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100% His—Reaching for the Next Level
God is so much bigger than I've always known, and He's beginning to show Himself to me in ways I hadn't imagined before. I and people in...
nikiflorica
Aug 18, 20203 min read
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Never Never Forget
I don't know where it came from—ask my family, and they won't know either—but growing up has always been a terrifying concept to me....
nikiflorica
Jul 28, 20202 min read
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Realm Makers Writers Conference (and why it was awesome)
I don't try new things often, but when I do, I blog about it.
nikiflorica
Jul 21, 20203 min read
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Self-Hatred: That Dark Indulgence
To indulge, by definition, is to "allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of" something. And it really can be anything. We tend to think of...
nikiflorica
Jul 7, 20202 min read
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The Importance of Peace: Why Do We Need It?
Peace comes from Christ. It's not something we can manufacture for ourselves, though we still must be proactive and cooperative with God's w
nikiflorica
Jun 23, 20203 min read
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A Tribute to Papa
Having been moved to a home not two months ago, my Papa passed peacefully last night in the company of caring and dedicated staff, to all of
nikiflorica
Jun 9, 20202 min read
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Wait for It, Wait for It . . .
"Waiting" carries so many connotations—tension, expectation, worry, time, patience, impatience, hope, fear—but if we're being completely...
nikiflorica
May 26, 20202 min read
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One Step, One Decision, One Challenge at a Time
When we travel, we tend to plan. That's just good old-fashioned thinking ahead. We may not know exactly what each leg of the journey will...
nikiflorica
May 12, 20202 min read
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Shout It, Sing It, Weep It If You Have To
It's one thing to be convicted and motivated by a devotion. It's quite another to seize that conviction and follow through when the...
nikiflorica
Apr 28, 20202 min read
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How Are Those 2020 Goals Coming Along?
Well, I don't know where the first three and a half months of this year have gone, but it's probably time to check in on those spiritual...
nikiflorica
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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Change of Plans
Well, at 7:00pm today by my calendar, I would have been conducting a signing/reading/meet-and-greet at The Bookshelf in downtown Guelph ....
nikiflorica
Apr 7, 20202 min read
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Look at the Birds
These are exceptional, surreally strange times, but maybe it takes an exceptional, surreally strange time to get our undivided attention,...
nikiflorica
Mar 24, 20202 min read
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Fear Not; I Will Help Thee.
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. ~Isaiah 41:13 Sometimes I feel as if I'm...
nikiflorica
Mar 10, 20202 min read
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Children of Light
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. ~Ephesians 5:8 This verse is short but packs...
nikiflorica
Feb 25, 20202 min read
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The Rest of the Way
"The Lord's gotten you this far, He'll take care of you the rest of the way." These words glowed from the page of Frank Peretti's, This...
nikiflorica
Feb 11, 20202 min read
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Addicted to Kingdom Work
The King James Bible can be challenging to interpret at times, but I've often found that the wording in this translation can reach out...
nikiflorica
Jan 28, 20202 min read
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Verse of the Month: The Armour of Light
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light....
nikiflorica
Jan 14, 20202 min read
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Nana
This has been a holiday of goodbyes, and most painful of all was the unforeseen farewell to my great-grandmother, Nana, two days after...
nikiflorica
Jan 7, 20201 min read
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Verse of the Month: Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them...
nikiflorica
Dec 10, 20192 min read
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The Perfection Problem
It's always been a tendency of mine to lapse into perfectionist habits, but the grade-pressure of senior year has hardly improved the...
nikiflorica
Nov 26, 20192 min read
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