What Does God Want From You, Anyway? Answer: a Daughter
God’s desire is for you to know His Father-heart. A Family relationship existed within the Trinity from before the foundation of the...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 13
- 2 min
What Does God Want From You, Anyway? Answer: Steward of the Earth
God designed men and women to be managers of Earth’s vast resources. “Even if it’s a simple act like working on your photo albums or...
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Julie Hanes
- Feb 27
- 2 min
What Does God Want From You, Anyway? Answer: Image Bearer
“We are created to image God.” “The image is not an ability we have, but a status. We are God’s representatives on earth. To be human...
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Julie Hanes
- Feb 13
- 2 min
The Sweetest "That's My Girl" in the History of Everything
Your reward for doing your Kingdom Assignment is your Father’s commendation. No, you don’t work to earn the Father’s love. His love is...
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Julie Hanes
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Why You Should Immediately Choose Wisdom Trail Over Foolish Avenue
There are always two roads in the Bible. You choose which you will take. As poet Robert Frost said, “Two roads diverged in a wood…” and...
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Julie Hanes
- Jan 17
- 3 min
How You May Be Thinking Wrong About Your Kingdom Assignment
Hint: It's not about you. Poor us. We’re so inclined to put ourselves always at the center of things. But God has told us that the way...
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Julie Hanes
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Five Amazing Bible Verses That Confirm You Have a Kingdom Assignment
You've heard it before - "God has a plan for your life." Is it true? Christian cliches abound, often without scriptural substance. (“God...
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Julie Hanes
- Dec 28, 2022
- 2 min
The New Year-A Great Time to Ask Yourself, “What Do I Want?”
Your heart is the intersection of your desires (what you want), your thoughts (what you believe) and your will (what you intend). As...
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Julie Hanes
- May 27, 2021
- 1 min
"After" God's Own Heart. What does it mean?
Here's another phrase from Scripture that has always intrigued me: "a man after God's own heart," as in King David. Who wouldn't want...
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Julie Hanes
- May 10, 2021
- 2 min
How to Have a Spirit Controlled Heart
The concept of being filled with the Holy Spirit has always intrigued me, but also baffled me a little bit. How, exactly, does it work? ...
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Julie Hanes
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
Beyond Random Acts of Kindness
You and I have a purpose. That's clear from Ephesians 2:10, which says, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 16, 2021
- 1 min
Live Like a Stradivarius
Don't be a doorstop. Be a Stradivarius.
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
Ebenezer Art
When I was a kid and we sang the hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," and we came to the line, "here I raise my ebenezer..." I...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
Noblesse Oblige -Duty of Royalty: Reflect God's Image
Jesus says He is Light. Jesus says we are Light. How can both of these be true? Because we are In Christ, we are bouncing His Light...
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Julie Hanes
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
The No Job-Description Job
Here's the thing: we're ready to serve the Lord. There are just...so many OPTIONS! This team, that team, this class, that class, this...
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Julie Hanes
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
Noblesse Oblige - What does it mean?
"Noblesse Oblige is a French phrase that means, literally, "nobility obligates." The idea is that if one was born into the privileged...
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Julie Hanes
- Jan 7, 2021
- 1 min
Looking Dimly on Things Unseen
I've just started a study with some Warrior Women on Heaven using Randy Alcorn's book of the same name. He talks about the problem of...
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Julie Hanes
- Jan 1, 2021
- 1 min
I'm a Little Afraid of My Word of the Year
I became a "word of the year" person a few years ago. Some of my words have been: flourish, streamline, watch, celebrate, and four. ...
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Julie Hanes
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
Satan Can Break Chains, Too
That's admittedly a click-bait title, meant to grab your attention and lead you to check out this blog post. Did it work? I really love...
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Julie Hanes
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
Before the Foundation of the World
Thinking about God's Eternal Purpose has me thinking deep thoughts. Like thinking about God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
Slain Before the Foundation
I'm doing an in depth study on God's Eternal Purpose (or His original intent, or His ultimate intent) because I always like to get the...
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Julie Hanes
- Feb 24, 2020
- 1 min
A Seriously Still Life
I'm a crappy gardener. I found some bulbs of some kind or other lying on a shelf in a storage room. Apparently I had intended to plant...
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Julie Hanes
- Jan 28, 2020
- 1 min
God's Eternal Purpose: The Choice
I'm currently studying God's Eternal Purpose. I've noticed, and it's interesting to me, that there is not much mentioned about the Tree...
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Julie Hanes
- Dec 20, 2019
- 1 min
What I Saw About the Shepherds
Luke 2:8 "In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night." John...
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Julie Hanes
- Dec 14, 2019
- 1 min
Those Cheesy Halos are Pretty Awesome
The Bible is full of references to Jesus - The Light of the World - coming into the darkness of the world. This morning I was reading...
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Julie Hanes
- Sep 8, 2019
- 2 min
Quickbooks is a Metaphor for my Life
My family owns a construction business. Out of necessity, I became the Office Manager/Secretary/Bookkeeper. I have no background in or...
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Julie Hanes
- Apr 19, 2019
- 1 min
A Good, Good Friday
If I don't do anything else to celebrate Good Friday, I always get in a quiet place and listen to Josh Garrel's song "Good Friday." So...
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Julie Hanes
- Apr 17, 2019
- 1 min
Behold the Man
Thinking Passion Week thoughts. I've always KNOWN that Jesus' death on the cross was substitutionary, that He was taking my place there....
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 27, 2019
- 1 min
Such is the Kingdom of Heaven
Have you ever gotten frustrated with Believers acting all crazy, and thought, "Why does God put up with us?" If I had a nickel for every...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 26, 2019
- 1 min
FAITH
I saw one of those funny birds the other day, the ones that walk upside down on trees. Bird was fearless even though he was way up high,...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 26, 2019
- 1 min
FAITH
I saw one of those funny birds the other day, the ones that walk upside down on trees. Bird was fearless even though he was way up high,...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 26, 2019
- 1 min
Now You Can Blog from Everywhere!
We’ve made it quick and convenient for you to manage your blog from anywhere. In this blog post we’ll share the ways you can post to your...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 26, 2019
- 1 min
Design a Stunning Blog
When it comes to design, the Wix blog has everything you need to create beautiful posts that will grab your reader's attention. Check out...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 26, 2019
- 1 min
Grow Your Blog Community
With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog...
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Julie Hanes
- May 1, 2018
- 1 min
Celebrating My Rescue
I'm planning a left-brain/right-brain painting class for May 10. It is the first in a series of classes that will look at the Christian...
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Julie Hanes
- Apr 10, 2018
- 1 min
Easter Ponderings and Doodlings
I know Easter was last week, but I can't stop thinking about it. Jesus' resurrection used to be for me sort of a spectator sport,...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 9, 2018
- 1 min
A Window into the Kingdom of Light
The Ten Commandments, those rules and restrictions that cause such angst in the world, are actually our opportunity to peek across into...
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Julie Hanes
- Mar 6, 2018
- 1 min
A Brief History of the Kingdoms
As you've seen if you've read my earlier posts, I was staring at scripture and seeing two kingdoms everywhere I looked - the "Kingdom of...
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Julie Hanes
- Feb 27, 2018
- 1 min
The True Fairy Tale
Here's the first thing I saw when I started pondering Colossians 1:13 and the two kingdoms: it was like a really sweet and satisfying...
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Julie Hanes
- Feb 26, 2018
- 1 min
Illuminating the Kingdom
What does that mean, anyway? It all began with Colossians 1:13: "He rescued us from the domain of darkness and delivered us into the...
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