Stephanie Gulland

Stephanie Gulland

Stephanie Gulland is married to her best friend, Ed, and they have one son, David. Stephanie’s column, In His Presence, is posted bimonthly on PositivelyFeminine.org.

Filling My Mind

by Stephanie Gulland March 27, 2012
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Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. [...]

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Standing Firm

by Stephanie Gulland March 12, 2011

Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around [...]

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Marvelous Miracle

by Stephanie Gulland January 12, 2011
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Just then a woman who had hemorrhaged for twelve years slipped in from behind and lightly touched his robe. She was thinking to herself, “If I can just put a finger on his robe, I’ll get well.” Jesus turned—caught her at it. Then he reassured her: “Courage, daughter. You took a risk of faith, and [...]

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Where is Your Focus?

by Stephanie Gulland July 1, 2010
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He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind”; and “Love your neighbor as yourself.” —Luke 10:27 It is time for us to let go of the temporal or earthly things that have grabbed our attention for so [...]

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Questions

by Stephanie Gulland December 2, 2009
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For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. —Isaiah 55:8-9 (Amplified Bible) As I move in my faith walk with God, I have stumbled [...]

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Steep Your Life in God

by Stephanie Gulland November 11, 2009

If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to [...]

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The Pursuit of Wealth

by Stephanie Gulland April 5, 2009

Don’t weary yourself trying to get rich. Why waste your time? For riches can disappear as though they had the wings of a bird! —Proverbs 23:4-5 (NLT) These verses really hit me this morning. I thought about how sometimes Ed and I have worked so hard because we are trying to get things. These verses [...]

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Work Out Your Salvation?

by Stephanie Gulland April 5, 2009

Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, [...]

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Self Control

by Stephanie Gulland March 7, 2009

A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out. —Proverbs 25:28 (The Message Bible) Many years ago, a pastor at my church ministered about restraint. One of the things that struck me the most was that restraint is not God’s way of being a killjoy. It is God’s way [...]

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A Canceled Record

by Stephanie Gulland February 10, 2009

He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. —Colossians 2:14 How many times have you thought about things you know you shouldn’t have done, but you did it anyway? How many times has the devil reminded you of this or other sins? Now when [...]

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Freedom in Christ

by Stephanie Gulland January 18, 2009
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Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” —John 8:31-32 I desire freedom. That is why I am taking the Freedom in Christ class at The River. Unfortunately, I [...]

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