Abby McDonald

Finding the Hope of Christ in a Messy Life

This is How to Speak to Your Storm

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Did you know when you speak to your storm the way Jesus did, you can command the waves? Just ask Natalie Grant and Charlotte Gambill, who are professing this truth across the country at the Dare to Be conference. In a night of worship and time in the Word, they are reminding women of God that that the breath of their Creator is within them. For a long season, this truth was in me, but it was buried. Buried under distraction, lies and fear. I didn't use it. I let the waves tossed me about, Continue Reading

3 Promises for When You Don’t Know What to Pray

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The news took my breath away. With one quick phone call, our lives changed. A family member was in trouble, and it was the kind where no one could help. As I looked out the window and listened to my Dad on the other end of the phone with tears streaming down my face, I knew God had taken the situation out of our hands. All of our attempts to control and prevent a worst-case-scenario had come to this, and it was as if He was saying, “It’s in my hands now.” After hanging up the phone, I Continue Reading

When We Question Whether We Heard God: One Truth

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I didn’t want the open the email. The subject line said it all. “Thank you…” After a few years pursuing this writing stuff, I knew what those two words meant. “Thank you but no thank you.” “Thank you but this doesn’t meet our needs at this time.” “Thank you, and please try again.” My finger hovered over the delete button before sending the words off into cyber space oblivion. I opened the Word document for an article I was finishing and the cursor blinked, mocking me. Why do Continue Reading

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