminds us where our true Source is found My heart has been heavy. After sitting with a group of women and hearing stories of hurt, loss, rejection, disappointment, betrayal, and grief, I went home carrying so much of what had been shared. But there was one kind of hurt I found myself wrestling with especially deeply: Church hurt. Several women shared experiences of reaching out to a pastor or spiritual leader during some of the most...

Don’t Fall for the Counterfeit I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed a pattern in my journey. Sometimes, right before the breakthrough, the promotion, the big purchase, the right man to marry, the right job—or whatever you’ve been praying and believing for—a counterfeit shows up. And the difficult thing about a counterfeit is that, on the outside, it can look almost exactly like the real thing. It can look like what God promised. It can sound like what you prayed for. It can feel like your...