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What 40 Days of Fasting Social Media Taught Me About Focus, Trust, and Rest in Christ
Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness and tested by the devil for forty days. Every year leading up to Easter, Christians...
Melanie Beerda
Apr 173 min read
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From Spiritual Rut to Revival: Embracing God’s Invitation in the Wilderness
Are you feeling complacent in your faith? Disengaged from relationship with God and the Church? Disinterested in spending time in...
Melanie Beerda
Mar 272 min read
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When You Get Stood Up: Finding God's Faithfulness in the Midst of Rejection
It was a morning like most others. I woke up a bit early to spend time in the Bible before the hustle of the day crept up on me. Once the...
Melanie Beerda
Mar 155 min read
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God is Faithful to Redeem -- a perspective from this born again Christian's ETS experience - 2023
The old familiar comfort of being surrounded by the buzz of an international airport. It reminds me of my young adult years. Traveling...
Melanie Beerda
Nov 19, 20233 min read
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Do we really need to read the Bible?
Be diligent to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth. 2...
Melanie Beerda
Nov 11, 20233 min read
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How does complacency separate us from God?
Where is God? Why isn’t He answering me? Why do others get to experience Him? Doesn't God care about me? Is God even real if I can't feel...
Melanie Beerda
Nov 9, 20232 min read
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If it doesn't lead you to Jesus - Where is it leading you?
When we choose to identify ourselves as Christians, do we truly know the cost? This is something that I often ponder. For myself, I gave...
Melanie Beerda
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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How to: Understand the Fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
I have tapped into something I've never noticed in the bible before... How to understand the Fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge...
Melanie Beerda
Oct 25, 20231 min read
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Whose Kingdom are you building?
"You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? Declared the LORD of hosts....
Melanie Beerda
Oct 4, 20234 min read
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Assignment for the burnt out Christian
From the process of getting to know God over the past thirteen years, I have come to recognize a common thread of erosion in the pursuit....
Melanie Beerda
Sep 22, 20233 min read
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When we hate God...
Have you ever encountered people with a genuine hatred toward God? The ones that are seething with so much anger that they are vibrating...
Melanie Beerda
Aug 6, 20234 min read
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People of impact
My love for adventure started as a child, my imagination was always roaming the endless possibilities of this life. From the influence of...
Melanie Beerda
Aug 4, 20233 min read
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Do you want the REAL Jesus or the counterfeit?
Do you want the real Jesus that calls you to take up your cross or do you want the counterfeit Jesus that makes you feel good about...
Melanie Beerda
Jun 6, 20233 min read
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Why bother read the Bible
Reading the Bible is not an obligation, it's a privilege. God invites us to know the depths of his heart for this world, and yet we...
Melanie Beerda
Jun 3, 20232 min read
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The void the world can never satisfy
As we walk through life we are faced with an abundance of both trials and victories. Some seen, some unseen. The people we walk with...
Melanie Beerda
May 16, 20232 min read
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Gather or Scatter?
Matthew 12:30 "Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not gather with me scatters." This response came after the...
Melanie Beerda
May 2, 20233 min read
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Hustle to Stillness
We live in this time where humanity has bought into this hustle culture. We frantically try to get everything done in our schedule,...
Melanie Beerda
Apr 18, 20234 min read
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Pray for the Harvest
This last month I have been studying the book of Matthew. As I flip through the pages, soaking in verse by verse, I keep coming back to...
Melanie Beerda
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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Are you in the wilderness?
Therefore, I am going to persuade her, lead her to the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. Hosea 2:14 This verse comes after God takes...
Melanie Beerda
Feb 26, 20232 min read
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Why YOU should build the routine of reading the Bible.
Life gets busy, we have all been thrown into the hustle of life. We have to navigate different schedules, maintain our own health and the...
Melanie Beerda
Jan 6, 20233 min read
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