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nikiflorica
Sep 8, 20203 min read
Applause for The Pilgrim's Progress
There are some stories we fancy we know so well that we don't bother to pick up the book—and for a long time, for me, that was The...
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nikiflorica
Aug 10, 20203 min read
Life is Pain—And What to Do About It
The past couple years have been hard for me. I'm sure they've been hard for you, too. We're all going through something, hiding it behind "o
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nikiflorica
Jul 28, 20202 min read
Never Never Forget
I don't know where it came from—ask my family, and they won't know either—but growing up has always been a terrifying concept to me....
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nikiflorica
Jun 23, 20203 min read
The Importance of Peace: Why Do We Need It?
Peace comes from Christ. It's not something we can manufacture for ourselves, though we still must be proactive and cooperative with God's w
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nikiflorica
Jun 15, 20203 min read
Revive Us Again
I've been reading through the book of Acts, and while it's impossible not to be inspired by the passion of the first Christians, I've...
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nikiflorica
May 18, 20203 min read
Tattered Scraps of Truth
Jesus ... can take the tattered scraps of truth we brought to that flopped conversation, and use them to plant a seed in that person ...
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nikiflorica
May 12, 20202 min read
One Step, One Decision, One Challenge at a Time
When we travel, we tend to plan. That's just good old-fashioned thinking ahead. We may not know exactly what each leg of the journey will...
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nikiflorica
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Shout It, Sing It, Weep It If You Have To
It's one thing to be convicted and motivated by a devotion. It's quite another to seize that conviction and follow through when the...
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nikiflorica
Apr 16, 20202 min read
The Worst Three Days
In the past, I've been pretty quick to judge the disciples for their lack of faith throughout the gospels. I mean, as Christians of...
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nikiflorica
Apr 14, 20202 min read
How Are Those 2020 Goals Coming Along?
Well, I don't know where the first three and a half months of this year have gone, but it's probably time to check in on those spiritual...
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nikiflorica
Apr 1, 20202 min read
Power, Love and a Sound Mind
What's our knee-jerk reaction when we hit an unforeseen bend in the road? When the teacher assigns that horrendously stressful group...
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nikiflorica
Mar 24, 20202 min read
Look at the Birds
These are exceptional, surreally strange times, but maybe it takes an exceptional, surreally strange time to get our undivided attention,...
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nikiflorica
Feb 25, 20202 min read
Children of Light
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. ~Ephesians 5:8 This verse is short but packs...
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nikiflorica
Feb 17, 20202 min read
When Transformation Takes Its Time
The Bible tells us that if anyone is in Christ, he or she is a new creature—that through him, our old selves pass away and we are made...
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nikiflorica
Jan 28, 20202 min read
Addicted to Kingdom Work
The King James Bible can be challenging to interpret at times, but I've often found that the wording in this translation can reach out...
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nikiflorica
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Thesis from Jesus
Exam week. Crunch time. An onslaught of assignments and summatives crammed into the same stressful, high-intensity seven days. Among...
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nikiflorica
Jan 14, 20202 min read
Verse of the Month: The Armour of Light
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light....
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nikiflorica
Dec 10, 20192 min read
Verse of the Month: Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them...
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nikiflorica
Nov 14, 20192 min read
I Confess!
In my Writer's Craft course, we've recently plunged into the poignant, elaborate, and at times frustratingly abstract realm of poetry. It...
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