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Devotional: Letting Go of Shame (includes a Scripture writing plan)

🩷 Devotional: Letting Go of Shame and Walking as a New Creature in Christ ✨ There is a quiet ache many women carry—memories that sting, choices we regret, seasons we wish we could rewrite. Shame whispers. Guilt lingers. The enemy loves to remind us of who we were. But God, rich in mercy, speaks a different word over us. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” — 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJB) In the dispensation of grace, God is not reforming the old you. He isn’t polishing your past or asking you to make up for it. He has crucified the old you with Christ and given you an entirely new identity in Him. “And ye are complete in him…” — Colossians 2:10 (KJB) “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” — Colossians 3:3 (KJB) Your past "in Adam" is gone. Your shame is not yours to carry. Your guilt has no authority over your standing b...

Devotional: Longsuffering for the Believer Walking in Grace

Devotional: Longsuffering for the Believer Walking in Grace 🩵🩷💜 Longsuffering is one of those beautiful, quiet virtues that grows in the hidden places of a believer's heart. It is not simply “putting up with things.” In Scripture, longsuffering means patient endurance with a gentle spirit, especially in situations that are slow to change or people who are difficult to love. It is grace in motion. It is strength wrapped in softness. It is the steady, Spirit-shaped ability to remain kind, faithful, and anchored when life stretches you. Paul reminds us that this kind of patient endurance is part of our walk as women in Christ: > “With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love.” > — Ephesians 4:2 (KJB) In this present dispensation of grace, God Himself is demonstrating longsuffering toward the world. Instead of judgment, He extends mercy. Instead of wrath, He offers reconciliation. And He invites you—right where you are, in your home...

Devotional: The God of Peace

🌿 Devotional: The God of Peace There is a quiet, steady truth woven through Paul’s epistles—one that anchors the believer’s heart when life feels unsettled. Paul doesn’t simply tell us that God gives peace; he tells us that “the God of peace shall be with you.” That is personal, present, and profoundly comforting. Paul writes: > “Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.” > — Philippians 4:9 (KJB) In the dispensation of grace, God is not dealing with us through signs, circumstances, or outward manifestations. He deals with us inwardly, through His completed Word and the indwelling Holy Spirit. Peace is not something we chase; it is Someone who is already with us. ✨ What This Means for You Today - God’s peace is not fragile. It doesn’t depend on your feelings, your circumstances, or your performance. - His presence is constant. You are sealed with the Spirit (Ep...

Encouragement for Those Living With Chronic Illness and Pain

🩷 Encouragement for Those Living With Chronic Illness and/or Pain 💜✝️🩵🪻 Chronic illness and ongoing pain can make life feel small, unpredictable, and heavy. Some days you’re simply trying to make it through the next hour. Other days you’re grieving the gap between what you want to do and what your body will allow. In the dispensation of grace, God meets you right there—not with condemnation, not with pressure, but with truth, comfort, and a steady reminder that you are His, fully and forever. Paul understood weakness. He understood limitation. And through his writings, God gives the suffering believer a framework of hope that doesn’t deny pain but places it inside the larger story of grace. --- 💛 Your Weakness Does Not Cancel God’s Strength Paul learned something that every hurting believer can cling to: > “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that th...

The Vagus Nerve: Calming Techniques for Believers

💜 The Vagus Nerve: Calming Techniques for Believers 🪻🩵🪻💜🪻 **especially helpful if you struggle with anxiety, depression or stress** God created the human body with astonishing order and purpose. Even in this present evil world, our bodies bear the marks of His wisdom. One example is the vagus nerve, a major part of the parasympathetic nervous system that helps calm the body, regulate stress, and restore a sense of safety. As members of the Body of Christ, we do not look for mystical experiences or emotional manipulation. Instead, we rest in the truth of God’s grace revealed through Paul’s epistles. Yet we also acknowledge that our physical bodies affect our daily walk. Paul himself recognized the connection between the inner man and the outer man: > “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” — 2 Corinthians 4:16 Understanding the vagus nerve is not a spiritual practice — it is simply recognizin...

Embracing Body Image Acceptance in the New Year

🪻💜 Embracing Body Image Acceptance in the New Year: Grace, Health, and Freedom from Diet Culture 🦋🌈💜🪻 As a new year begins, many women feel the familiar pressure to “fix” their bodies—shrink them, sculpt them, discipline them, or bring them into alignment with cultural expectations. Diet culture thrives on this pressure. It promises transformation but often delivers shame, obsession, and exhaustion. But for the woman who understands the dispensation of grace, this pressure is not only unnecessary—it is completely out of step with who she is [as a Believer] in Christ. Mid‑Acts dispensational truth reminds us that we live under grace, not performance. We are accepted “in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:6), complete in Christ (Colossians 2:10), and called to walk in liberty rather than bondage (Galatians 5:1). That liberty extends far beyond spiritual standing—it reshapes how we relate to our bodies, our food, and our daily rhythms of care. This new year, instead of chasin...

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