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Mark Ballenger

Founder of Apply God's Word Ministries

ApplyGodsWord.com is the writing ministry of Mark Ballenger.

To reach Mark, send him an email anytime: markballenger@applygodsword.com

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5 Books God Used to Change My Life

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2 Timothy 4:13

In this article, I’m going to talk about 5 books that God used to change my life. I’m not saying that these books will change your life; for a book to change your life, you have to be in a certain season of life with certain needs that match the topic of that book. I also won’t be listing these books by importance but rather by the order in which I read them. 

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7 Signs God Is Exposing a Religious Narcissist to You

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Philippians 1:15-18

A “narcissistic personality disorder” is a term used in psychology to identify a particular mental health condition that is marked by symptoms such as an overblown sense of one’s own importance, an extreme need for continual praise by others, and a lack of the ability to empathize with others.1   

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5 Rare Things God Will Do When He Wants You to Avoid Someone

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Hebrews 5:14

In this article, we are going to discuss 5 things God does to help you know you should avoid someone and not get involved with them. But these things are not the normal ways God will most often speak to us. So don’t expect to see these types of things all the time, but there are moments in life where God gives us rare but clear signs he does want us to avoid someone.