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Alyssa Avant - EzineArticles.com Expert Author  

Alyssa Avant is a Christian writer, speaker, and business owner whose mission is to turn the hearts of girls towards God. She combines her experience in the modeling industry and as youth and children’s director to reach out to girls pressured and confused by the messages of style, fashion, and beauty with her ministry to girls and their moms, Beauty by Design Ministries. Alyssa writes the eZine, Beauty by Design Weekly, and ghostwrites for ... [More]

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  • Your Secret is Safe
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] Growing up, my mom was one of my best friends. My secrets were always safe with her.


  • Yes, Mom and Dad, You Will Be Honored Again
    [News-and-Society:Religion] There are many commandments that we are given as children of God. The Bible lays these out for us in the Ten Commandments and other Scriptures. Some are easy to follow, while others we struggle with. Honoring our father and mother is one that during our teen years we often struggle to keep.


  • My Faith Strategy
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] No matter how they say it, most often I don't know how to react to whatever way they choose to phrase it. Honestly, I don't know how I do it "all". And quite simply I don't believe that I ever do it all. I am a person who has high hopes, big dreams, and many goals. My daddy taught me to be that way and my Heavenly Father gifted me with a few traits that help me to "make it happen."


  • It's All About Accountability
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Temptation, sometimes it completely stares you in the face. You aren't sure what to do and you just wish you could for once not give in. You may wonder "How can I keep from giving into temptation, especially giving in to the same sin over and over again?


  • Building a Family Faith
    [Home-and-Family] Are we losing our legacy of faith? Are the future generations continuing the legacy of faith that you carried down from your mother and father?


  • Beginning to Journal
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Journaling, it isn't something you hear a lot of people doing anymore. In a day in age where blogging is the hottest thing, taking out a pen and paper to write manually is almost unheard of, doesn't that take too much time when we can type so much faster?


  • Connect With Your Teen Through Facebook
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] Facebook really can be a powerful tool for your relationship and can help you to see your child in a new and different light. So, don't let it scare you, use it today to enhance your relationship.


  • Finding Lifelong Friends
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Godly friendships may seem difficult to find, but worth the wait. Don't give up on finding your lifelong friends.


  • Find a Mentor
    [Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] There are times in our lives when we need someone to go to, but many times we wish we had someone that is removed from the situation that we are going through. Many times the issues that we deal with have much to do with our family or friends, and therefore going to a friend or family member is difficult and too close for comfort, or maybe we just do not want to hear, "I told you so." No matter what the case is, it can be a rewarding to have a relationship with a "mentor"...


  • What Image Are Your Kids Creating For Themselves Online?
    [Kids-and-Teens] Kids use the Internet frequently these days, they can even create an entire new persona or image online. This can be a bad thing so it is important for parents to be aware of what their kids are doing online.


  • The Not So Cool Things About Kids Communicating Via Technology
    [Relationships:Communication] Kids and technology they seem to go hand in hand, and though there are some good things about kids using technology, there are also some bad things. The way that kids communicate almost entirely via technology can be scary.


  • Cell Phones Keep No Secrets
    [Communications:Mobile-Cell-Phone] The kids of today have a connection to the outside world that is quite scary. This connection is made via cell phones. Are parents truly aware of the dangers?


  • Why Use Article Marketing For Your Business?
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Article-Marketing] Many people use article marketing for their businesses. Here is why you should too.


  • What to Do About Temptation
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Let's face it we all face to temptation no matter how old or how young we are. While as an adult, my temptation might be to spend too much money, a teen girl may struggle with going too far sexually with her boyfriend, and a younger child may struggle with telling little white lies. No matter what the case temptation is real and it can cause us to sin.


  • Becoming a Mother of Influence
    [Home-and-Family:Motherhood] Are you a mother who influences your children? Are you leaving a legacy?


  • Why You Need a Prayer Journal
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] A small notebook with white lined pages may not seem like anything significant to the average person, but to me it held the opportunity to communicate with God and to have Him help me to shape my future. I started a prayer journal when I was fourteen. After experiencing my first season of teen rebellion, I had repented and needed to stay connected to God more closely.


  • Making Traditions Important
    [Home-and-Family] Traditions can be simple, and the more simple they are the more likely you are to stick to them. Remember when creating new traditions that the point of a tradition is to be able to stick to it and practice it over and over, so make sure it is something you can easily do year after year. Some simple examples of traditions include, making a family members favorite meal for their birthday, saying a prayer together every night before bed, baking cookies together on Christmas Eve, or calling long distance relatives on Valentine's Day to tell them you love them.


  • Peer Pressure
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] Peer pressure is something many teens struggle with as they head back to school. It might influence something simple such as what style of shoes that they choose to wear, but it can be more serious as well. Peer pressure has an influence on the lives of teens in many areas, from sexual practices to drinking. Choosing to not give in and rather to abstain from these activities is often difficult for them.


  • Do You Have Joy?
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] What do you allow to steal your joy? First, we must define joy. Joy is intense satisfaction that fills you with gladness. True joy is not based on circumstances, it comes from God, so what do you allow to steal it from you. For some it may be financial worries, for others failure or lack of success, for some it may be the lack of or the troublesomeness of a relationship, whatever the case may be why do we allow it to happen. If joy comes from the Lord, then why are we not partaking of the joy that he wants to freely give to us.


  • The Butterfly Effect
    [Self-Improvement:Inspirational] A very kind lady whom I have never met in person sent me a very special gift this week. It was a beautiful, antique butterfly pin. She also wrote a very encouraging note to me regarding my ministry.


  • Are You Afraid of Change?
    [Self-Improvement:Inspirational] How many of you like change? I don't mean the nickels, pennies or quarters you get back after a purchase the grocery store. I mean change as in the process of becoming different. It is not always a process that we enjoy; however, it is often necessary. I for one do not enjoy change very much at all. However, I have undergone it quite a bit in my life as most of us have and I have to admit that it has more often than not been for the best.


  • Sunday Morning Rush
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] It is a typical Sunday morning; the alarm goes off at just before 8 am. Not too terribly early, no, but it is the weekend and we stayed up a little too late watching TV the night before. We hit the snooze and try to get just a few more winks.


  • Did Your Momma Teach You Good Manners?
    [Home-and-Family] "Yes, ma'am," "No ma'am," "Thank you," "No thank you." Are these words common practice in your day-to-day life?


  • Keeping Your Faith
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Faith it is something that is both hard to define by human standards, and also hard to keep by earthly standards. So many of loose our faith in others because of their actions towards us, so we often feel we cannot trust anyone, not even God. However, that is not true.


  • Do You Respect Your Daughter's Father?
    [Relationships] Do you respect your daughter's father, your husband, and your partner in life? It is very important that we show respect to our mates, setting an example for our daughters.


  • The Greatest of These is Love
    [Relationships:Love] Is it hard for you to say those three little words, "I Love You"? Many people struggle with telling others "I love you", especially the unlovable of those people in their lives. The people we wonder if anyone can love.


  • A Bad First Impression For Christianity
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Are first impressions important to you? Do you remember some significant first impressions that people have made upon you? I can remember the first impression I felt when I went on a date with a guy once.


  • Allow Your Daughter to Seek Her Dreams, Not Yours
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] Dreams are important, they give us something to look forward to with anticipation. I know you had your own dreams, now allow your daughter to not only have hers, but to live them out. Be her biggest cheerleader and watch her win at this game we call life.


  • How Do You Spell Love? T-I-M-E
    [Relationships:Love] How do you spell love? Well, you might say L-O-V-E of course, but I would beg to differ. That is because I believe that love can better be spelled for many of us, T-I-M-E.


  • We All Need a Little Faith
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] It is unlike anything else you will do with your life. Having faith is something that takes a long time to understand and even longer to truly feel that you have. As the Bible says, "Faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you cannot see." Hebrews 11:1 (NIV). Faith begins with a relationship with Jesus Christ...


  • Centered in Christ
    [Self-Improvement:Inspirational] Have you ever considered that even if your life is full of good things that it could still be effecting you negatively? It is like the old saying, "Too much of a good thing." We can fill our lives with too many "good things", making us not be able to focus on any one thing.


  • Dare to Be Different
    [Kids-and-Teens] Do you ever feel as if you don't fit in? Do you want to be more like the most popular kid in school? Why not dare to be different?


  • True Love Waits
    [Kids-and-Teens] What is true love? Love is also about a relationship. The purest form of a love relationship is that of Jesus Christ. We must look for characteristics of Jesus in another person in order to find true love.


  • Giving Them Everything, Or Just What's Important?
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] During my teen years I vividly remember the times I desperately wanted a new shirt, a new jacket, a new anything for that matter and my dad having to tell me no. I know now after becoming a parent that it was difficult for him to do so and I also know after becoming an adult that it was not something that he could help.


  • Always Be Prepared
    [Self-Improvement:Inspirational] There are many times in our lives that take much preparation on our parts. Our children going back to school each fall, preparing for vacation, or holidays, all these things take preparation. With each activity there may be supplies to buy, clothes shopping to be done or new routines to get used to.


  • Giving God the Glory
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Do you give God the glory for the blessings in your life? It is so important for us to praise Him on a daily basis for the blessings he continually showers upon us.


  • That's Faith
    [Self-Improvement:Inspirational] If you have ever struggled through any situation in life, and you're a Christian, then you probably understand the process of faith. It is by faith that we come to know and believe in Christ. It is by faith that we walk, not by sight.


  • Impacting Your Daughter For the Next Generation
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] Do you wish you could connect with your daughter in a meaningful, powerful way? I hope to give you inspiration, tools and ideas that will help you to do just that.


  • A Tie Between Parents and Scripture
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] As a youth and children's minister, I have done a great amount of research on who affects the lives of children and teens. Profoundly, every study shows that parents have the greatest affect upon the lives of their children, greater than peers, friends, teachers or others in their lives such as ministers.


  • Biblical Reasons For Teaching Your Children Manners
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] "Mind your manners" - You may have heard the phrase uttered from you mother or grandmother a million times, but is it something that we as a society use today with our children? Manners seems to have gone by the way side much like other concepts that were so often used by those who have gone on before us.


  • Re-Purposing Your Content
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] As an online business owner when it comes to spending time writing you know that it is time that is spent well, but you worry that you will be able to truly make the most of the content you are creating. Am I right?


  • Taking the Leap of Faith
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Everything in me said "don't do it" but for some reason I knew I was suppose to. Nothing really made sense about it, yet I knew it was from God. What you're wondering, the leap of faith I was about to take. Though it was hard to rationalize, understand or see clearly I knew I had to take it. I was going to "step out of my comfort zone and into God's hands". I was going to let go of my life and put it in to God's hands.


  • Three Essentials For Those in Ministry
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] If you are a person in ministry, you have certainly felt a call to it. You knew God was tugging at your heart, pulling you in that direction; but what you may not have considered is the commitment that it takes to be in ministry. Ministry is a position that has both a public commitment and a private commitment.


  • Using a Timer to Stay Organized
    [Self-Improvement:Organizing] You have a list of things to do today but you are having trouble staying focused and getting things accomplished. You may be skipping from item to item or task to task. In order to better stay on task, you may want to use a timer.


  • Organizing Your Bill Paying
    [Self-Improvement:Organizing] Bills, they are an inevitable part of our lives. We all have them; we all dread receiving and paying them, yet it is something that has to be done. The question is, how will you make sure that you pay all your bills and that they are paid on time?


  • Make an Appointment With Yourself
    [Self-Improvement:Organizing] Whether you are a stay at home mom or a mom who works outside the home or just a woman who longs to keep it all together and going smoothly then you could benefit from making an appointment with yourself. Each week set aside about an hour give or take a little and get together a few key organizing tools to help you organize your time and the many things that are coming up in your week. The purpose of this appointment with yourself is to plan your week.


  • How Menu Planning Saved Me Money
    [Food-and-Drink] I have been menu planning since before I knew there was a catch phrase like "menu planning" for the idea. In the beginning, the reasons I planned were simple.


  • Yes Mom, You Should Set Goals
    [Self-Improvement:Motivation] Yes Mom, though you are a mom you can have goals for yourself as well. It can be healthy for you and your family.


  • Tackling Mount Saint Laundry
    [Self-Improvement:Organizing] We all have to face it. That pile of laundry which never seems to have an end. Here are some tips for tackling mount saint laundry.


  • Honestly Earning Your Pay
    [Business:Ethics] They say "money is the root of all evil". Well, if this is true how does one honestly earn their pay?


  • Trusting In God's Perfect Plan
    [News-and-Society:Religion] Planning is a huge part of our lives, likewise it is a part of business. However shouldn't God be a part of that plan?


  • Ways to Show Integrity in Business
    [Business:Ethics] Business integrity is so important especially for a Christian. Be sure to show your client's your integrity when doing business.


  • Journaling is a Healthy Habit
    [Self-Improvement] Developing a habit can take 21-30 days. So why is it so hard to develop a habit but we have some habits we do not even know how we formed such as nail biting or teeth grinding? Strange huh?


  • Making Journaling a Resolution
    [Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Journaling can help you to stick to your goals and keep your resolutions. Resolve to make journaling a daily habit and help yourself to achieve more this year.


  • Preciousness and Frailness of Life
    [Self-Improvement:Inspirational] This article was written about the preciousness and frailness of life and how we take it for granted daily.


  • Thoughts and Feelings of Being a New Mom - Again
    [Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] My thoughts and feelings after becoming a mom for the second time.




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