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Handling the Ache of Empty Arms

Handling the Ache of Empty Arms

June 18, 2024June 17, 2024

Don’t you love how we can express ourselves in different ways? For some, their chosen avenue…

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A Prayer for Finishing Strong

A Prayer for Finishing Strong

May 7, 2024May 3, 2024

Do you know someone trying to finish a project or reach a goal? Maybe a family…

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Sometimes We Need to be Carried

Sometimes We Need to be Carried

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024

Sometimes we need to be carried. Just ask the little bird who’s hitchin’ a ride on the…

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Run to Our Daily God

Run to Our Daily God

March 5, 2024March 2, 2024

“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.” Psalm 68:19…

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Times of Crisis: Only God

Times of Crisis: Only God

February 6, 2024February 3, 2024

Times of crisis come to us all. None of us is exempt. Some we see coming,…

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Biblical Blessings for the Mother of the Bride

Biblical Blessings for the Mother of the Bride

January 2, 2024January 13, 2024

Mother of the Bride, I’d like to pray some blessings from the Bible over you as…

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A Time to Abandon Plans and Move On

A Time to Abandon Plans and Move On

June 20, 2023June 16, 2023

Remember how I told you in May about the robin I saw several years ago who…

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Guest Lucille Williams: New Book with Important Lesson for Kids—and Adults Too!

Guest Lucille Williams: New Book with Important Lesson for Kids—and Adults Too!

May 16, 2023May 13, 2023

When I was in elementary school I can remember feeling extreme panic when the teacher asked…

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A Prayer for Spiritual Battles

A Prayer for Spiritual Battles

February 21, 2023February 18, 2023

Anyone in the throes of spiritual battle? Take heart. You’re not alone. I’ve struggled—and continue to…

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God’s Mercy Meets Us in Our Desperate Need

God’s Mercy Meets Us in Our Desperate Need

February 7, 2023January 14, 2023

“ . . . may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in…

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New Year’s Blessings For You, Mother of the Bride

New Year’s Blessings For You, Mother of the Bride

January 3, 2023December 31, 2022

As we begin a new year together, Mother of the Bride, may I pray these blessings…

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Prayer: Helping Others Stand

Prayer: Helping Others Stand

September 20, 2022August 20, 2022

“. . . he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers….

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Surrounded by the Lord

Surrounded by the Lord

April 19, 2022April 18, 2022

“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.” Psalm…

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A Tactic of the Enemy: An Opportune Time

A Tactic of the Enemy: An Opportune Time

March 15, 2022March 7, 2022

“When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.” Luke…

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Vital Behind-the-Scenes Forces We Need

Vital Behind-the-Scenes Forces We Need

March 1, 2022February 28, 2022

“. . . your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance…

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Hungry For More: Ice Cream and God’s Word

Hungry For More: Ice Cream and God’s Word

February 1, 2022January 22, 2022

Maybe just another bite. That’s what I often think as I’m standing at my kitchen counter eating…

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Encouragement and Wisdom for the Mother of the Bride

Encouragement and Wisdom for the Mother of the Bride

January 4, 2022January 6, 2022

Mother of the Bride, I’d love to start 2022 wedding planning off by offering you encouragement…

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Us: The Little Word That Changes Everything

Us: The Little Word That Changes Everything

June 16, 2020June 13, 2020

“…let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let…

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Cheryl Barker

Faith. Family. Friends. Serving God. All these things are important to me. Being a writer is one of the ways I live out my faith and serve the One who first loved me. My prayer is that you will be refreshed and encouraged on life’s journey!

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Christmas for the heart

Let this book help you reclaim the beauty and wonder of the season, lead you to rejoice in the greatest gift ever given to the world, and inspire you to give the King of Kings the worship he's due. It makes a perfect gift too!

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Mother of the Bride Book

Mother of the Bride: Refreshment and Wisdom for the Mother of the Bride
This book is the perfect gift and resource to refresh and encourage mothers of the bride and offer them wisdom and practical help as well.

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Verbs of the Proverbs 31 Woman Prisoner of Hope While Waiting Quieting Your Heart Tender Mercies 7 Things I Would Tell My Younger Self Learning About Grief What We Can Do When Grief Is Compounded Who Does God Want? Living to Tell About It A Spring Poem: Morning Symphony Enduring Secret Pain Love That Propels Prayer Transforms—Prayer Changes Me Winter's Beauty

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