Are you ready to start craving less junk and more Jesus? This week we are featuring Jenna Parde’s WORD30 testimonial on the blog. We just love how God used this 30-day challenge to teach Jenna to trust Him (and provided a special, unexpected blessing at the end). This year at Living by Design Ministries, we […]
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Do you want to teach your kids how to trust God’s truth? This week we are featuring Jennifer Bryant’s WORD30 testimonial on the blog. We just love how this mama helped her family turn off the screens to make space for Jesus in their day-to-day lives. This year at Living by Design Ministries, we are
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Are you longing for a sacred soul shift? This week we are featuring Natalia Drumm’s WORD30 testimonial on the blog. We just love how God challenged and equipped Natalia to stop consuming and start creating. This year at Living by Design Ministries, we are committed to helping you clear the clutter and make more room
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We are excited to feature Lisa Braziel’s story on the Living by Design Blog this week. Lisa is the co-creator of the WORD30 Challenge. If it were not for her courage and commitment to clearing the clutter and making room for Jesus, this challenge kit would have never been created. I was tired. I had
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A Guest Blog by Kate Motaung “We’re out of options. There’s nothing left we can do.” We knew the day would come eventually—but that didn’t diminish the force of the blow. After four consecutive years of chemotherapy, my mom had run out of strains to try. Game over. I sat crumpled on one side of
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A Guest Blog by Jazmin Frank One day about a year ago, anxiety, stress, and life, in general, had left me weary and in need of a soul-level kind of rest. With a Christian bookstore only ten minutes from my house, it wasn’t uncommon for me to make a special trip there just to feel
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A Guest Blog by Bethany McIlrath Silly as it may seem, I didn’t see a connection between reading the Bible and praying for a long time. Then one day in my regular Bible reading, I was desperate to understand what a challenging passage was saying. Desperation has a way of making our prayers more honest,
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A Guest Blog by Rachel Lee There I sat, in a cold, sterile office seated across from two prominent figures from my church. My husband sat next to me, his hand on my knee, offering me the only comfort he possibly could—his gentle touch. Saying with his actions, “I know. I heard. I am with you.”
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The crying started before I was fully dressed and before I was able to have my first cup of coffee. I sigh, “Why Lord, must they wake up so early every single day?“. From the moment my feet hit the floor, demands from my two children begin. My hungry 5-year-old spouts off his “big man”
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A Guest Blog by Sue Donaldson I sat in chapel and wondered, “Maybe it’s not true.” I lay in bed and thought, “What if they are wrong?” I walked to class, lost in thought, “Have I lost my faith?” I was enrolled in a Christian college, on my way to becoming an adult, when doubt crashed
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