Beware of the Marriage Trap By: Deborah White Dove Modern wedding vows may be a sign of marriage dysfunction. Marriage vows can be a license to steal, kill, and destroy a woman's soul, along with the children. Marriage vows are not biblical, but making a marriage covenant is. At the heart of love is a covenant […]
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Beside Quiet Waters By: Susan Deborah Schiller He leads me beside quiet waters; he restores my soul. (Psalm 23) And because there really are female sociopaths in the world today, I must pause to ponder how God designed human life and put us in families. Why are there different genders and what are the roles? Is […]
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Lioness Arising By: Susan Deborah Schiller "Can't you dial your story down a notch?" some Christians advise me. "Can't you just be quiet and move on?" they attempt to persuade me, in order to prevent ruffled feathers and not make the ministry look bad. No, I am a lioness arising. It is evil I am confronting, and if […]
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I Will Be Your Hero By: Susan Deborah Schiller Part 2 of "I Need a Hero" His whole body went stiff and he told me it was as if "someone else" had taken over his arms, legs, and speech. He was fighting to regain control. His limbs were paralyzed and he could barely move. Confusion, dizziness, […]
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Raped and Pregnant at Age 14 – Forced by the Judge to Share Parental Rights with the Perpetrator for the Next 16-years By: Susan Deborah Schiller A young woman was attacked and raped, resulting in pregnancy at the age of 14. Her attacker, Jamie Melendez, who was 20-years old at the time of the impregnation, […]
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The Looking Glass By: Susan Schiller How we see ourselves is what we will sooner or later become, and when we see ourselves through God's eyes we reclaim our true identity… even if it feels preposterous, at first! We are stepping into a new skin, as we dare to get naked and unashamed by discarding the old skin […]
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It was the 6th day of a week long water-only fast and I hadn't heard anything from God. The fast seemed useless, so I ate a small meal. Just a soda cracker, but even with the first bite a small voice rose up from inside saying, "No! God has something for you! Don't quit." On the […]
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10 Red Flags You May Be Marrying a Sociopath By: Susan Deborah Schiller This is a follow up to "The Perfect Prey" Lee Grady, at Charisma Magazine, posted "10 Men Christian Women Should Never Marry". As I read through the list I thought about Bethany Deaton, dead at the age of 26, and how a […]
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What Does the Bible Say About Pastors who are Sociopaths? By: Susan Deborah Schiller When you know authentic love, the many varieties of counterfeits are simple to spot. The family of Christ Jesus was not well known or wealthy, and Isaiah tells us that Jesus was an ordinary man – that there was nothing about him that […]
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Blazing through the Challenges From the "Memoir Mondays" and "Parables" series By: Susan Deborah Schiller Through this chapter of my memoir, I want to hand you four keys that will unlock your destiny, causing you to to blaze through any challenge. In May 2009, I was on the edge of an abyss that nearly engulfed my life. My husband […]
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The Wonder Woman of Proverbs 31 – Was She a Feminist? By: Susan Deborah Schiller Photo Credit The Proverbs 31 woman could be called a "feminist" today… she wakes up before everyone else, oversees all her household needs and delegates tasks. She buys and sells real estate, makes enormous profits, and with those profits […]
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The Benevolent Side of Evil By: Susan Deborah Schiller My second home used to be a suburban Pentecostal assembly. I worked 70-80 hours a week in our local church. It took a spiritual earthquake and ultimately, exile, for me to finally realize it was a closed system – a cult. We used the standard Bible translations, but we worshiped a different […]
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What Does Freedom Feel Like to You? By: Susan Deborah Schiller Photo Source In the mini-memoir series * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * My granddaughter experiences freedom when she's climbing rocks, her hands digging in the dirt, up high […]
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Looking into the Eyes of Evil By: Susan Deborah Schiller "You're going to see evil face-to-face and you won't like it," said Papa God. "You will be betrayed by your closest friends. It will be lonely. Are you sure you want to follow Me?" Sometimes the path to freedom is through the valley of the shadow […]
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How Do You Fly? By: Susan Deborah Schiller “The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.” ~ Author unknown I flew the coop. I broke up with "normal" and I'll never go back. I will not play the Game anymore. I once asked, "This ocean […]
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Feminine Economics By: Susan Deborah Schiller "How do you make your money," people sometimes ask me. In "Innocence Restored" I share all the jobs I once worked. In "Christian Economics 101" I shared how being a job slave, even to Christian employers, has created oppression, for many. I like working hard and I enjoy earning […]
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A 2-Year Informal Observation of Christian Economics in One Small Town By: Susan Deborah Schiller #spiritofthepoor This is a follow up to this month’s Spirit of the Poor link-up, hosted by Luke Harms. It's also led by Esther Emery and Newell Henricks, #spiritofthepoor and it's a really great place to get inspired about Heaven's Economics, […]
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Being Comfortable in My Own Skin, Part 2 By: Susan Deborah Schiller Part One, Click Here Sometimes a Light comes blazing into your life, like a comet from out of nowhere. And in a moment of time you realize most of what you thought was good turns out to be bad. And much of what […]
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Rising Like A Shooting Star For R.A. in the series "Princess Blessings" ~ Audio Availiable Here These are the compiled words of knowledge and prophecy by her soul sisters. You are an exceptionally beautiful woman, with talents to match your exquisite taste and good looks. You deserved a prince who would have treated you like […]
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Being Comfortable in My Own Skin, Part 1 By: Susan Deborah Schiller I once wished I could sit at the feet of a holy man – someone known for humility, wisdom, and a kind heart. It was at a point in my life when all systems were failing and I was in a terrifying tail […]
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