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When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.
…The LORD has become my fortress,
    and my God the rock in whom I take refuge. Psalm 94:18,22

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  • How do you Feel?
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  • Anxiety,  Brain Care

    How do you Feel?

    When asked How Do You Feel? I had no idea. I had dropped my emotional life down to two options: I'm feeling anxious OR I'm not feeling anxious. I needed to change that.

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  • The Power of the Pause
    Anxiety,  Lifestyle,  Soul Care

    The Power of the Pause

    After finding a phone app called The One-Minute Pause by John Eldredge and the Wild at Heart Team, I pondered the wisdom of the pause and many ways to incorporate holy pauses into my daily rhythm.

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    Anxiety,  Bible Study,  Lifestyle,  Soul Care

    The Power of Thoughts and Words

    Defeating anxiety depends on controlling our thought life. 1 Thessalonians 5 gives us some concrete ways to do that: rejoice, pray, and give thanks. Why isn't it that easy?

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  • Do you want to get well banner, homeless man lying down
    Anxiety,  Bible Study,  Encouragement,  Lifestyle

    Do You Want to get Well?

    Jesus asks a lame man at a pool if he wants to get well. Turns out being healed can have unexpected consequences. If Jesus asks you if you want to get well, get ready for big changes not only in who you are but also in what Jesus means for you to do in the Kingdom.

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    Encouragement

    This Isn’t How it’s Supposed to End

    A short reflection on Luke 23 that I presented in a Good Friday service

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    Anxiety,  Brain Care,  Lifestyle

    A Tale of Two Nervous Systems

    Jesus promises peace. If we look at the science of the human body, we see this affects more than our souls. Jesus' plan for our peace also improves our health, as does His model of living that life of peace and wholeness.

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    Anxiety,  Encouragement,  Soul Care

    Don’t Be Afraid

    True Confessions. When I read Don’t be afraid or Fear not in the Bible, I think of Jesus standing with his hands on his hips, frowning, scolding me. I mean, it’s a command, and it’s a command I break with frightening regularity, so Jesus is disappointed with me, right? Maybe angry? Someone recently helped me see these commands in a different light, and I want to share that light with you. (Thank you Carrie Mars in your devotion Calm Your Anxious Mind.) Picture the scene. You’re in bed in the dark, and a storm is raging outside. Wind pelts the house and rhythmically slaps rain against the windows. Shadows from…

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  • Man in a cave, safe in God alone
    Anxiety,  Encouragement,  Lifestyle,  Soul Care

    Safe in God Alone

    Those who struggle with mental illness sometimes run into a wall when they look for treatment, as some think that the idea of God Alone caring for us means we can't look to the resources of God's world to help us. But maybe this isn't the right way to see things...

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  • Man reaching to God in prayer, lessons in suffering banner
    Anxiety,  Encouragement,  Soul Care

    Ask: Finding Lessons in Suffering

    In the midst-or at the end--of suffering, do you ask God what He wanted you to learn? A look at asking God to help you understand what suffering is meant to produce in your life.

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  • cozy drink and feet. Hidden in God's house banner
    Anxiety,  Bible Study,  Encouragement

    Hidden in God’s house

    In Psalm 27 David faces enemies with confidence because he is safe within God's home. What does this mean, and how can we have the same confidence with our enemies?

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WRITER & BLOGGER

I’m Jill Penrod, novelist, nonfiction writer, and blogger. This site is about living a full yet surrendered life in Christ. I struggle with anxiety, so I write about that, too. Come for encouragement, resources, and peace. Welcome!

He brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
…Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.

David, Psalm 40:2, 3b
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear. ~ Dallas Willard.

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  • How do you Feel?
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    In Anxiety, Lifestyle, Soul Care
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    In Anxiety, Bible Study, Lifestyle, Soul Care
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    In Anxiety, Bible Study, Encouragement, Lifestyle

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