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Do you ever wish you had a tool to use to “take your thoughts captive” and deepen your faith walk each day? Daily affirmations are that. Affirmations are exercises for the mind. And even more than that, they are a Biblical instruction and spiritual discipline that will affirm our thoughts to be fixed on what
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HOW TO JOURNAL (In a Way that Increases Your Happiness and Your Confidence)
Every time I recommend journaling, which is often, people cringe. The cringe is a hesitation. Most of the time, the person tells me that they just don’t want to journal. When I ask them why the most common answer that they are afraid that someone might read what they write. Even my husband expressed the same
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