Mike Leake
Shortly after becoming a believer, I found myself in a bit of despair. For quite a few months after becoming a Christian, everything felt incredibly intense. My highs felt higher and my lows felt lowe...
Heather Adams
As Christians, our main purpose is to worship God. But we live in such a hectic world that it’s no wonder we so easily become scattered and distracted from that purpose. Setting aside regular ...
Debbie Presnell
How to hear God’s voice—the age-old question many Christians struggle with. To get a better idea, let’s take a look at a story....
RJ Thesman
The conductor raised his baton, then nodded toward the orchestra. As the melodies of Bach’s Oratorio filled the cathedral, I waited for our cue. In the soprano section, we stood in matching black conc...
Micah Maddox
How can we count joy like James speaks of even in trials and temptation? Is it really even possible? The Bible gives us a good idea of the answer, and I want to share some of the verses and reasons we...
Jessica Brodie
Sometimes when we pray, we go on and on about our needs and desires and concerns and problems, and we often get so caught up in the expressing that we don’t pause to listen to the sometimes-still and ...
Micah Maddox
We all want to know that what we are doing for our children makes an impact on their lives. There is nothing more powerful that you can do in the life of your child than pray for them. You can train...
Bethany Verrett
Praise God! Hallelujah! These are the same phrase, just in different languages, but the Bible says that one day in Heaven, people from every nation and tongue will glorify the Lord. ...
Annette Griffin
How did Mary and Joseph find themselves so far from their hometown of Nazareth at a time so close to Mary’s delivery? The explanation begins with Caesar Augustus, the Emperor of Rome, who ruled from 2...
Lia Martin
Every spring, we’re offered a beautiful opportunity to “…throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles” (Hebrews 12:1). So whether you are considering giving up something for ...
Debbie W. Wilson
We have been conditioned to submit to sin. Before we came to Christ, sin controlled our thoughts, emotions, and actions. And while Romans 6 says believers “have been set free from sin,” many of us bel...
Meredith N Mills
When our faith is slipping, God offers to be our firm foundation (Isaiah 33:6). He stands ready with open arms to receive us in our brokenness, eager to welcome us home (Luke 15:20). He’ll never rejec...
Kelly O'Dell Stanley
God aligns our will with His through time spent with Him in prayer, and that — all other consequences being equal, he might allow us one thing instead of another because he gives good gifts to his chi...
Kirstyn Mayden
Despite the mental and emotional toll that the news takes at times, there still is hope. God is sovereign and calls us to continue to put our hope and trust in Him....
Frank Santora
When your untamed mouth starts down the path of destruction – be a lion tamer and stop, listen to, and yield to the Holy Spirit instead. He is the good Ring Master in this crazy life circus. ...
Linda Lyle
While peace and quiet calms us physically, we also need quiet time with God to restore us spiritually....
Kristi Walker
Pentecost occurs on the seventh Sunday after Easter, and commemorates the day that Jesus was taken up to Heaven. But what exactly happened on this day, and what it meant for the growth of the modern C...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
God asks questions that lead Job to consider the greatness of his creation, and through this, we learn some powerful truths about who God is....
Micah Maddox
With an abundance of information at our fingertips, our generation is full to the brim with words, opinions, and ideologies. There has never been an easier way to share your words and wisdom with th...
Micah Maddox
Over and over we see stories and verses that bring us back to the same place. Some call it peace. Some call it perseverance. Some express it as strength beyond their mind. But all of these things po...