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    Faith Over Feelings: 3 Truths to Help You Pursue God When You Don’t Feel Like It

    One of the most frustrating challenges a Christian can face is learning to trust our faith over our feelings. This can be especially true during a difficult season when we feel distant from God. In those seasons, we may find ourselves…

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    Renewing Faith: 12 Bible Verses for Spiritual Renewal

    There are many great scriptures regarding spiritual renewal. These verses cover topics such as repentance, becoming a new creation in Christ, and God miraculously and lovingly renewing faith and strength. Below are twelve carefully selected Bible verses about God renewing faith and…

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    5  Signs You’re Spiritually Tired and How to Renew Your Faith

    Has your fire for the Lord been snuffed out? Do you feel spiritually tired and drained in your faith walk? Perhaps you’ve found yourself spending less time with God, flirting with sin, and feeling distant from your loving savior. If that’s…

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    A Mother’s Love: Celebrating Mother’s Day 2025 with an Isaiah 49 Devotional

    My mother loved me long before I was born. When an OBGYN told her that she would never have children, she was devastated. On her bus ride home, she cried hysterically, so overcome by grief that she didn’t notice the stares…

  • Image of clothing line of cleaning cloths, gloves, and flowers represent a spiritual spring cleaning to refresh your faith and spring 2025 devotional

    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,…