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Category: Grow as a Disciple

What Does Titus 2 Mean For Me?

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Jess Connell

Virtually all Christian women have read Titus 2. But practically speaking, what does it look like? What does it mean for you and me? Last month, we attended a home education conference with keynotes by Dr. Voddie Baucham. During the pastor’s luncheon, he took a few moments to address the “Titus 2 woman.” I want to share some…

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Fear Full Mothering

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Jess Connell

Rising up this morning, I turned to Facebook videos before God’s Word. Mistake. Now the fears swirl: What is America’s fate? Economic decline? ISIS infiltration? Wicked leadership? Secularization and moral debasing beyond what already is the case? Same-sex marriage, LORD? Spitting in the face of the beautiful God-designed picture of marriage of Christ and the Church?…

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The Question Every Mom Needs To Ask Herself

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Jess Connell

How you answer this question affects everything. It’s a game-changer. It’ll make or break the way your day goes. But perhaps even more importantly, it’ll affect the way you THINK AND FEEL about how your day goes. ESSENTIALISM, FOR MOMS I’ve been listening to the book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown….

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How Do You Talk To Yourself?

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Jess Connell

So. It’s Sunday morning. Well, it’s not Sunday morning when you’re reading this, but it’s Sunday morning as I’m writing it. I’m in the middle of what might be termed an adult tantrum, fussing and angry because things haven’t gone my way this morning. You see, I had everything planned. For the first time since our…

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Want to Hear a New & Improved Bible?

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Jess Connell

 “Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching. For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.” (2 Tim. 4:2-3) The…

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Is THIS The Reason You’re Spiritually Stuck?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Jess Connell

Are you spiritually “stuck?” Feeling like you have questions but no answers? Stagnant in life but unsure how to start growing again?  I was 16 years old when it began. I was a coming-out-of-rebellion teen; she was a young mom (in her 20s) with 3 little ones. In free moments of my busy high school life,…

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Freestyle Friday — Romans 12:3

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Jess Connell

Years ago, Doug & I went through a Grip-Birkman training session— which combines personality & spiritual gifts in order to help teams of Believers work together. One of the verses the trainer focused on has continued to convict and challenge me in the years since: “by the grace given to me I say to everyone among…

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56 Ways the Bible Describes Women

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Jess Connell

Ever wondered– What does the Bible say about women? I thought it would be helpful for us to see how women are described in the Bible, positively and negatively, as we strive to be godly women. This is a fairly exhaustive study of the word “woman” in the Bible, with all of its uses and descriptions (from…

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Does Your Pain Isolate You From the Body of Christ?

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Jess Connell

Pain is common to all of us. But– have you noticed?– our reactions to it can be wildly different. And I’m convinced– it’s all in how you look at it. When our eyes are on our pain & circumstances: We become disconnected from others (even others in the Body of Christ). No one is “qualified”…

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When the Tallest Trees Crack and Fall: Christian Leaders, Sin, & Disappointment

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Jess Connell

Last fall, we took our 12-year-old son away for a weekend of hiking and discussion while we worked through the Passport 2 Purity material together. When we went for our longest hike, it was a blustery day with heavy winds. As we went deeper down into the canyon, the pines at the top of the hill…

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