Transitions can be difficult, but trusting God and focusing on His plan can help us to stay encouraged and build our faith.
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Preserved by Purpose: Lessons from The Woman King: Scars and Limps, But Still Walking
The Woman King is a movie that explores the idea that scars are the mark of a warrior, and that the battles we survive make us stronger and give us new names, such as overcomer.
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Preserved by Purpose: Lessons of Sisterhood from The Woman King, Part 2
The Woman King is a powerful movie that highlights the strength and sisterhood of black women, as well as the importance of self-control and compassionate mentoring.
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Preserved by Purpose: Elevate with Excellence
At the New Mt. Rose Missionary Baptist Church’s Red Hat Tea, Shewanda Riley discussed how to elevate with excellence by walking in excellence before being elevated, moving in the direction that God has for us, and following a Kingdom vision with a Christ-centered identity and focus.
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Preserved By Purpose: Living Above “See” Level
Through a personal experience with blurred vision, the author learned that faith is like a contact lens – if it is clouded, our decisions will be poor, and we must replace our faithless eyes with the faithful eyes of God.
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Preserved by Purpose: The Power of Sincere Prayer
Through the biblical example of Hannah and the words of King Claudius from Hamlet, Shewanda Riley emphasizes the importance of sincere prayer and relying on God’s grace for answered prayers.
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Preserved by Purpose: Falling in Love with Laughter
Shawanda Riley, PhD, a college professor fell in front of her class in a comedic anecdote she recalls fondly. The anecdote provides a real-life example of learning from everyday examples, and teaching the importance of laughter as the best medicine.
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Preserved by Purpose: Back to School and Back to Prayer
By Shewanda Riley Each year around this time, I share a Back-to-School prayer. I think it is important tooffer encouragement as students, staff and educators prepare to return to school. […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Back to Basics
By Shewanda Riley “I just don’t get it.” I’d been staring at the same algebra equation for about 15 minuteswith still no clue how to solve it. I thought maybe […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Interference vs. Obedience
By Shewanda Riley I just knew it was going to be a wonderful day. Praise music woke me up, I hada wonderful early morning devotion, and my morning classes were […]