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  • Faith,  Gift idea,  God’s mighty power,  Isaiah,  Mental Health,  Not Alone,  Online shop,  Prayer,  Small business,  spiritual warfare,  Woman owned business

    New item in the shop: No weapon formed against will prosper mug

    October 22, 2024 /

    I am so excited about this new mug I designed for BeautifulTruthDesign.com, my online shop filled with faith and mental health merchandise designed to empower you with truth in your everyday life. You will find mugs, journals, and t-shirts with more truth-infused items being added often. I just added a mental health mug too which is powerful and necessary. I’ll share the link to it at the bottom of this post. Having this “No weapon formed against will prosper” mug to start your day is a powerful way to set your mind on truth and the power that comes from God. You need this mug in your life. I love…

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    Stop Fighting Fear by Sheer Willpower; Instead Do This.

    May 3, 2024 /

    “Willing ourselves to stop fearing and then shaming ourselves when we do is not the way forward.” -Amber Jeann Parker Can I get an Amen? I believe that consuming fear, a spirit of fear, is from the enemy of your soul, from Satan. It’s one of his plans to take you down, friend. We don’t have the power to fully get rid of it on our own though- through our own sheer willpower.God is the One who can help us though. God is the One who can change and transform us.He gives us His Spirit. His Spirit brings life & peace. Can I tell you— Feeling shame for having fear…

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    True Freedom In Christ

    March 30, 2024 /

    Luke 4:18–21 (ESV):   “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19  to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” Jesus came to fulfill this prophecy originally from…

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    A Spirit of Fear- Getting Free From its’ Bondage

    February 28, 2024 /

    If you are wondering why there’s such a jolting color contrast of the words to the background, it is to show the desired change in our hearts and our lives. It is to emphasize the strong reminder that we are not to live in fear. A spirit of fear is not from God. If it doesn’t come from God, then it is from the enemy of your soul, from Satan. From God comes light— To live and walk with God is to walk in light and truth… To have power, love, and a sound mind as 2 Timothy 1:7 says. Are you walking with God or are you allowing the…

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    New Life into the Dead & Broken Parts

    February 14, 2024 /

    God can breathe new life into what was dead, past hope, broken, & done for. God has been at work slowly doing this in my own life.It’s not over yet. It is a process. There are ups and downs as I move forward in it.I have to keep trusting that God is doing a good thing in my life— creating it. Forming it. Reforming the clay, me, as He desires. There is a submission and surrender.My role is to obey. To surrender. To persevere. To yield to what He desires.Hebrews 12: 1a–2 (ESV) says “…let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us…

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    Spiritual Battle- No Weapon Will Prosper.

    February 6, 2024 /

    Spiritual battle is real. Over this last week our family has been hit with spiritual battles— multiple ones. It is not new for us to be hit with spiritual attacks. Satan has the same playbook- and keeps hitting hard to back us down from what God is calling us to, but those who are God’s people have a promise found in Isaiah 54:17a. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. No weapon formed against me will prosper. God fights my battles. He is sovereign over all. The verse leading up to this one shows that God is the creator over the one who comes at you to attack you as…

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    God sits with you in your pain.

    January 29, 2024 /

    Hey friend- You know that thing that’s causing you heartache, pain, fear, anxiety, or questioning… God sits with you in the midst of it. He truly does. It doesn’t mean the hard thing in your life will be resolved or magically gone, but He will supply the strength you need to walk through it as you rely on Him.Psalm 34:18 says “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” God deeply cares about and is drawn to those who are hurting to come alongside in compassion and kindness. Jesus, Himself, walked through excruciating suffering when He was on this earth. He experientially understands.…

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    May We Be Joyful, Hopeful, Patient, Persevering, Faithful, & Prayerful.

    December 22, 2023 /

    Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. [Rom. 12:12] Let’s focus our mind on this truth, asking God for His help and strength to do so. I’ve been sitting with this verse and considering its’ truth over this last week. The words and encouragement are empowering, and they resonate with my heart. I want to be joyful as I wait hopefully and in hope for what God will do and continue to do in my story, in my life, in my circumstances, in any unanswered prayers I am waiting on, waiting in hope. Let me be joyful as I wait, as I hope. Let me keep focused…

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    Peace Over Darkness & Mental Health Battles This Christmas

    December 18, 2023 /

    “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” [John 14:27] “Peace, bringing it all to peace. The storm surrounding me. Let it break at your name…. …Jesus. Jesus. You make the darkness tremble. Jesus. Jesus. You silence fear…” I have sung the words to that song, Tremble, many a time when going through the darkest battles for the life of my husband. Walking through the mental health battle for his life. Praying and asking the Lord for strength, for discernment, for wisdom. For peace. For breakthrough…

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    God Is In the Room & He Still Does Miracles.

    December 12, 2023 /

    Friend— You are Not alone. No matter what you are going through. No matter if anyone knows the battle you are facing, the struggles that are pressing in, the pressures you face. God is right there with you. The song “In the Room” by Maverick City Music is one of my current favorites because it testifies to how God has always been the same, back when Daniel was in the lion’s den and wasn’t devoured after going against the command to only pray to the king. He continued to pray to God and was sentenced to death by the lion’s den as a result. But God protected him. (Read about…

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