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Amanda Winder
Dec 29, 20226 min read
Picking Up Principles of Hope on the Pathway
On November 8th, I had a vision. I followed Holy Spirit and an angel into a giant building and then down a long hallway. I didn't know...
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Amanda Winder
Feb 17, 20212 min read
True Satisfaction
And, in all of my mediation over the past few weeks, this is what’s becoming evidentiary clear to my heart and soul… A satisfied life is...
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Amanda Winder
Dec 29, 20202 min read
Following Growth
Growth… Growth & I have a love/hate relationship. Wait… Let me rephrase that. Growth, as amazing as it is, feels like a antagonist in my...
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Amanda Winder
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Wall Street
It’s been a year and a half since I started taking the train down to Wall Street to pray for the nation. In some seasons I’d go once a...
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Amanda Winder
Sep 23, 20201 min read
Year 32
Corey Rives Visual Art Year 32… I’m looking at you. But seriously… The other day I was zipping through Manhattan, watching the buildings...
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Amanda Winder
Jul 9, 20201 min read
Sometimes No
Following the Holy Spirit can be simple… Following the Holy Spirit can be fun… Following the Holy Spirit can be a...
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Amanda Winder
Apr 9, 20201 min read
One More Step
“One more step”… That’s what I keep hearing. That’s what Holy Spirit keeps saying as I move forward into the unknown with some pretty...
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Amanda Winder
Mar 15, 20202 min read
Get Lost
At the beginning of January I heard Holy Spirit say, “Something very scary is about to happen in the city and the world, but I will...
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Amanda Winder
Feb 7, 20202 min read
"Help. Me."
“Help. Me.” is what I quietly screamed at my sister across the gym yesterday. The weight I tried to load onto my shoulders for lunges was...
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Amanda Winder
Jan 16, 20201 min read
"She Gambles with God"
“Does trusting the Lord and not worrying mean we’re coping out?” “No Bill. It just means we’re doing what God told us to do.” That… That...
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Amanda Winder
Jan 12, 20202 min read
That's Grotesque
Do you honestly want to know where I’ve been lately and what I’ve been doing? I’ve been studying… No actually I’ve been deep sea diving...
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Amanda Winder
Oct 25, 20191 min read
Every Single Time
If you were to ask me what I battle with the most today… I wouldn’t say a sugar addiction, body insecurities, the fear of being alone,...
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Amanda Winder
Jul 29, 20191 min read
Keep Following
When God gave me Cultivate Life 10 years ago He told me it would be a “challenge” to “keep moving forward,” but that the challenge would...
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Amanda Winder
Jan 19, 20192 min read
Would You Risk It?
You know… As a girl raised in America I’ve had just about everything I could ever really need or ask for. I watched my parents struggle...
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Amanda Winder
Nov 25, 20182 min read
Motivated by an Answer
Do you ever have those moments when you’re about ready to throw in the towel on everything God’s promised you in life? You know those...
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Amanda Winder
Oct 4, 20181 min read
Tired Follower
You know.. Anyone that follows what I write should know by now that I talk about the cultivation of life and following the Spirit. I want...
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Amanda Winder
Sep 26, 20181 min read
No Plan
Why do we have to have a plan? Why is that a credential to move forward in this world? Because I don’t remember God ever telling me to...
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Amanda Winder
Aug 23, 20182 min read
Hide-and-Seek
You know those days when you feel like everything’s an uphill climb? You know… the ones that make you feel like you’re never going to...
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Amanda Winder
Jul 24, 20181 min read
Figure or Follow?
Living from a place where I don’t try to figure it all out… What a way of life! That’s where I feel like I need to be right now. Having...
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Amanda Winder
Jul 8, 20182 min read
Are You Empty?
Over the years I’ve talked very openly about following the Holy Spirit, and how important it is to be led by Him regardless of what I’m...
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