Share The Struggle Blog

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Each week we bring you resources, insights, and stories that illuminate the path to mental and spiritual flourishing, guiding you on your journey towards wholeness and healing.

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Spirit Protection: Living Secure Under the Covering of God’s Presence

Spiritual protection isn’t about rituals or self-defense—it’s about proximity to God. This post redefines what it means to be safe in a world that feels threatening. You are not uncovered. You are guarded, sealed, and hidden in Christ. Scripture isn’t just a shield—it’s your reality. Stand in it, and breathe.

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Suffering Scripture: The Passages That Strengthen You in Seasons of Pain

When life breaks you open, God’s Word holds you together. This post shares 15 powerful verses that don't sugarcoat suffering—they speak hope into it. If you’re walking through grief, loss, or relentless hardship, these Scriptures offer a lifeline. You’re not forgotten. Your pain has a purpose. And your healing is already underway.

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Encouragement Scripture: Verses That Lift You Out of Discouragement

Discouragement can feel silent—but heavy. This Scripture-rich post meets you there, not with clichés, but with soul-deep truth. These verses remind you that God draws near when your strength is gone and your hope is thin. You’re not alone, and you’re not failing. His presence is steady—even when yours isn’t.

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Biblical Intimacy: Reclaiming God’s Design for Deep, Honest Connection

Some seasons feel like setbacks. Others feel scattered. But your life isn’t random—it’s a soul journey. This post helps you reframe struggle as formation, and pain as part of God’s deeper work in you. You’re not off-track. You’re being shaped by a patient, faithful Author—right here, right now.

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How Does a Soul Journey Help You Understand the Story God Is Writing in You?

Peace isn’t the absence of problems—it’s the presence of God in the middle of them. This blog offers practical, Scripture-based ways to ground your heart when anxiety, noise, or pressure take over. If your soul feels restless, you don’t need to escape life. You need to anchor in the One who calms storms.

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Biblical Peace: The Path to Becoming Spiritually and Emotionally Unshakeable

You’ve worn many labels—some handed to you, some you picked up to survive. But your truest identity is in Christ. This gospel-rooted post helps you release false identities shaped by shame or success and step into the one that never changes: chosen, loved, redeemed. You’re not what you’ve done. You’re who He says you are.

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Christ Identity: Becoming the Person Grace Says You Already Are

Being known and being busy aren’t the same. This blog explores biblical intimacy as a slow, honest, trust-filled journey—with God and others. It’s not about perfection or performance, but about presence. If you’ve been surrounded yet unseen, this is your invitation to bring your full self into safe, sacred connection.

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Christian Love: Moving Beyond Sentiment Into Transformational Action

Love is not just what you feel. It’s what you choose. This Scripture-rooted reflection helps you move beyond sentiment and into sacrificial, embodied love—the kind that shows up, stays present, and changes lives. Jesus didn’t love from a distance, and neither do His followers. Real love is messy, costly, and deeply healing.

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A Gospel-Centered Life: Living With Grace as Your Foundation, Not Performance

You’re not the sum of your failures or your hustle. You’re held by something stronger: grace. This gospel-centered reflection pulls you back from self-effort and into holy rest. If you’ve been performing for love, here’s your reminder: it’s already yours in Jesus. Let the gospel breathe again .

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