Tag: joy

• Replenish Your Spirit: Finding Strength in God’s Love

  

  In a recent podcast on health and wellness, I shared a truth that’s been stirring in my spirit: “We have to make sure our tanks are full.” As women, we give so much of ourselves—to our families, our friends, our work—but we often forget the importance of refueling our own hearts. This blog is a…

  Marie C. Golden

  April 8, 2025

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• Revival in Marriage: Leading with Christ

  

  Where I First Met Jesus — A Glimpse of Marriage After God’s Heart I should be angry. Bitter. Hardened by the fists, the fear, the nights I stood in storms too big for a little girl to bear. But instead — I am whole. Redeemed. Because God met me in the middle of my pain…

  Marie C. Golden

  April 2, 2025

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• Reflecting God’s Love in Marriage

  

  Marriage After God’s Heart: A Reflection on Ephesians 5:25-33 Marriage is a sacred covenant designed by God to reflect His love for the Church. Ephesians 5:25-33 provides a powerful blueprint for a marriage that honors God, emphasizing love, respect, and unity. The last part of this passage states, “However, let each one of you love…

  Marie C. Golden

  March 26, 2025

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• Daily Prayers for a Healthy Marriage: A Year of Renewal

  

  This season finds me in deep reflection over the past year and the first stirring from God to begin a Marriage Series. It began with a sincere desire to take a more proactive and impactful approach to my prayer life. Then, seemingly by accident—but I know better than to believe in coincidences—I came across a…

  Marie C. Golden

  January 11, 2025

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• The Healing Power of Music and Love

  

  it’s like the last puzzle piece of a body and soul that has been missing.  It is the fulfillment of a prayer I didn’t even know I had until he walked in….. 

  Marie C. Golden

  July 6, 2018

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• Understanding the Weight of Emotional Baggage

  

  When we are at our strongest we will be attacked at our weakest.

  Marie C. Golden

  April 17, 2018

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• Walking on Water: Trusting in God Through Trials

  

  I spiritually saw Jesus’ footsteps running in front of my own and I felt Him say to me that I go in front of you to clear the way.

  Marie C. Golden

  February 28, 2018

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• The Path to least Resistance!

  

  We hold the power to complete forgiveness and with it we hold the key to our complete joy and happiness.  The answer is in learning to embrace resistance and let it pass through us.  

  Marie C. Golden

  February 1, 2018

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• Uncovering the Secrets of Lasting Happiness

  

  “If you washed away my vanity, if you took away my words, if all my world was swept away would you be enough for me?  Would my beating heart still sing?  If I lost it all would my hands stay lifted?”

  Marie C. Golden

  January 23, 2018

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• Nature, Love, and the Journey of Trust

  

  we only get to love like this once; if we let our hearts be open and willing to take that fall…So it’s through the fall that I get closer to God, it is through the fall that I am reminded how precious our life is, it is through the fall that I know that this…

  Marie C. Golden

  January 8, 2018

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