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Vacation! ~ Grace and Truth Week 30

August 7, 2015 by jstults Leave a Comment

Hello, faithful readers! I’m typing these words out in advance because we are on family vacation this week – hooray! 🙂

Needless to say, since I am without internet this week, I was unable to choose a feature. But I look forward to reconnecting with you all next week here at Grace and Truth!

Until next week,
Jen 🙂

 

 

 

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4.) All links are randomly sorted – feel free to link as early or as late as you’d like. The playing field is even!

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Grace and Truth Week 29

July 31, 2015 by jstults Leave a Comment

It’s our favorite time of the week, right?! Fridays mean the Grace and Truth link-up goes live, so we are all ready for your encouraging Christian Living posts!

This week I’m happy to share with you a post from Deborah at Growing in His Grace about When His Words Hurt.

Deborah discusses those times when we spend time in the Word and what we read there hurts us. What will we choose to do when that happens?

 

I pray this week you will grow in Christ-likeness,

even through hurt or pain,

and that His love for you will be evident.

Until next week,
Jen 🙂

 

 

 

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4.) All links are randomly sorted – feel free to link as early or as late as you’d like. The playing field is even!

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Trusting Jehovah Jireh ~ Grace and Truth Week 28

July 24, 2015 by jstults 2 Comments

I know I said it last week, too, but summer really is flying by!  Can you believe it’s Friday again already? And time for the Grace and Truth Christian Living link-up?

I’m looking forward to a slower pace and some great family time at the beginning of August – going camping, sort of. Sometimes we need that time away to help us focus on one another and enjoy being a family.

I found so many encouraging words from you all last week that choosing a featured post was a little difficult.

However, considering the season we are in with my husband still looking for work, I found this post about Trusting God to Mulitply Your Resources (from Kathryn at Finding Hope) to be especially timely.

Kathryn can also be found on facebook if you like to connect there. 🙂

Thanks for sharing truth from the Word with us, Kathryn!

Jen 🙂

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Arabah Joy
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A Divine Encounter
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3.) Visit 1-2 other links and leave a meaningful comment! We want to encourage community, so please don’t link and run!

4.) All links are randomly sorted – feel free to link as early or as late as you’d like. The playing field is even!

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Practical Help for Christian Bloggers

July 21, 2015 by jstults 32 Comments

As a Christian bloggers, we want to do our best to honor God and His Word in all that we write, say, and do. Yes?

Yet there is this tension in faith blogging between worrying about pleasing God rather than man and becoming a successful blogger.

If you are a Christian blogger, I’m sure you’ve felt it.

You don’t want to be a sell-out.

You’re not in it for the money but for the message.

Thus, your definition of “success” varies greatly from the typical blogger who is mostly concerned with building a blog that is successful according to the world’s means.

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At the same, we cannot reach others with the message unless we learn how to make the best use of our blogs and social media outlets.

How can you best set your light on the lampstand so that it can shine before men without letting pride take over?

How can you use best blogging practices for His glory without becoming consumed by numbers and your own small fame?

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” Mt. 5:14-16 (NASB)

It’s not an easy balance to achieve, is it?

We want to do our best to get the message out there, yet we know that numbers and dollars are not our best measure of success, not as Christian Bloggers.

It reminds me of that whole be in the world but not of the world dynamic that applies to so much of Christian life.

Well, today I offer you some practical help and hope for achieving this balance, friends!  I know some of you are waiting anxiously for the re-opening of Christian Bloggers Bootcamp by missionary and author Arabah Joy because you’ve heard about it from other like-minded bloggers.

 

Why recommend this course above all others?

Because I know Arabah Joy personally.

She has become a mentor to me, not just in my writing, but also in my spiritual life. Her faith is real, folks, and that’s what I admire most about her.

Because I know her heart for God’s message and her desire to spread the influence of other Christian bloggers, I have learned that I can trust her advice!

“We live in a dark world. As a follower of Christ, I consider it not only a joy but a duty to invest in other Christian bloggers whose effectiveness would dramatically increase by learning the key things I have learned.”  ~ Arabah Joy

Working together with Arabah and a close group of other Christian bloggers has helped me to increase page views by 40 percent so far.

Thus far I have only implemented part of Arabah’s Pinterest strategy for Christian bloggers and some of her Facebook wisdom, and already I’m seeing significant growth, not only in pageviews, but also in followers on both platforms and this blog.

I’m excited to see the snowball effect that implementing just a few key strategies for Christian bloggers has already created, and I can’t begin to imagine what the full effect will be once I work through the modules.

Now I want to learn more! 🙂

So, I highly recommend to you Arabah Joy’s Christian Bloggers Bootcamp, which is now open for registration!

 

Arabah understands the balance required by faith-blogging and she also understands that many typical blogging tips just don’t fit our unique niche.

Christian Bloggers need strategies that fit the nature of our subject!

What Christian Bloggers Bootcamp offers:

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  2. Finding and creating your best content
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UPDATE**  I have to tell you all that I failed to realize the value of this facebook group at first. Aside from the excellent content within the course itself, the Christian Bloggers Bootcamp facebook page is my favorite feature. I know anytime I have a question, whether practical or ethical in nature, I can come to this group of ladies and know that they are approaching blogging as a ministry in the same way I am. That means I can more readily trust their advice to lead me in ways that are God-honoring rather than self-promoting. Additionally, because of their faith, they are eager to share tried and true techniques and eager to help one another. This group alone makes the course worth the financial investment, in my opinion!

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Jen 🙂

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Simplifying Time With God ~ Grace and Truth Week 27

July 17, 2015 by jstults 6 Comments

It’s Friday again already and time for the Grace and Truth Christian Living link-up!

We’ve been through a couple of tough weeks lately due to a situation at our church that resulted in my husband resigning as pastor. So while I have your attention for a minute, can I ask you to pray with us about our future?  Right now, my husband is jobless, but we are counting it joy that the Lord continues to be faithful in this difficult time!

Lately, I’ve been convicted of the need to draw even nearer to God, especially considering our current circumstances. In fact, considering all that is going on in our world right now, I believe all Christians need to draw ever nearer!  Let’s humble ourselves before the Lord and pray for our lost world!

If you find it difficult to make time to draw near to God, then you’ll appreciate this week’s featured post from Betsy at Faith Spilling Over.  Betsy shares a simple technique for focusing your quiet time on a single verse. Even though the technique is simple, I believe it can be powerful to affect change in our daily lives!

Be sure to read below to learn Betsy’s secret for effective quiet time even in times of busyness. 🙂

And while you’re at it, why not join Betsy on Facebook? 🙂

Thank you, Betsy, for sharing with us last week.

See you all in the link-up!

Jen 🙂

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Arabah Joy
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A Divine Encounter
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2.) Leave 1-2 of your most recent CHRISTIAN LIVING posts. Please do not link DIY, Crafts, Recipes, etc. Links of this kind will be deleted. We also reserve the right to delete posts that don’t align with the theme or that are deemed by the hostesses to be inappropriate.

3.) Visit 1-2 other links and leave a meaningful comment! We want to encourage community, so please don’t link and run!

4.) All links are randomly sorted – feel free to link as early or as late as you’d like. The playing field is even!

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The Growing Identity ~ Grace and Truth Week 25

July 3, 2015 by jstults 1 Comment

You know what Friday means, right? You’ll find lots of encouraging words here at the Grace and Truth Link-up! 🙂

I’ll get right down to business because I have so much to share with you this week.  Last week we had unplanned visitors, so I failed to choose a featured post, but I’m making up for it this week.

First, Christi at The Cheerio Trail took me back to my blogging roots when she wrote about growing in grace about our own expectations. I just love being reminded of that work in progress going on in me. Visit her post below where you can either read OR listen to the podcast! 🙂

Second, I want to mention Kathryn’s post, The World’s Less Than or God’s More Than, because it goes right along with Christi’s post from above! Stop by and find more encouraging words about your identity in Christ.

Third, Cheryl’s grace-filled post, When Your Child Feels Misunderstood, for parents really had something in it for us adults, too.  Whether you have children or not, this one is a must-read!

And finally, Bestsy shared some parenting advice for those teenage years in What Does My Teen Girl Need From Me.  If you’re not to that stage yet, be sure to save it for later. (This is why I love Pinterest so much!)

And the Emmy goes to… 

Sorry, I couldn’t resist. 🙂

I blame it on my prednisone-induced insomnia.

In all seriousness, though, I could have shared every post I read here this past week because the quality was just “that” good. Thank you all for sharing with us each week.

We appreciate you!

Jen 🙂

 

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Arabah Joy
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2.) Leave 1-2 of your most recent CHRISTIAN LIVING posts. Please do not link DIY, Crafts, Recipes, etc. Links of this kind will be deleted. We also reserve the right to delete posts that don’t align with the theme or that are deemed by the hostesses to be inappropriate.

3.) Visit 1-2 other links and leave a meaningful comment! We want to encourage community, so please don’t link and run!

4.) All links are randomly sorted – feel free to link as early or as late as you’d like. The playing field is even!

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The Whole World ~ Grace and Truth Week 23

June 19, 2015 by jstults Leave a Comment

That big wide world out there has been on my mind a lot this week. Maybe it’s because last week’s post about my missionary kid (MK) years brought back a lot of memories for me.

Or it might be on my mind because I’ve seen firsthand that parts of the world remain woefully unreached by the Good News.

Whatever the reason, I’m seeing missions wherever I look, it seems. 🙂  So, this week’s feature is right along those same lines. Joanne from Days and Thoughts shares her take on the World and its “global community.” I just love what she has to say about the origins of the global community ministry!

Be sure to stop by and visit her post by clicking the photo below!

How can you contribute to reaching the unreached this week?

Jen 🙂

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Praying Parents ~ Grace and Truth Week 21

June 5, 2015 by jstults 4 Comments

Yesterday our oldest son, fifteen now, showed some remarkable maturity for his age. We asked him to follow our lead in a sticky situation, one that would make him stand out and likely feel socially awkward.  We did so without giving him any specific details or reasons why, and then we gave him the choice whether to follow our lead or take a different option.

His response was, “I trust you.”  So simple.

He didn’t ask for details. He didn’t badger us for a “why.” He simply said, “I trust you.”

Of course, my mama heart nearly exploded with love in that moment and thankfulness for such faith at such a young age.  But I can’t take credit, friends, and neither can my husband. We are just two imperfect people trying our best to parent and trusting the Lord for the rest. 

I know it’s because he gave his heart to Christ so long ago and has steadily grown in his faith over the years. And at the tender age of 15, when I would have likely been demanding explanations or grumbling about not being able to do what my peers were doing, he chose trust and obedience.

I tell you, there are times as a parent when your children teach you more than you teach them!  Am I so quick to obey my Heavenly Father?  Am I so quick to trust?

The one thing I can say for certain that we have done “right” as parents is to pray for our children. And even that we certainly don’t do perfectly. 🙂  But the power of prayer is immense in the lives of our little (and not so little) ones!

So, I really appreciate the perspective of Frances from the GREENhouse on how to pray for our children who are away from home on some sort of summer adventure (whether it be near or far, short or long).  Obviously, our first instinct as mamas is to pray for safetly, but Frances highlights some deeper issues to pray about. Please stop by her blog and say hello! 🙂

As we end this week and begin a new one, let’s not forget the power of prayer to effect change.

What prayer does your child (or children) need this week?

Jen 🙂

 

 

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Storms and Sparrows ~ Grace and Truth Week 20

May 29, 2015 by jstults 1 Comment

Summer break has arrived and we are ecstatic!  We celebrated the last day of school yesterday with a squirtgun fight when the kiddos got home, and boy was that water cold.It was worth getting soaked to see them enjoy celebrating, though. 🙂

In addition to the first day of summer break (for us anyways), it’s also time for Grace and Truth!  Can you believe it’s our 20th week already?

Last week I noticed a common theme among many of the posts I read – trials in life and how we deal with them. So, I have two features for you today, although they were all good reads.

Lisa Murray shares about a wounded bird and what it taught her about being trapped.

“No matter what place you are in today, no matter what painful season holds you in its uncomfortable and tortured grasp, there are three things you can do to embrace healing in the middle of your pain.

Johanna from Devoted to Maker compares trials to tidal waves that just keep coming.  She pinpoints a variety of waves in life – some I hadn’t even thought of.

“Are you barely treading water only to take a quick breath before another trial pulls you under? Have you been pleading with the Lord to help you overcome the trials so you won’t completely drown? “

Click the picture below to read the rest of Johanna’s encouraging words for surviving those waves.

Whether you find yourself just exiting a storm, right in the midst of one, or just about to enter one, keep in mind that “His eye is on the Sparrow.”

He watches you and me.

Jen 🙂

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Is It Summer Break Yet?? ~ Grace and Truth Week 19

May 22, 2015 by jstults 4 Comments

Summer break is just around the corner!  In the meantime, join us here for the encouragement to finish the school year well.

Hello, faithful readers! It’s Friday again, and you know what that means – time for the Grace and Truth Christian Living link-up. If you are a reader, feel free to browse for some encouraging words. If you are a blogger, consider linking your most recent Christian Living post and visit a few others. Let’s encourage one another in our blogging journeys!

I don’t have a feature this week, but I’d love to hear from you all what you are learning in your faith life right now. Feel free to leave a comment and tell me all about it.

Lately my one word for the year – persevere – has taken on new meaning as our family schedule has filled to overflowing. Typically during high stress times like this, I tend to push through until I experience a breakdown. This year, I’m trying to let go of what I cannot control, take better care of myself (mostly, haha), and lean on the Lord for the grace to finish the school year well.

His grace is sufficient, yes?

So can we just celebrate that summer break is almost here?!!  Our family is just one week away from a more flexible schedule and extra family time, woot! 🙂 In the meantime, let’s lean on Jesus a little harder as we navigate the end-of-the-school-year craziness.

Almost there!

Jen 🙂

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