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nikiflorica
Nov 25, 20213 min read
And the Walls Came A-Tumbling Down
For the past few weeks, sitting down to blog has felt like staring at a solid wall and trying to see through it. And no, I'm not...
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nikiflorica
Aug 9, 20214 min read
"Hurry Up and Wait"
Surprise—I'm still here! Although normally I try to post blogs even while I'm on vacation, this year, I decided to give myself a break...
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nikiflorica
Apr 19, 20212 min read
107, At Wit's End
Lost, chained, a fool, or at wit's end. Which one are you? Try finding yourself in the spectrum of Psalm 107's desperate people. Are you...
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nikiflorica
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Let's Talk Toast... and Jesus
Funny thing about toast—when you smell it, you want it. Ever notice that? I mean, there was a time when I would sooner eat dirt than...
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nikiflorica
Jan 26, 20213 min read
The "Hammering Process:" Too Hard, Too Soft, or Just Right?
The 39 books of the Old Testament paint a picture of what C.S. Lewis calls the "hammering process—" centuries of God's hard-line training...
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nikiflorica
Dec 30, 20203 min read
Here's What I've Learned About Expectations
I think it's fairly safe to say that we've all had expectations drenched in a cold wave of reality. Human beings are creative. We're...
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nikiflorica
Dec 15, 20203 min read
Ahikam's Lead
Jeremiah—what a book. I mean, really, what a story. Like so many of God's prophets, he was thrown into a role he felt ill-equipped for,...
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nikiflorica
Nov 17, 20202 min read
Problems, Prophets, and Progress
We think of progress as something linear—an arrow from present to future, improving all the time, always a step ahead of where we were...
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nikiflorica
Oct 29, 20202 min read
How Great is Our God
In our effort to have a relationship with God, to know Him and His Son on an intimate, personal level, I think there is a pitfall we...
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nikiflorica
Aug 18, 20203 min read
100% His—Reaching for the Next Level
God is so much bigger than I've always known, and He's beginning to show Himself to me in ways I hadn't imagined before. I and people in...
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nikiflorica
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Need a Reason to Rejoice? Keep Reading.
Tackling new or overwhelming undertakings in our lives can be exciting, but it can also be laden with baggage—fear and uncertainty, doubt an
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nikiflorica
Jul 1, 20203 min read
Here in the Land of the Living
We already know that getting through this life with our faith intact means eternal life, joy, and ecstasy in heaven. But God doesn't just da
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nikiflorica
May 26, 20202 min read
Wait for It, Wait for It . . .
"Waiting" carries so many connotations—tension, expectation, worry, time, patience, impatience, hope, fear—but if we're being completely...
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nikiflorica
May 4, 20202 min read
When "Humble" Goes Too Far
The book of Numbers tells us that Moses was extremely humble, "more humble than any other person on earth in his time" (Num. 12:3) in his...
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nikiflorica
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Off the Safe Path
I've been thinking a lot about courage. It's not something I have in abundance, and in truth, it's not a trait that I often think to...
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nikiflorica
Mar 30, 20202 min read
A Message from the Prophets of Old
I'm fascinated by the concept of ancient prophets. Men and women selected by God to be the mouthpieces of divine messages—often outcast...
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nikiflorica
Mar 10, 20202 min read
Fear Not; I Will Help Thee.
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. ~Isaiah 41:13 Sometimes I feel as if I'm...
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nikiflorica
Feb 11, 20202 min read
The Rest of the Way
"The Lord's gotten you this far, He'll take care of you the rest of the way." These words glowed from the page of Frank Peretti's, This...
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nikiflorica
Jan 10, 20202 min read
Miriam, by Mesu Andrews: Review
The children of Israel have suffered four hundred years of bondage to the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, clinging to El Shaddai's sacred...
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nikiflorica
Nov 18, 20192 min read
"Just Start Walking"
By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,...
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