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Mar 1
2 min

What are you planting?

There are things I plant that I feel like no one sees. You too? But that isn’t the truth, when I plant in love, God sees, God multiplies,...

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Lauren Mitchell

Feb 12
2 min

On Love

Love, it’s the hardest command that masquerades as something that should come naturally. Why is loving people so hard? The problem with...

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Lauren Mitchell

Feb 1
3 min

Satan's Secret Weapon

Satan has a secret weapon in his arsenal. You see, once we have confessed our sins, they can’t limit us anymore. This freedom scares him...

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Lauren Mitchell

Jan 22
3 min

Do You Feel Free?

We make confession into a bully when he's really our friend.

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Lauren Mitchell

Dec 7, 2020
3 min

Even As We Hope in Him

I’ve been thinking about hope since before we started Advent traditions. This first week of advent focuses on hope, we lit the hope...

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Lauren Mitchell

Nov 8, 2020
3 min

The Grace We Are Given

“There’s not much hope for a person who won’t live in the grace he’s given.”

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Lauren Mitchell

Oct 29, 2020
4 min

Nothing is Okay

... but my flowers aren't really rattled. they don't seem to understand what is going on, or maybe they actually remember who is in charge

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Lauren Mitchell

Oct 12, 2020
2 min

Prayer for Becoming

Today is my day to reflect on the 14 years of her life and all the years left to be written. The best gift I can give her is prayer.

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Lauren Mitchell

Sep 30, 2020
4 min

Practical Remembering

My last blog promised practical ways to get God's word in your life and family... This is it! I love the translation of this charge in...

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Lauren Mitchell

Sep 1, 2020
3 min

Meditation Vs Memorization

No matter how your school year has started, one thing is sure: our homes need Jesus.

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Lauren Mitchell

Aug 27, 2020
2 min

Slow It Down

I did. I said ‘slow it down” because I know that if we don’t learn what we need to learn in 2020, then we’re not really moving on in 2021.

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Lauren Mitchell

Aug 10, 2020
3 min

Keep Watering

It’s time to water our faith. At this moment, 2020 feels long, waiting seems forever. I need to water my faith with expectation.

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The Light Shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness Has Not Overcome It.

Lauren Mitchell

Jul 28, 2020
3 min

The Light Shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness Has Not Overcome It.

Whether you believe in spiritual forces of evil or not doesn’t stop them. The Bible is very clear that they are working against us, they...

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Lauren Mitchell

Jun 29, 2020
2 min

If you want change...

It is our job to teach them that there is a Right and a Wrong and then lead them where to go when it gets grey.

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Lauren Mitchell

May 31, 2020
3 min

Hiding God's Word in Their Hearts

I challenge you this summer not just to put these verses up for your children to learn, but do this with them and let it in your soul too

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Lauren Mitchell

May 23, 2020
2 min

Wishes

If time never passed, I wouldn’t notice things. Time carries with it the gift of appreciation.

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Lauren Mitchell

Apr 22, 2020
3 min

Crawl Before We Walk

We are crawling our way back to civilization. Our Governor has re-opened Hair salons. I know there is about to be a stampede!

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Lauren Mitchell

Apr 6, 2020
2 min

Sink In

Nature is waking up all around us. God’s timing this perfectly. Promise is coming, it’s undetected yet, but it’s coming. Just like...

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Lauren Mitchell

Mar 23, 2020
2 min

Something we ARE in Control of

We get to choose what we will do with it. Even though it seems like everything is beyond our control right now, it isn't. We have time.

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Lauren Mitchell

Mar 9, 2020
2 min

Growing Pains

I think God has a growth chart wall just like the one I have for my children. I’m pretty sure His isn’t located in the kitchen like mine.

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