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Refresh Your Faith with a Spiritual Spring Cleaning: A Spring 2025 Devotional
Every spring in Louisiana, we have termite season. These little critters swarm around streetlights and infiltrate homes for about two to three weeks. After they’ve finished swarming, there’s the cleanup. No matter how neat and clean we are during the swarming…
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4 Ways God’s Waiting Season Strengthens Your Faith and Changes You
God often uses a waiting season to strengthen your faith. It builds trust, shapes character, teaches discipline, and—most importantly—deepens your relationship with Him. Even when waiting is difficult, God often allows it for your good. If you’re in a waiting season…
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8 Articles to Celebrate Easter in 2025
Easter is the time to celebrate Jesus’s extraordinary love for us. Despite His godly nature, He humbled Himself to live among us, died on the cross, and rose from the grave for our eternal salvation. Below, you’ll find Shining Ever Brighter’s…
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14 Powerful Scriptures about God’s Sovereignty
Waiting on God can be difficult. It requires faith, patience, and trust in His timing. This is why it is important to remind ourselves of God’s sovereignty, faithfulness, and love. Fortunately, the Bible contains scriptures about God’s sovereignty over all creation.…
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5 Inspiring Bible Stories about Waiting on God’s Promises
This month, we’ve been discussing waiting on God and trusting God’s promises. Below are five Bible stories about waiting on God. Each story illustrates the importance of faith and patience, trusting God’s timing, and how we can effectively wait on His…
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5 Things to Remember While Trusting God and Waiting on His Promises
Waiting on God is one of the most difficult parts of living out our faith. This is because we often ask God to fulfill a desire that we think is good for us, and, when the wait stretches for weeks, months,…
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Why Does God Make Us Wait? Two Biblical Reasons for Waiting on God and His Timing
Why does God make us wait? This is such a hard question, and we will never fully know all the answers. Often times, waiting is a frustrating experience. When we pray and see no immediate answer, we may wonder if God…
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15 Encouraging Bible Verses about Waiting on God and Trusting God’s Timing
Are you waiting on God? Whether you’re waiting on God to fulfill a promise, end a tough season, or provide clarity, you can find encouraging Bible verses to uplift you. Below are 15 great Bible verses about waiting on God and…
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Faith in God’s Promises: A Devotional about Joshua and Caleb and Delayed Blessings
Have you ever felt like someone else’s decision cost you an opportunity? Maybe a boss overlooked you for a promotion, a teacher refused to write a recommendation, or a family member’s poor choices created setbacks in your life. When we suffer…
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5 Powerful Bible Verses to Read on Easter Sunday or Good Friday
Easter is a time to remember Jesus’s sacrifice for us. It’s a beautiful celebration of God’s love, power, and life altering grace and mercy. It’s also a time to share the truth of the gospel with family and friends. Are you…
