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Recently I traveled to East Glacier, Montana where the air feels fresher and the water seems clearer. I love traveling to places that make me feel small. Not smaller like “lesser” but smaller in the way a big bear hug feels. It is amazing to me that the God who built the mountains and valleys just spoke it into existence. When God made you and I, he didn’t just use words, he made us by hand! That’s the kind of feeling I want to experience over and over again. Knowing that the Creator of the universe loves me and wants to have a relationship with me, is incredibly humbling. We only hiked a small portion of the great Rocky Mountains, but the area that we did get to soak up was awesome! The majesty of God’s nature is so vast to me, and he put us on this earth because He knew nature alone was not enough. “The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭104‬:‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬ What places have you traveled to that have made you feel small?

In today's culture, the weight of the phrase "set apart" or "chosen" or "created for a purpose" gets watered down by the go-go-go and grind of the pace of society. I'm gonna be honest, ya'll. I am feeling tiiiiiiireed. I'm worn out from always feeling like I need to keep up, or constantly feeling like I'm coming up short. Whether it's at work, the different stages of life my friend group is in, finances... sometimes all of it drowns out God's strong, yet quiet voice telling me to Be Still and Know: We are not created to be at this wild pace. Or to be compared. Or to be insecure. As I searched through my photos this week, cleaning out some space in my storage, I came across this photo and was instantly reminded of the TRUTH over all of this noise... In the middle of the day to day chaos, God is constant. I am set aside, I am set apart, I am not created to match the pace of others, I am here to run my own race. And when the world feels lonely and the room feels crowded... he'll always show up... I simply have to seek Him daily, tune my heart and mind to His truth, and, more often than not, look past the foreground to see. "...Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze." -Isaiah 43:1-3 #prayer #boldlyseeking #faith #christian #jesuschrist #holyspirit #biblestudy #bibleverse #biblereading #womenintheword #discipleship #dailydevo #dailyprayer #christianinspiration #savedbygrace #gracebelowmyfeet #dailydevotional #womeninchrist #dailygrace #christianpodcast #christianblog #christianreel #christianpost #dailydevo

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Day 7 is here!✨ Ya'll, the Lord speak to us in so many ways. Reading the posts this week, checking in each day, has been so refreshing to me in my busy season and has reminded me where I need to keep my focus! ☝🏼👀 He is SO faithful to meet us where we are at. His gentle, graceful whispers nudge us to turn from our sins, but also away from fear and into the Boldness and Confidence He calls us to live by! Speaking out, moving freely, and doing things confidently do not come easy, especially when not everybody around us feels the same way. Proverbs 3:5-6 is a common verse we see on journals and signs everywhere. It says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." In verse 6, we often see that "He will make (my) path straight" and take it literally that we might get what we want and make things easy. But if we look at the verse again, first it says Trust Him, then Submit to Him, and then our path will be straightened. Meaning, as we lean into Him and understand who and where He calls us to be, our path will feel straight and we can walk confidently in that! That's why connecting with Jesus each day is so vital:: we cannot live a confident, bold, outspoken life for The Lord unless we first come to Him and connect to His frequency and His voice. The more we do this as a discipline, the more hunger we will have for it. The more hunger we have for The Lord, the easier it will be to walk boldly and confidently because we hear His Spirit and understand His love for us. As we close the study, I want to challenge everybody to share day 1 with a friend and go through them again. As you read each day together, challenge each other in the areas that feel difficult, strengthen each other up! 🤍✨🙏🏼 Comment below which day challenged you most, or which point met you where you're at! How did God speak to you this week? We love hearing your thoughts ✨🤍🤗

Here we go Day 6!!! We are called to move FREELY in his Truth and keep our hearts open in our daily lives ✨ Faithfulness in the everyday can lead to extraordinary encounters with God. As we await Jesus’ return, let’s embrace the routine tasks with purpose and openness. Remember: 🌟 Moses met God in the midst of tending sheep in the desert (Exodus 3). 🌟 The woman at the well encountered Jesus while drawing water (John 4). 🌟 Mary and Martha served a meal and got a front-row seat to Jesus’ ministry (Luke 10:38-42). Colossians 3:23-24 reminds us: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord...” What if your daily tasks were the stage for a divine encounter? Shift your perspective and see how faithfulness in the mundane can open doors to the miraculous. How will you approach your responsibilities today? 🙏💫 #FaithfulLiving #DivineEncounters #EverydayFaith

Day 5: We are called to walk in confidence (not in ourselves specifically, like the world tells us): in speech, in action, in worship, and in prayer. I remember the first time I raised my hand in worship during a church service. I had always seen other people raising their hands and closing their eyes as they sang, but I didn’t want to fake it just because other people were. The song was called “Dwell”. The repetitive and prayer like chorus really spoke to me. For the first time during a Sunday service, I didn’t think about anything else in that moment but my offering to the Lord. There’s a confidence that fills you unlike any worldly confidence— that boldness from the Lord. Now, more than 10 years later, I find worship and praise even more genuine as I build my confidence in my faith. “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” ‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬ ‭ Volunteering to pray for a friend out loud can take courage and boldness. Standing up for your morals when people make jokes takes confidence from the Lord. Take your time, but work towards that heavenly boldness!

Day 4: we are called to assure those around us who may be struggling or doubting in this current season of God’s truth and his love for us. “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” ‭‭James‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭ESV‬‬ It’s okay to have questions about God, the Bible, and faith. Encourage those around us to ask questions when going through doubt. Be a good listener without judging or giving off “I am better than you” vibes. I love this verse from James as a reminder of how we can approach those who come to us with doubts or struggles. Take a look at the list of characteristics of Godly wisdom: -Pure -Peaceable -Gentle -Open to reason -Full of mercy -Good fruit -Impartial -Sincere These are not only characteristics that Christian’s should follow but ANY person whether religious or not. Sometimes when I come across videos on TikTok of people yelling and arguing over a neighbor’s fence, or a cart not put away in the parking lot, I think about how much anger is in the world. Here are the opposites of the characteristics found in James 3:17-18: -Impure -Aggressive -Brutal -Illogical -Ruthless -Bad fruit -Biased -Two-faced

DAY 3 LETSSS GOOOOO We are called to SPEAK OUT about Him and all the goodness He shares with us. The apostle Paul wrote, “It is written: ‘I believed; therefore I have spoken.’ With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak” (2 Corinthians 4:13). Believing and speaking are meant to go together in a Christian’s life. What’s in our hearts flows out of our mouths. Since faith in Jesus comes from hearing about Jesus, Christians speak about their faith to others, just as other Christians have spoken about their faith to us. Here are some Scriptures about faith and speaking that will help you. Romans 10:9 tells us that “if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” Our Lord Jesus also said, “Whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” Do you notice a pattern here? Faith involves believing in your heart as well as speaking with your mouth. Even back in Genesis at the creation of the world God SPOKE creation into existence, humanity into existence. There is a lot of power in our words. As the quote says, “With great power, comes great responsibility”. We need to be careful that when we are speaking out we are speaking out in goodness, not slander. This can be hard within a world that is full of gossip and negativity. I myself find it challenging at times, but let this be a challenge to you this week to speak goodness over something or someone each day this week and watch how people can see more of Jesus.

Day 2: We are called to boldly seek after the Lord with our hearts, minds, and spirits. “But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” ‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Christian comedian, John Crist has a phrase he uses in some of his jokes: “check your heart” and even wrote a song about it (go check it out if you haven’t yet: it’s both funny and convicting). But seriously, boldly seeking after the Lord is not always easy, always humbling, and never empty of blessings. Resisting the devil is a BOLD thing to do. It also goes hand in hand exactly with seeking after the Lord. If you are not drawing near to God, what’s stopping you? “Check your heart”. Check the verse again for any other actions: are those actions something that God is doing? Or something you are commanded to do? God’s actions: -gives grace -opposes the proud -draws near to us Our actions: -submit to the Lord -resist the devil -draw near to God -cleanse our hands -purify our hearts Through this mini series, save each post to look back on and tag a friend to join in with you!