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Looking Unto Jesus: The Ultimate Key to Running With Endurance

While we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, we are called to look unto Jesus. Discover why fixing your eyes on Jesus brings strength, clarity, and remains the ultimate key to running with endurance.
Looking Unto Jesus: The Ultimate Key to Running With Endurance
While we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, we are called to look unto Jesus. Discover why fixing your eyes on Jesus brings strength, clarity, and remains the ultimate key to running with endurance.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Can obedience actually improve health? This article examines the subtle relationship between conscience, stress, habits, and long-term well-being.
The Connection Between Obedience and Health
Most people think of obedience as a moral or spiritual word. Something that is discussed in sermons, rules, or even childhood memories. Health, on the other hand, is usually framed in scientific terms: nutrition, exercise, sleep, and mental hygiene. Rarely do the two appear in the same conversation. Yet quietly, consistently, they meet every day, not in dramatic miracles or instant rewards , but in the slow, cumulative effects of choices aligned with wisdom.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
You’re in Good Company If You Choose to Run the Race of Endurance: The Cloud of Witnesses

What does the “cloud of witnesses” really mean? Are they spectators or forerunners? Discover how the lives of enduring faithfuls encourage you to keep running with purpose and perseverance.
You’re in Good Company If You Choose to Run the Race of Endurance: The Cloud of Witnesses
What does the “cloud of witnesses” really mean? Are they spectators or forerunners? Discover how the lives of enduring faithfuls encourage you to keep running with purpose and perseverance.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Feeling stretched thin but can’t explain why? Explore the gentle art of boundary-setting and uncover the freedom waiting on the other side of “too much.”
Healthy Boundaries: Signs You Need Them & How to Set Them
Life has a gentle way of showing us when something within us needs protection. Sometimes it’s the quiet tiredness that settles behind your eyes, the unexplainable heaviness on your shoulders, or the way your heart tightens when you’re asked to give a little more than you have left. Other times it’s the subtle way you start shrinking—smaller choices, smaller voice, smaller energy—until you barely recognize the person you’re becoming.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Laying Aside Every Weight to Run With Endurance

What’s holding you back from running with endurance? Learn how releasing emotional, mental, and spiritual weights unlocks clarity, resilience, and renewed momentum.
Laying Aside Every Weight to Run With Endurance
What’s holding you back from running with endurance? Learn how releasing emotional, mental, and spiritual weights unlocks clarity, resilience, and renewed momentum.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is it just “that time of the month,” or something deeper? Explore the overlooked emotional and spiritual layers of PMS and PMDD from a Christian perspective and discover God’s grace, balance, and healing in hormonal storms.
Understanding PMS and PMDD: A Christian Woman’s Guide
Every woman’s body carries a unique rhythm—a monthly cycle of change, renewal, and release. But for many, this rhythm comes with emotional storms, physical discomfort, and mental heaviness that can feel overwhelming. Some women experience it mildly, while others face intense emotional crashes that disrupt their relationships, work, spiritual life, and sense of self. In Christian spaces, these experiences are often not talked about enough.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Discipline Over Motivation: The Formula to Unlock Running With Endurance

What sustains you when motivation fades? Learn how discipline unlocks true endurance, focus, and lifelong personal development.
Discipline Over Motivation: The Formula to Unlock Running With Endurance
What sustains you when motivation fades? Learn how discipline unlocks true endurance, focus, and lifelong personal development.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Could you be emotionally exhausted without knowing?Discover 7 key signs of emotional exhaustion and how to recover using practical ,self-care,biblical insights and from Ellen G.White inspired writings.
7 SIGNS YOU’RE EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED—AND HOW TO RECOVER
Have you ever woken up feeling tired even after a full night’s sleep? Or found yourself snapping at people for things that never used to bother you? Maybe you’ve sat staring at your to-do list, paralyzed by indecision, while your mind feels like it’s running on fumes. If this feels familiar, you are not alone. In 2023, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology…
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November 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Running With Endurance

Struggling with life’s uncertainties? Discover how to run with endurance, overcome setbacks, and keep your eyes on Jesus through every season of life.
Running With Endurance
Struggling with life’s uncertainties? Discover how to run with endurance, overcome setbacks, and keep your eyes on Jesus through every season of life.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What if clearing your space could strengthen your walk with God? Explore how Christian decluttering transforms your home, wellness, and spiritual life.
Christian Decluttering: How a Clean Space Can Transform Your Mind, Mood, and Walk With God
Have you ever stepped into a messy room and instantly felt tired?Or cleaned one small corner and suddenly felt lighter and more hopeful? That’s the hidden power of decluttering. Clutter is not just physical — it affects your mind, emotions, energy, and even your spiritual life. As Christians, we know God is a God of peace, order, and intentional living…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Why Dates Are Nature’s Perfect Superfood

The Sweet Secret Hidden in the Desert We often say, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but maybe it’s time to add a new phrase ... “A date a day keeps the bloat away.” Dates are often called nature’s candy because of their rich sweetness. Yet, beneath…
Why Dates Are Nature’s Perfect Superfood
The Sweet Secret Hidden in the Desert We often say, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but maybe it’s time to add a new phrase ... “A date a day keeps the bloat away.” Dates are often called nature’s candy because of their rich sweetness. Yet, beneath their caramel-like taste lies a treasure of nutrition and ancient wisdom. These small, wrinkled fruits grow in some of the harshest deserts, thriving where other plants can’t.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Difference Between Waiting on God and Postponing Life’s Decisions out of fear or indecision

Are you waiting on God, or are you paralysed in analysis? Learn the difference between waiting on God and fear-based indecision. Discover how to make confident, vision-based decisions grounded in faith.
The Difference Between Waiting on God and Postponing Life’s Decisions out of fear or indecision
Are you waiting on God, or are you paralysed in analysis? Learn the difference between waiting on God and fear-based indecision. Discover how to make confident, vision-based decisions grounded in faith.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Explore how serving others brings lasting joy beyond happiness. Find inspiration in faith, compassion, and practical acts of kindness that nurture your well-being.
Cultivating Joy: The Transformative Impact of Service
Joy.We talk about it, we name our children after it, and we sing it out loud — “Joy to the world!”It might just be the second most used word after love and, perhaps, the most deeply desired feeling in every human heart. Yet, for something we speak about so often, joy remains one of life’s greatest mysteries.What is it really?
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November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
How to Have a Good Future Even if You’ve Made Bad Choices in the Past

Made bad choices? Discover biblical guidance, practical tools, and hope for making better decisions and building a promising future—starting today
How to Have a Good Future Even if You’ve Made Bad Choices in the Past
Made bad choices? Discover biblical guidance, practical tools, and hope for making better decisions and building a promising future—starting today
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November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
What the Bible Says About New Beginnings When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned

How do we regain our life’s compass when things turn out differently than we expected or have been working towards? Discover what the Bible says about new beginnings, fresh starts, and finding purpose when life doesn’t go as…
What the Bible Says About New Beginnings When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned
How do we regain our life’s compass when things turn out differently than we expected or have been working towards? Discover what the Bible says about new beginnings, fresh starts, and finding purpose when life doesn’t go as planned. Embrace change with confidence
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November 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Friendship’s Role in Enhancing Mental Health

Have you ever noticed how a simple conversation with a good friend can brighten your entire day? It’s like an instant lift—a gentle reminder that you’re not walking through life alone. Friendship has a quiet kind of power. It restores, heals, and…
Friendship’s Role in Enhancing Mental Health
Have you ever noticed how a simple conversation with a good friend can brighten your entire day? It’s like an instant lift—a gentle reminder that you’re not walking through life alone. Friendship has a quiet kind of power. It restores, heals, and reminds us that love was never meant to be hoarded; it was meant to be shared. In today’s world—where schedules are packed, hearts are tired, and most of our connections are filtered through screens—true friendship feels like a breath of fresh air.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Healing begins in the mind when faith takes root in the heart. Could this be your moment to embrace hope and renewal through Christ?
Renewing the Mind: Path to Hope and Healing
Life pulls us in a thousand directions—work, relationships, expectations, and survival. And in the middle of it all, the mind becomes the battlefield where health is either protected or lost. Our thoughts are not passive; they are powerful signals that shape emotions, choices, and even our physical state. When the mind is troubled, the body echoes that tension. Fatigue deepens, motivation fades, and even prayer feels heavy.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
There is Death, and There is the Death of Raila Amollo Odinga

Some lives end. Others echo. Raila Amollo Odinga’s passing has moved a nation—not just to tears, but to reflection. What does his death reveal about Kenya’s soul, and what future will we build from his legacy?
There is Death, and There is the Death of Raila Amollo Odinga
Some lives end. Others echo. Raila Amollo Odinga’s passing has moved a nation—not just to tears, but to reflection. What does his death reveal about Kenya’s soul, and what future will we build from his legacy?
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October 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Feeling drained and restless? Discover how Sabbath rest restores your body, mind, and spirit. Learn how God’s gift of rest improves your health and reveals salvation by grace.
SABBATH REST: GOD’S REMEDY FOR A RESTLESS GENERATION
We live in a world that celebrates constant motion.The faster we move, the more valuable we feel. Yet in all our striving, God lovingly whispers, “Be still.” The Sabbath is His divine remedy for human restlessness — a sacred invitation to stop proving, stop performing, and simply rest in His finished work. What the Bible Says About the Sabbath…
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October 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Feeling drained and restless? Discover how Sabbath rest restores your body, mind, and spirit. Learn how God’s gift of rest improves your health and reveals salvation by grace.
SABBATH REST: GOD’S REMEDY FOR A RESTLESS GENERATION
We live in a world that celebrates constant motion.The faster we move, the more valuable we feel. Yet in all our striving, God lovingly whispers, “Be still.” The Sabbath is His divine remedy for human restlessness — a sacred invitation to stop proving, stop performing, and simply rest in His finished work. What the Bible Says About the Sabbath…
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October 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
7 Signs It’s Infatuation and Not Real Love

How do you know you’re finally in love and not merely infatuated? Learn 7 key signs to tell infatuation from true love. Spot red flags, avoid emotional traps, and pursue real love grounded in trust and shared values.
7 Signs It’s Infatuation and Not Real Love
How do you know you’re finally in love and not merely infatuated? Learn 7 key signs to tell infatuation from true love. Spot red flags, avoid emotional traps, and pursue real love grounded in trust and shared values.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Questions God Asks #15: How Long Will They Not Believe Me?

When you have a track record, it should serve as your letter of recommendation. But we refuse to let God’s track record vouch for Him in our lives. In Numbers 14:11, God asks, “How long will they not believe Me?” Discover what this…
Questions God Asks #15: How Long Will They Not Believe Me?
When you have a track record, it should serve as your letter of recommendation. But we refuse to let God’s track record vouch for Him in our lives. In Numbers 14:11, God asks, “How long will they not believe Me?” Discover what this question reveals about unbelief, trust, and divine mercy.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Discover how faith and wellness intertwine in this heart-to-heart reflection on Your Body:A Sacred Temple Of Worship. Learn how, balance, and mindful care become acts of worship ,nurturing body, mind, and soul.
Your Body: A Sacred Temple of Worship
Imagine walking barefoot into a sacred church building.The air is still. The light filters softly through stained glass.You move slowly because something in you knows — this place is holy. Now pause.That’s exactly how God wants us to see our bodies. Not as projects to fix.Not as burdens to carry.But as holy spaces — places where His presence dwells.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Discover how faith and wellness intertwine in this heart-to-heart reflection on Your Body:A Sacred Temple Of Worship. Learn how, balance, and mindful care become acts of worship ,nurturing body, mind, and soul.
Your Body: A Sacred Temple of Worship
Imagine walking barefoot into a sacred church building.The air is still. The light filters softly through stained glass.You move slowly because something in you knows — this place is holy. Now pause.That’s exactly how God wants us to see our bodies. Not as projects to fix.Not as burdens to carry.But as holy spaces — places where His presence dwells.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“Good Success”: What the World Misses and the Bible Reveals

Everyone longs for success, but the Bible reveals that not all success is beneficial. Discover the Bible's contrast between “good success” (Joshua 1:8) and empty success (Psalm 106:15)—success with God enriches, without Him it destroys.
“Good Success”: What the World Misses and the Bible Reveals
Everyone longs for success, but the Bible reveals that not all success is beneficial. Discover the Bible's contrast between “good success” (Joshua 1:8) and empty success (Psalm 106:15)—success with God enriches, without Him it destroys.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM