Hot Dogs and Holy Spirit Nudges
We started walking. As I stepped inside the burger joint, Mike hovered at the door. As is often the case, a homeless person is so used to being shamed he or she often will not enter a building…
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Diane Virginia (Cunio) is an award-winning writer, the author of the 2020 Selah Awards Finalist The Kiss of Peace: A Contemporary Exploration into Song of Solomon (Mount Zion Ridge Press), the Executive Director/Founder of Song of Solomon Expeditions, the Executive Director/Founder of VineWords: Devotions and More, and the co-editor of the devotional series, Love-Knots: Stories of Faith, Family, and Friendships. She is published at Answers2Prayer, Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Devotions Ministries, Faith Beyond Fear, Inspire a Fire, Pentecostal Publishing House, PresbyCan Daily Devotional, The Secret Place, VineWords: Devotions and More, and other ministries. . Schedule Diane as a speaker, or arrange a Song of Solomon Expedition. Diane and her husband, Phil, can also show you how to set up a motion-activated prayer garden.
Repairing the Breach
We also have an enemy to our spiritual lives. Satan would love to derail us from our God-given purposes. To counter him, Nehemiah’s men bore swords so others could work. We too must be watchful, rooting out hidden issues before they can breach our spiritual walls ….
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Espanol: Diane Virginia: Zapatos para Bailar: Dancing Shoes
A veces el corazón interno se pone zapatos para bailar. Y a veces el que cree es una niña pequeña, de cuatro años y medio, que sabe sin duda que Juan 3:16 es real.
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Mountain Dancer
As we reach the summit, Beloved encourages us to talk to Him. Our Bridegroom wants to hear our voice! He meets every need, never being embarrassed by the secrets we share—those soul injuries no one knows about. He dances upon Bether, which means “division,” chasing away every shadowy thought by the light of His Word. …
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Conquering Spiritual Foxes
A fox would have been destructive enough, but a wolf? I knew I would be watchful that evening. I flooded the yard with lights, just to be sure the wolf knew there was no welcome mat at our homestead….
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Rose Resurrection
My knockout roses had gotten the dreaded broomstick disease, and it was spreading amongst the bushes. I fought tears as I watched my rose bushes resisting the ropes that held each tightly onto the tow ball while the truck driver inched forward. With quick acceleration, each yielded, its root ball exposed, the rose bush toppled. Their former places now sunken, I asked workers to fill the holes with loose dirt. Sullen, I ambled across the garden, thanking God that at least not all needed to be removed and that the plague would stop. …
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Presentation Matters
Presentation Matters was the focus for the day as we led our shoppers through ‘their’ boutique. Whether we served a homeless person, a single parent of five, or a recently freed convict on work-release, our team made sure to show the shoppers that they mattered. …
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Diane Virginia: Circle of Love
Jenna was left grasping for answers. Could she have done something to keep him? No, his eyes had wandered from the start. She knew this, but she thought she could change him, remake him, capture his gaze….
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Diane Virginia: Wash Day
“Lord Jesus,” she whispered, “am I going through the motions with my religious ways? Remake me…” She glanced at the laundry. “Cleanse me. Help me to recognize You paid the ultimate price—that of death on a cross. The least I can give You is my whole-hearted devotion. Create in me the heart of a worshiper. Make me a Mary.” …
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Diane Virginia: An Expected Visitor
Within her spirit, Jenny heard, Are you willing for Me to speak My love through you? She turned to Ephesians, “Speaking the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15a KJV).” …
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