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Real Relationship Requires Boundaries, Even with God

February 14, 2019 by Fern Horst Leave a Comment

real relationship with God requires boundaries

I’ve always thought of boundaries in relationships as drawing a line to keep unhealthy behavior at bay. You know, such as needed for an abusive spouse or a friend who keeps infringing on your time and space. So when I got to the “Boundaries and God” chapter in Cloud’s and Townsend’s book , I was […]

God Will Make a Way, But We Gotta Walk it Out

July 9, 2018 by Fern Horst 2 Comments

God will make a way

God seems to speak to me in themes, getting my attention by repeating the same concepts in different ways. Recently, the fact that God will make a way where there seems to be none — moving mountains and parting the sea, so to speak — has been prevalent. Even more recently, a follow-up concept hit me […]

How to Have Peace in Any Situation

January 27, 2018 by Fern Horst 8 Comments

How to have peace in any situation

In a world where things go wrong, where evil is present, and where we don’t have full control, is it possible to have peace in every situation? I would say it is. But it depends on our choices, especially in response to what we can’t control. In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he gave […]

Moving Past Failure to Freedom

January 13, 2018 by Fern Horst 12 Comments

Moving past failure to freedom

Everyone fails. That reality should free us, but it doesn’t. We believe too many lies that keep us from moving past failure to freedom: We believe our failure is unredeemable. We believe failure defines us. We believe it is unforgivable. We believe others caused it. We believe we have to live in the defeat of […]

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Fern Horst, writer and life coachHi! I’m Fern, completely devoted to Jesus and to living my life purposefully for Him. Join me as I share insights gleaned as I explore all this means in daily life.

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Eight Little Words - How God Led a Mennonite Farm Boy to a Remote Town in Nepal
Born on a farm in 1933, Otho Horst fully intended to be a farmer all his life. But God had a different plan. When tragedy shook his idyllic world early one morning in 1952, the course of his life changed forever. Eight Little Words is an account of God’s faithfulness as He unfolds His purpose and plan in the life of a young man committed to Him.

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