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Connection
Connection is a daily devotional to encourage women in their faith and life overseas. It brings the Word of God and conversation with sisters into their day-to-day lives.
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You Cannot Handle it Alone

January 23, 2026
BURNOUT Balancing ministry, family, & life Burn out God’s guidance & direction Expectations Rest Serving joyfully Self-care
“Moses’ father-in-law replied, ‘What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone… 
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Do you not know? Have you not heard?

January 22, 2026
BURNOUT Balancing ministry, family, & life
In the 1970s an American psychologist coined the term
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  • by BARBARA KINDSCHI
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On RSVP-ing No to the Party

January 21, 2026
BURNOUT Balancing ministry, family, & life Burn out Hearing God & Understanding His Will Overwhelmed Rest Self-care Serving joyfully
I sat across from friends in Central America recently, exhaustion and defeat written plain on their features. You could say it had been a hard season—if a season could last for years. Uncanny tragedies, thrust-upon leadership roles, team conflict:...
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  • by JANEL BREITENSTEIN
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Spring Cleaning for My Heart

January 20, 2026
BURNOUT Burn out Serving joyfully Team unity & dynamics
Volunteer agreements…team dinners…event hosting…an internship program…the ideas kept coming. “I can do this!” I thought. “My gifts can really help this ministry!” 
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