Blog Posts by Lysa TerKeurst

WELCOME! (SUGGESTED TIME: 2–5 MINUTES) Welcome to session 1 of Forgiving What You Can’t Forget. If this is your first time together as a group, take a moment to introduce ...

Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. ...

Have you ever struggled to choose forgiveness over bitterness in the midst of feeling rejected, abandoned, or hurt? Maybe you’re there right now as you prepare to spend time with ...

There’s no easy way to attach the word cancer to your world and not make all who love you cry. I kept thinking about that statement everyone loves to throw ...

It’s easy to slip into the mentality that we somehow fell through the cracks of God’s good plans.Things are too final. The ink is too dry. The page has been ...

Welcome! Welcome to Session 1 of It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way.Opening DiscussionHow would you define disappointment?Watch Session One: The Birthplace of Disappointment The Birthplace of Disappointment (28 minutes)This ...

In the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. — 1 Samuel 1:20Have you ever cried over something so much that you run out of ...

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. — James 5:16Sometimes I’m scared to pray boldly. It’s not at all that I don’t believe God can do anything. ...

Whenever there is a conflict between what we feel we’re expected to do and what we feel we should do, it’s time to step back from the decision. And seek ...

We live in a broken world, where rejection— even from fellow Christians— could be just around the corner. But there is good news as we wait in expectation for God’s ...

If Only We KnewWe do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have One who has been tempted in every way, just ...

Paintings and PeopleIt was July 21. My forty-eighth birthday. I was in one of the hardest parts of this season of suffering. The season of dust. I wasn’t able to ...

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. — James 1:19“We don’t need you there.”A ...

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on ...

But, Lord, I Can’t Do That!Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your ...

Do you ever feel lonely?Recently, I was at an event full of people. Everyone else seemed gabby and was effortlessly making easy connections with others. I just felt out of ...