Devotionals
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Churches Around the World: Zagreb, Croatia
In March, we had the opportunity to visit Croatia. It was truly a blessing. You can check out my posts “A Beautiful World” and “Croatian #littledivathings” if you would like to see some pictures from the trip! Obviously, Europe is chock-full of beautiful churches and history, and I feel like it would a disservice if I didn’t share some of them while I’m out here! This is the first installment in my NEW “Churches Around the World” series (I mean, really, just Europe for now, but maybe SOMEDAY I’ll go farther than Europe!) One of the two churches we visited in Croatia was the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in…
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Prayer for the Comparer
Prayer for the Comparer [Editor’s Note: This is the latest installment in a series of devotionals by Kelly O’Dell Stanley. Check out Prayer for the Unfocused, Prayer for the Weary Parent and Prayer for the Overwhelmed by following the links!] I confess my tendency to look at what someone else has with judgment, envy, longing. I fight feelings of jealousy when I see people who seem to have it all together—happy marriages, successful children, thriving careers, financial abundance. Wherever I look, I find myself feeling like I cannot measure up. I’m just not good enough. But instead of getting down on myself, I turn my disappointment towards others. I find myself feeling…
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I AM WOMAN HEAR ME WAR
[Editor’s Note: This is a powerful guest blog from Devotional Diva founder Renee Fisher. Renee originally posted a version of this on her blog, and I had to share it on here as well because it’s just that important. Women CAN, SHOULD and NEED to minister.] I WAITED TO SHARE A WORD THAT I BELIEVE GOD GAVE ME IN SCRIPTURE A FEW MONTHS AGO BECAUSE I WAS SCARED. One of the benefits to reading through the Bible in a year–is anticipating which Scripture verse God might speak to me. Through each page, chapter and verse–the Holy Spirit illuminates the voice of God and His Truths. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God…
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Life’s Imperfections
Have you fallen into circumstances you feel you don’t deserve or did not plan for? Have you ever been labeled by your circumstances or shortcomings and allowed it to limit you?
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Stones of Remembrance
Stones of Remembrance [editor’s note: This is a guest post by the sassy Brittany Salmon, of course of the TheSassySalmon.com. She’s sharing with us a look at Joshua 4 and Stones of Remembrance. Thank you and welcome to Devotional Diva, Brittany!] We humans are forgetful people. I used to think it was just me, maybe it’s my baby brain or maybe I just have bad genetics (at least that’s what I tell my husband when looking for my phone or keys for the 120th time that day), but as I read about the Israelites, I noticed how God would do huge miracles and then command his people to not forget. All…
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Prayer for the Unfocused
PRAYER FOR THE UNFOCUSED [editor’s note: This is part of a series of guest posts by the lovely Kelly O’Dell Stanley. See her previous posts, Prayer for the Weary Parent and Prayer for the Overwhelmed by following the links!] Dear Lord, I’m so glad you are rock-steady, because I feel like I ricochet from one place to the next, faster than I can catch my breath. But it’s not just my activities—my mind, Lord, spins and whirs. So many distractions, so many thoughts, so many ideas, so much to do. I want to pray. I want to focus on you, to prioritize the things that matter and let everything else…
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A Poison Called Anger
A Poison Called Anger When I announced my pregnancy, I mentioned that I had recently gone through health issues that I wasn’t ready to talk about. I was still too angry and hurt at the experience that I felt any sharing I could do wouldn’t really be worthwhile. It would all just be, well, angry. I’m one of those people that’s had a lot of health issues in my life — Nothing too serious, yet, thank God! I just always seem to have something going on. Well, a little over a year before I became pregnant, I pulled my hamstring in a freak yoga accident. I went through months of…
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The Fear of Vulnerability #onmyheart
The Fear of Vulnerability I believe that God is always at work in our lives and in our hearts, bettering us. I always think about this scripture from John 15. Here is The Message interpretation: “I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken. “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but…
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When it Just Feels Wrong
However, I've caught myself several times lately engaging in something negative (or that will affect me negatively) when it just starts to feel wrong. And now I'm strong enough to stop myself!
