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Gift Wrapping Goodness (with FREE Gift Tags!)

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I love wrapping presents!!! Whether it’s your thing or not, here’s some simple suggestions to help you kick up your Christmas Gift Wrapping a notch. Enjoy this brief video (below) and then download these fun (and free!) gift tags by Hannah Noel Design to print on cardstock for your packages.

Click to watch the video on YouTube.

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Warm up some Christmas Stove Top Fragrance and add some good tunes (Taylor White's Christmas Playlist), and/or a Hallmark Christmas movie (following the Magnus sisters/ Hallmark viewing tips) to your personal wrapping party and you’re sure to be inspired!

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Holistic Health
Holistic Health

As we focus this month on nurturing our whole selves - physical, emotional, and spiritual - I would argue that the spiritual is most important. It is the place from which all others will flow. As Proverbs reminds us, “Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life” (Proverbs 4:23, CSB).

Caring for Your Physical Body
Caring for Your Physical Body

How do we physically take care of our body well? That is a question many women find themselves thinking about often.  1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” A verse heard commonly. What does that mean exactly? 

A "Sure" Thing
A "Sure" Thing

It matters how we’re asked to be a part of something. There’s a difference between asking someone, “Hey, do you want to go into a packed Nicaraguan jail and share the Gospel?” versus asking, “Hey, did you hear about the informational meeting about the mission trip to Central America?” There’s a difference between asking someone, “Will you put your schedule on hold unexpectedly today, pick up some Braum’s, and sit in a median to eat breakfast with a homeless man?” versus asking, “Have you noticed the homeless people on the drive to church every Sunday?”

Will You Sabbath With Me?
Will You Sabbath With Me?

“How are you?”  “Pretty good. Just tired.” If we only had a nickel for every time we responded this way or heard this from our loved ones. A few years back, Ryan (my husband) and I had gotten to a point where we were complaining of being tired constantly. We were both working full time jobs, leading a small group, trying to stay connected to our people, starting grad school, etc. These good things that God had given us had become a chore. Exhausted, we looked at each other and knew something HAD to change. 

 
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Meet the Author!

Bible teacher, author, inspirational speaker and disciple-maker, Vickey Banks is passionate about helping women connect the dots between God’s Word and their everyday lives. She loves serving as Women’s Ministry Director at Council Road, celebrating her people, playing with her puppy and getting lost in a good story.

 
 

Vickey Banks

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