Got a Sex-Stained Past? Find Healing!

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Do you have a sex-stained past? Perhaps adultery (emotional or physical)? Or multiple partners during high school or college? An abortion? Pornography? Sexual abuse? Whatever your past, the good news is God loves you; his heart bends toward the hurting. He desires your healing. Listen to these Christian women’s struggles. A young woman has sex… [Continue Reading]

The Power of Dad, for Better or Worse

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Dads are important to kids growing up healthy. Living without a dad is tough. Experiencing a dad who hurt you is unimaginable. Please know that your heavenly Father loves you beyond words. Many girls grow up with fathers who were absent in one way or another. Others have loving, involved dads. If you are among the girls… [Continue Reading]

The Upside of Problems

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When a problem pops up, God is trying to get your attention. He wants to listen and to encounter Him today. Why? Because he cares. The other day my counselee (whom I’ll call Cheri) fell flat on her back — literally, flat on back  — and suffered a compression fracture. Hurrying to answer the phone,… [Continue Reading]

You Are Beautiful

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We women long to hear these words: You are beautiful! We live in an ugly world with impossible beauty standards. Flawless faces leer at us while we wait in the checkout line. Blemish-free skin, perfect noses, impeccable makeup. And just below the faces. . . . . . big bosoms and slender, sculpted bods. Who… [Continue Reading]