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Thinking Thursday
Thinking Thursday
THINKING THURSDAY
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Would you say you lack confidence? At least in certain situations? If you answered, yes, I don't think you're alone. Actually...I know you aren't alone because I'm right there with you! Let's ask ourselves some questions and consider Christ-Confidence vs. Self-Confidence.ENTERTAINMENT
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Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Jesus offers. Is it easy for you to do? It's not for me. Which is my intentional R.E.S.T. has structure. Website subscribers-I have a free download for you! www.lifeasthebeloved.comENTERTAINMENT
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Living as God's beloved question for today: With so many ups and downs of life, how do you stay in close relationship with the Lord?ENTERTAINMENT
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Thoughts on living as God's beloved: Can you name one or two life experiences that have shaped where you are today in your walk with the Lord? Previous post has challenge to do it in 22 words or less!ENTERTAINMENT
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Thoughts on living as God's beloved: What do you do on a daily basis to stay connected to Jesus?ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY
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Thoughts on Living as God's Beloved: What's one way you've gotten to know Jesus? Over the years, I've gotten to know Jesus by getting myself out of the way! I share more about how in today's video. What about you? I'd love you to share in the comments.❤️👏ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - Who do you think you are?
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Can we just sit and chat today ... and watch the snow fall?ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - YOUR VOICE
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Discover your voice. Whether or not God has called you to be a speaker, or writer, or blogger, or vlogger 😄you have a voice He wants to use! Which of the three categories do you fall under? I'd love to hear! I think mine is a combination of two.ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - WISDOM FROM OTHERS
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How much thought do you put into seeking wisdom from other people? Is it "okay" to choose some and not others? Have you taken it as seriously as deciding who you'd want to go to war with? I hadn't until I read Proverbs 24.ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - WISDOM
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Happy Valentine's day! I felt inspired to share some wisdom the Lord has taught me in the last year about relationships and expectations.ENTERTAINMENT
BELATED THINKING THURSDAY - WISDOM
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Wisdom in counsel - the Bible has a lot to say about this.ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - AN ANSWER TO PRAYER
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My thoughts of the ant and needless words have intermingled as God answered a longtime prayer of mine this week.ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - Be Like the Ant
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Do you ever stall out on well-laid plans? Or, out of fear of making the wrong decision, feel frozen? Maybe considering the ant will help.ENTERTAINMENT
NEEDLESS WORDS
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Omitting needless words has impacted my writing in a positive way. But what about the words coming out of my mouth on a daily basis? How often do I speak needless words?Thinking Thursday
THINKING THURSDAY - ALTERING APPEARANCE
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More thoughts on my heart and mind about beauty and body image. I felt God asking me to share about my experiences with attempting to alter my appearance.ENTERTAINMENT
NEW YEAR THINKING THURSDAY
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The 1st THINKING THURSDAY of the new year. I'm thinking about words for 2019.ENTERTAINMENT
LAST THINKING THURSDAY OF NOVEMBER!
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Join me on this Thursday before the sun comes up! My thankful shout out today is to my mom, Valarie Austin. Her words, support, encourgement, and love have led me to a place of thinking about the gifts God has given me and how I can cultivate them.ENTERTAINMENT
THANKSGIVING THINKING THURSDAY! Come on a tour with me this morning and end with giving thanks to the One who is worthy of all our praise!❤🦃🍁 (So sorry about the text messages coming through during the video! It was Robert telling me he was back in t
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THANKSGIVING THINKING THURSDAY! Come on a tour with me this morning and end with giving thanks to the One who is worthy of all our praise!❤🦃🍁 (So sorry about the text messages coming through during the video! It was Robert telling me he was back in town!)ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - Be Anxious For Nothing
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I'm seeking the Lord and finding what drives my anxiousness...and applying some practical practices to drastically change the direction I was headed!ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - PSALM 23
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My thankful shout-out is to Pastor Bob Brandon this week. I have used his teaching on Psalm 23 as a prayer for years and years! In this video, I explain how I have used it as a prayer, and I have also created a printable version just for you! To get your free download of Psalm 23 with attributes of God, go to www.lifeasthebeloved.com/freebies I pray it blesses you as much as it has me.ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - A NEW MONTH!
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There's something about the last day of the month and the first day of the month that feels so special to me! I'm excited to share some creative and inspired ideas for this new month! November is a month of gratitude for me. My thankfulness shout out today goes to my dear friend, Kimber Collom! Listen to find out why...ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - PREPARED FOR CALLING
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I had something super exciting happen to me this last week, I have an update on my October goals, and I feel confident of God's calling to speak about one more issue that affects our body image...but that will be on next week's video, so stay tuned!ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - October Goals
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My Thinking Thursday is in two parts today. In this short one I talk about the exciting month of October and the goals I have set!ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY (on Friday again!)
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I've been reading the Angels Walking series by Karen Kingsbury and truly got to experience angels on earth as we made our way to Wilmington, NC.ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY
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I probably should have titled this, UNthinking Thursday! My brain just wouldn't kick into gear, but I hope you can get something out of my ramblings!ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - PART 2 (ON FRIDAY!)
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I had to share a little more today and praise God for His faithfulness in all our situations.ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY
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Happy Thursday everyone! I'm sharing some random thoughts today as well as background and update on my short story, "Marble-sized Faith." In the video I misspoke about the number of parts. I have already posted 3 parts, am working on part 4, and will most likely conclude with part 5. Thanks to all of you who are reading and hanging in there until the end!ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY
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Thinking about the simple things today and a very special person. This video is dedicated to Papa Pete.ENTERTAINMENT
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It's the premiere of my THINKING THURSDAY videos. Listen to find out what that means :) and what I am thinking about on this Thursday morning.ENTERTAINMENT
Body Image & Beauty
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Body Image & Beauty
THINKING THURSDAY - ALTERING APPEARANCE
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More thoughts on my heart and mind about beauty and body image. I felt God asking me to share about my experiences with attempting to alter my appearance.ENTERTAINMENT
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This is the final video in my body image series...unless God asks me to say more! I do want to put out a disclaimer that I speak about pornography and lust in this video. Please keep this in mind before listening or sharing.ENTERTAINMENT
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First in a series of thoughts on body image...ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - God's Standard of Beauty
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Part two in my series on body image. The focus is on God's standard of beauty. My dog, Zug, has a cameo in this video!ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - FOR REAL!
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Zug was still a big part of the video for today (sorry for the racket as he kicked his bone around!), but I was able to talk about how we can use numbers to define our beauty. Don't forget...God has no measuring stick. He did not create the comparison game - we did! And we can demolish it!ENTERTAINMENT
Advent Series
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Advent Series
THINKING THURSDAY-ADVENT SERIES
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In this final video of my 2018 Advent series, surrender is the message. I'm grateful for breakthroughs in surrendering to the Lord's will rather than merely resigning.ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - ADVENT SERIES
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As I prepare my heart for the coming of Christ, pride has surfaced. Take my heart and mold it, take my mind, transform it, take my will, conform it--to Yours, to Yours, O Lord.ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - ADVENT SERIES
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How can we prepare our hearts for the coming of our Messiah? Not just during advent season, but in every day we are given?ENTERTAINMENT
THINKING THURSDAY - ADVENT SERIES
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What is taking up residence in your heart? I know for me, unforgiveness has been something I've allowed in my heart for far too long. Let's talk about how we can truly forgive...from the heart.ENTERTAINMENT
ABCs of Life as the Beloved
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In Romans 12:3, Paul tells us to think of ourselves with "sober judgement." Not high and lifted up, not low and beaten down, but a place where who we were BEFORE Christ meets who we are BECAUSE of Christ. And why ABCs? Because being a Kindergarten teacher will always run through my veins!
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ABCs of Life as the Beloved
Z... Zealous for the Lord
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Happy Thanksgiving! We’ve reached the last letter of the alphabet and the last video in our ABCs of Living as God’s Beloved series! I have so much to be ZEALOUS about😉😀Y... Yoked with Jesus
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Whether we realize it, we're YOKED to something. If it's not Jesus, who or what are we yoked to?X... eXceedingly great and precious promises
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There are thousands of exceedingly great and precious promises in God's word. Have you ever asked yourself why He's promised us so much?W... White as Snow
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How can we remove a permanent stain? We can't... but, praise God, Jesus can!V... Victorious
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Fact: You are victorious! What do you think about that? How does it make you feel? How does it affect your behavior? What results does it produce? Let's...U...Understood
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I am UNDERSTOOD. Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses...T...Treasured
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Today, let's talk about being TREASURED and how we can "spur one another on toward love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24)."S... Sanctified
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The love of the Father... the sacrifice of the Son... the work of the Holy Spirit is like none other. It's only because of the Trinity we can say I AM SANCTIFIED.R...Resolved
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It's great to be back after a week off! Today we're on letter R in the series ABCs of Living as God's Beloved and we're going to talk about RESOLVE. As God's beloved, I am resolved to... How would you fill in the blank?ENTERTAINMENT
P & Q... Peace & Quiet
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Happy Friday! Thanks for joining me for Thinking Thursday-ish😁 Today we're on letter P and Q in our ABCs of Living as God's Beloved series. Let's talk about PEACE and QUIET...ENTERTAINMENT
O... Opposed
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We are opposed. It's not a question or whether we will be opposed, but how we will be opposed. Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.ENTERTAINMENT
N... Nothing
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I always try to stay positive... but today I'm bringing in some negativity for the letter N in our series on the ABCs of Living as God's Beloved.ENTERTAINMENT
M... Masterpiece
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Masterpiece. What images come to mind when you hear that word? Is it the image you see in the mirror?ENTERTAINMENT
L... LIGHT of the world
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"You are the light of the world." (Matt. 5:14) Without truth, being the light of the world can feel like a weight on my shoulders... because I think it's all up to me. But, guess what? It's not about me! Shocking, I know😄And it's not about you, either. Let's talk about the true Light. www.lifeasthebeloved.comENTERTAINMENT
K... Known
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Psalm 139:3b You are intimately acquainted with all my ways. ALL. my. ways. Does being fully known bring you comfort... or scare the pants off you? Let's talk about being KNOWN today...ENTERTAINMENT
J... Jesus' Friend
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What makes a friend? If you ask a Kindergartener, they'll tell you about all the fun things they do with friends. I know I have a lot to learn from them when I consider being Jesus' friend.❤️ENTERTAINMENT
I... In Progress
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Can I share with you the most encouraging news?ENTERTAINMENT
H...I am Held
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Today's video is for you if... you're working hard, trying to make things happen and exhausted... you're considering the future and fearful... or toughing it out alone and feeling discarded.ENTERTAINMENT
G... GIVEN GRACE
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You know that feeling when something turns out better than what you thought? That's grace. Or have you ever received something you know you don't deserve? That's grace. And I can't wait to talk more about it with you tonight!ENTERTAINMENT
F...FORGIVEN
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Being FORGIVEN goes deep and spreads wide. God help us...we want to understand!ENTERTAINMENT
E...Eternally Saved
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Sometimes it feels all we can be sure of in this world is hardship, but I'm excited to talk to you today about an assurance full of hope and freedom!ENTERTAINMENT
C & D... Created from Dust
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How does it feel to know you are a created being? What about knowing you were created from dust? I hope if this doesn't stir good feeling, it will by the end of today's ABCs of Living as God's Beloved episode. Here's the link to the music video I refer to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1spkhp41ig4ENTERTAINMENT
B...Living as a Branch on Jesus' Vine
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Is admitting dependency easy for you? What is your life line? Today, in the series ABCs of Living as God's Beloved, we'll talk about being a BRANCH attached to Jesus' vine for letter B.ENTERTAINMENT
A...Living as Christ's Ambassador
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Are you ready to review your ABCs? 😀Today begins the series on the ABCs of Living as God's Beloved, so I'm starting with letter A (a good place to start) and talking about being an AMBASSADOR for Christ. Be sure to check out the blog posts during this series as well! There will be different content than what I talk about on the vlog.ENTERTAINMENT
ABCs of Life as the Beloved
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Think of yourself with sober judgment...what does that mean to you? I'd love to know. My perception has changed over the years and even over the last month. I think it includes much more than I originally considered.ENTERTAINMENT
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THINKING THURSDAY - BLOOPER REEL
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Enjoy a little over a minute of bloopers courtesy of Zugspitze! This may be the Thinking Thursday for today! I am still recovering from multiple attempts to video and don't know if I will have the strength to try again!!ENTERTAINMENT
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