Sing Your Way Through Suffering
Suffering can erode joy. When your weary soul falters, singing is a way of turning you God-ward, especially when affliction drags you in the other direction.
View ArticleDisillusioned with the Church
How do you pick up the pieces and move from being disillusioned with the church to engaged again?
View ArticleThe Sweetness of Honesty
It’s difficult to be vulnerable, but that’s what it takes to be real with others. The sweetness of honesty will allow others to help you carry your burdens.
View ArticleLinking Our Shields of Faith
As Christians, by God's design, we are not meant to do life alone. We are to stand together and link our shields of faith against the arrows of the enemy.
View ArticleHow Do I Meet Another in Grief?
How do we process grief and loss in our own lives while helping others with theirs? Remember that pain is more bearable when we are not alone in it.
View ArticleBeing Present in Our Grief
Jesus was truly present: physically accessible, sharing Himself, entering into places of pain, grief, and loss. What an example for us in our own grief.
View ArticleWhen Plans Fail
When "Plan A" fails we feel a loss of control and purpose. Our ability to adjust and allow God to teach us through the disappointment, is what brings us peace.
View ArticleFighting the Good Fight
Sometimes the life of faith feels like a fight. Circumstances in our lives threaten to take us down. Yet God's grace and strength will help us keep fighting.
View ArticleAn Amateur Forgiver
When it comes to forgiveness, most of us are amateurs. We don’t have to be experts to practice 70x7 forgiveness. The important thing is to make a start.
View ArticleGetting Back on the Bike
There is no one that understands the rocky terrain of this world like Jesus. Allow Him to walk with you, talk with you, listen to you, heal you, and love you.
View ArticleTell Yourself the Truth
What lies are you listening to? More importantly, what source are you plugging into—God’s truth or the Enemy’s lies?
View ArticleHow a Right View of God Makes Us Grateful
God strengthens our faith, enlarges our vision, and pours out His grace upon us to respond in gratitude and confidence in His ability to supply our every need.
View ArticleThe Door of Forgiveness
If we continue hanging on to our bitterness, we will become stuck – spiritually stuck…Oh how beautiful is the door of forgiveness!
View ArticleLook to God's Peace
Is Life Weighing You Down? Even if God chooses to keep you in the struggle, you can make it if you have His peace deep in your heart.
View ArticleWrestling with the Goodness of God
Do you wonder if God still good when He allows His people to suffer? Are you overwhelmed by fear and doubt? Consider this…
View ArticleHow to Survive Tragedy with Hope
When tragedy strikes and you feel like your heart is broken beyond repair, how do you survive with hope? Here are 3 simple tools to guard your heart in grief.
View ArticleRenewal
Just like flowers, we, too, have dormant periods. Is this a cold season for you? Hold on. Rest in the Lord, in Whom we plant hope. Spring is on the way.
View ArticleEmbracing the Now-and-Not-Yet Moments
Waiting is hard. But, if you find yourself at a fork in the road, consider that it might be okay to rest in that space before bounding ahead.
View ArticleBelieving God’s Truth About Your Identity
Do you allow God to define you or do you listen instead to those around you? Embrace the truth of who you are in God’s eyes. It makes all the difference!
View ArticleIs Hardship the End of the Story?
When hardships come, don’t immediately assume that means the end of your story. For God is all-powerful and sovereign, even over devastating circumstances.
View ArticleThis Song is For Me
I’m in the middle of a public place crying over a song I’ve never heard that has no words. So dumb. Grief is so dumb.
View ArticleGrace in Hard Conversations
Have you asked yourself “why did I say that?” Remember, hard conversations are a part of life, and God gives us grace in unflattering moments.
View ArticleThe Power of “Yet”
Everything may fall apart, yet we can still rejoice. We may be broken, burned out, and discouraged, yet we can hold on to the hope of God.
View ArticleYet, I Will Rejoice
Habakkuk lived during days of great evil, yet he could rejoice because he had faith in a God who always does what He says he will do.
View ArticleDon’t Let Go
It's not about letting go, it’s about filling up. Replace doubt and worry with things that help you trust God. Fill your hands with the resources He provides.
View ArticleWhen Grace Shines
Grace is unconditional. God gives His grace because of who He is; it has nothing to do with us.
View ArticleKeep Choosing to Trust
God walks with you and He knows the way ahead. You don’t have to be afraid.
View ArticleGod's Unchangeableness Changes Everything
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). Grasping that He is eternally unchangeable will change everything for you!
View ArticleWaiting for Answers to Prayer
You don’t see it, but God is fitting all the pieces together for your good, the good of everyone involved, and His glory.
View ArticleRooted in the Storm
Turn your thoughts to God who keeps the tree rooted and dancing in the storm. And let the roots of hope and trust plant a deep peace in the soil of your heart.
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