Gretchen Rodriguez
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How You Can Keep the Enemy From Using Trauma and Tragedy to Steal Your Joy
Life is made up of moments. Some fill the space of seconds, while others span years; even decades. These moments—these encounters with miracles, brushes with tragedy or pains of heartbreak eventually weave themselves together to form a lens through which we see life. Often, they serve as taskmasters, fighting to beat us down and strip …
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Why You May Want to Give Jesus Your Worst Gift
When life seems overwhelming and thoughts fight to dominate, it can be difficult to enter into deep worship. We may sense God’s presence, but sadness, frustration or whatever else we’re experiencing sometimes get stuck in the forefront of our minds. Recently, a conversation left me hurt and angry. I’m usually good about processing pain and …
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Prophetic Word Reveals How Jesus Wants You to See Your Problems
This morning, the Lord gave me a prophetic word and very clear picture of a powerful tool. I had been talking to Him about a very difficult situation. My mind was running with images of the situation when suddenly Jesus stepped in front of me, blocking my view of the problem. His glory filled my …
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Don’t Let the Enemy Distort Your View
This morning, the Lord gave me a prophetic word and very clear picture of a powerful tool. I had been talking to Him about a very difficult situation. My mind was running with images of the situation when suddenly Jesus stepped in front of me, blocking my view of the problem. His glory filled my …
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Turning Your Terrible Trauma Into Vibrant Victory
Life is made up of moments. Some fill the space of seconds, while others span years, even decades. These moments—these encounters with miracles, brushes with tragedy, or pains of heartbreak eventually weave themselves together to form a lens, which we see life through. Often, they serve as taskmasters, fighting to beat us down and strip …
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Your Pain Can Become Your Beauty—Here’s How the Apostle Paul Did It
We’ve all seen them—people who look like they’ve had a hard life. Pain and disappointment weigh so heavily upon them that they’ve become hated friends that never leave. Weary ones dragging their feet; their rough edges cutting through the atmosphere, announcing to the world that life has dealt them a bad hand. Then there are …
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Why This Is One of the Most Powerful Types of Prayer
Soundless prayers are often our most powerful ones. Voiceless utterances where we connect spirit to Spirit with the Lord become some of our deepest encounters. Maybe it’s because all of us is poured out before the greatness of all of Him. We’re completely open. Raw. There’s no pretense or desire to impress Him with our …
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Finding Your Heavenly Father in the Presence of Pain
Some days you’re simply existing. Unconsciously placing one foot in front of the other, not knowing how to connect your frazzled mind and weary heart. But these painful seasons always have another voice. The voice of the Holy Spirit that says, “I’m with you. We’ll get through this together.” For all of the times life …
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Enjoying Jesus’ Presence—No Matter How Discouraged You Feel
I get it. We all have those days. The days when the world feels more than tilted, it feels like someone picked it up and hurled it into a wall! When you’re digging your nails (if you didn’t bite them off) into any semblance of what “happy yesterday” looked like. Felt like. That’s when it …
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An Oft-Ignored Ingredient to Powerful Faith
We all go through seasons when it feels as if our backs are against the wall. Circumstances around us scream in our face and demand our attention, yet regardless of how long we stare in their direction, nothing changes. At times, we feel powerless. We fight the enemy with declarations of God’s Word, we fast …
