Karen Ramsey
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Trusting God While Soul-Aching Desire Is Denied
“Sing, O barren, you who did not bear a child. Break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child. For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the Lord” (Is. 54:1). This passage spoke to me a decade ago. I felt God was using it to make a promise …
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When Your Prophetic Dreams Look Impossible
I’ve dreamed about going to Africa for years. I’ve devoured countless books and blogs written by African missionaries. I’ve talked about it, dreamed about it, waited for it. My friends Dr. Cliff and Julie Pash from Advancing the Kingdom Ministries (ATK) lead several churches and a school in Uganda, and have invited me several times. …
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How the Holy Spirit Broke the Power of Intimidation
I have been in Uganda, Africa, for one week. I am staying with Dr. Cliff and Julie Pash, who have established several churches here through their ministry, Advancing the Kingdom.I have a little ministry experience—I have volunteered with a prayer house for over six years and have prayed for hundreds of people in that time. …
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4 Keys to an Encounter With God
Being “face to face” with God is a popular concept in certain Christian circles. We sing songs and post trendy memes about it on Facebook. But in a culture inundated with things meant to keep us from being face-to-face with anyone, I wonder if we really even know what that means. You know what I’m talking …
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Can You Believe Like Elizabeth?
Much has been written about the girl Mary, her simple trust in God when told she would bear the Messiah. It’s a powerful encouragement to wait for the word of the Lord to be fulfilled in our own lives. But we sometimes forget there was more than one miracle birth that year: “But the angel …
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When You’ve Lost Control
“It only feels like chaos because you’re not in control of it.” That’s what God told me last night as we were discussing a situation. Ouch, right? But he has a good point. Sometimes things can feel overwhelming, especially as we approach the holiday season. Family get-togethers, remembering loved ones, money struggles—it tends to coalesce …
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How Abuse Shaped a Woman’s View of God
God is not a rapist. I remember it like it was yesterday. I’d been wrestling through my ideas of love, trying to figure out what “Jesus loves me” really meant. My experiences with “love” had been so confusing, I didn’t know if I wanted God to love me. As I was praying and trying to …
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Watch Them Come Running
I am a preschool special education teacher. As with any job, the details and paperwork can start to drag on me at times. But then I have moments like I’ve had lately, and my perspective shifts again. We’ve always had a good “flow” in our room among the teaching staff. Other teachers and supervisors often …
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Just Do It!
It’s interesting to me how skewed our views of God can get. We grow up singing “Jesus Loves Me” and reciting the “Our Father,” but then wonder if He’s going to get mad and strike us with lightning when we make a mistake. Somehow God’s become the great taskmaster in the sky. Rather than enjoying …
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Hold On to Your Promise From God
“You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David…” (Lk. 1:31-32). Mary was given a wonderful promise from God. At first, it …
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