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Mar 24
5 min

8,810 Reasons To Be Encouraged

It's been a bit. I took the first two and a half months of 2021 to recharge, rethink and rejuvenate. I'll be honest, I was feeling a tad...

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Most Important Post You'll Read in 2021: My Word of the Year

Ami Dean

Jan 1
8 min

Most Important Post You'll Read in 2021: My Word of the Year

On day one of the new year, I need you to know the truth and this will be the most important blog you read all year.

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Ami Dean

Dec 22, 2020
4 min

Perfectly Unplanned

Man plans and God laughs! So many times throughout life we can say, "this was not the plan!" If I look at my own journey I truly didn't...

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Ami Dean

Nov 25, 2020
6 min

Gratitude: Don't Conceal What You Feel

Unexpressed gratitude is experienced as ingratitude.

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Ami Dean

Nov 20, 2020
4 min

Embrace The Label

Words actually can hurt you. They can crush, damage, and wound...deeply. Harsh, unkind words can long be remembered and felt.

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My Prayer: Help The USA Find It's Way Home

Ami Dean

Nov 7, 2020
4 min

My Prayer: Help The USA Find It's Way Home

Lord, our country needs you. We are lost and we need to find our way home.

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Ami Dean

Nov 5, 2020
6 min

3 Ways To Calm Your Anxious Heart

If I ever wanted to run away, tonight might be the night. Although I wrote in July something similar here, it just about sums up how I...

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Ami Dean

Oct 29, 2020
6 min

Don't Look Back

God doesn't want us to try to go back and undo or change anything. He wants us to press on and let Him show us the possibilities of our futu

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Ami Dean

Sep 23, 2020
4 min

Know Your Worth, Baby Girl

No human is ever meant to be the person who fills our souls or holds in place your worth. Only God can do that.

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My Best, #1, No Fail Secret (That I Tell Everyone)

Ami Dean

Sep 17, 2020
5 min

My Best, #1, No Fail Secret (That I Tell Everyone)

We enjoy the comfort of the safe walls of the familiar. But, is this how God wants us to live? Does He want us to be constantly comfortable?

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Ami Dean

Sep 9, 2020
5 min

Miracles In Discomfort

And here we go again. I am scared to write this blog. I feel lost. Stupid. And like I can't believe I am going through this again. But...

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Ami Dean

Sep 1, 2020
4 min

Saturate to Satiate

God does not give us overcoming life, He gives us life as we overcome. The strength is in the steep.

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Living Bravely: Making New Wine Part 2: The Privilege of Pain

Ami Dean

Jun 24, 2020
3 min

Living Bravely: Making New Wine Part 2: The Privilege of Pain

Trusting Christ does not mean the end of your battles, it means the beginning of new ones.

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Ami Dean

Jun 16, 2020
4 min

Living Bravely: Making New Wine: Part 1

There may have been a few happenings going on in the world that has had my mind and heart pained.

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Live Bravely: When Life Throws a Change-Up

Ami Dean

May 11, 2020
4 min

Live Bravely: When Life Throws a Change-Up

Much like softball God is also asking for your trust in His training and his timing in life.

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Ami Dean

Apr 30, 2020
5 min

Live Bravely: Make Up Your Mind

If you are going to live bravely, you have to face the hard stuff.

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Living Bravely: Part 2: Social Distancing: The Jesus Way

Ami Dean

Apr 16, 2020
5 min

Living Bravely: Part 2: Social Distancing: The Jesus Way

I've heard it said that if your sin doesn't feel good, you're doing it wrong.

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Living Bravely: Part 1: Social Distancing: The Jesus Way

Ami Dean

Apr 14, 2020
5 min

Living Bravely: Part 1: Social Distancing: The Jesus Way

I want to go back to the days when Corona was just a Mexican beer.

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Living Bravely: Take Heart! 10 Ways to Endure Through Hard Things

Ami Dean

Apr 7, 2020
5 min

Living Bravely: Take Heart! 10 Ways to Endure Through Hard Things

If you want to know if someone is truly walking close to God and following his will for their life, look to see what they are enduring.

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Ami Dean

Mar 24, 2020
3 min

Living Bravely: Count It All Joy

A close friend told me today that they had never felt anxiety before in their life, until this past weekend. My heart broke for them.

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