Arise Blog
Articles by Kim Heinecke
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What Are You Good At?
What are you good at? I mean, really good. What skills or abilities are your most valuable assets? Before you respond to that, give it some real thought. Don’t answer with what you wish was true. Consider your most outstanding character traits.
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A Disease of the Soul
Scripture instructs us to throw off everything that hinders us and entangles us in sin. What does that look like? Do you need to end a relationship, stop a behavior, or abandon toxic thoughts? Throwing off what hinders us is hard work, but it offers you abundant life.
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Pray for Joy
I wish someone had challenged me to pray for joy in my home when I was a single mom. Joy often felt like a luxury. My primary focus was to make it from one day to the next. I had kids to feed, bills to pay and a demanding job. I was sometimes lonely, unsettled and emotionally out of control. Do you ever feel like that?
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Jesus is Always the Hero
Have you ever noticed the mother in the Bible story of Jesus feeding the crowd of five thousand with the lunch offered by a little boy? If you read John chapter 6, you won’t actually find a mention of any woman, but I know she was there. This story doesn’t happen the same way without a mom.
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Heart Attack
Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else, guard your heart for everything you do flows from it.” Scripture teaches us to guard and protect our heart. Not just our physical heart that pumps blood through our bodies and keeps us alive, but our spiritual heart, the part of us that is created for intimacy with the Father.
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Manage Your Expectations
When you find yourself wishing the holiday season would come to a close before it ever begins, remember to manage your expectations with these 3 tips.
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Keep Going
Do you ever feel like all the emotions ever hit at once...usually around the holidays? You're not alone. There’s a sisterhood of women raising children by themselves that dreamed of something different this holiday season. If that is you, trust that your circumstance is not a surprise to God.
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A New Twist on a Common Tradition
Holidays are rich with family traditions, but they don’t have to be routine and boring. Give some extra consideration to the traditions in your family and think creatively as to how you can spice them up this year to strengthen the ties that bind you together.
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