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, 2021
- 2 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Dec 29, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 9, 2020
- 1 min
Sometimes No
Following the Holy Spirit can be simple… Following the Holy Spirit can be fun… Following the Holy Spirit can be a...
Amanda Winder
- Apr 9, 2020
- 1 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Mar 15, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
"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...
Amanda Winder
- Jan 16, 2020
- 1 min
"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...
Amanda Winder
- Jan 12, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 25, 2019
- 1 min
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,...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Jan 19, 2019
- 2 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Nov 25, 2018
- 2 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 4, 2018
- 1 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Sep 26, 2018
- 1 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 23, 2018
- 2 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 24, 2018
- 1 min
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...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 8, 2018
- 2 min
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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