Blog Posts by Lysa TerKeurst
Blog Posts by Lysa TerKeurst
Living Loved
I can’t expect any other person to be my soul oxygen. I can’t live as if my next breath depends on whether or not they give me enough air for ...
Before I Go to Bed Every Night
We’re learning that a key part in practicing forgiveness is keeping our hearts swept clean — staying humble enough to admit and confess where we need God’s forgiveness, and then ...
Forgiving God
Getting hurt by people is hard. Getting hurt by what God allows can feel unbearable. While I might phrase my disillusionment as a question of why or how, when I ...
It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way: Dust
I grabbed my chest while tears slipped down my cheeks in an unending stream. The pain in my heart wasn’t physical. But the stabbing emotional hurt was so intense I ...
Life-Saving Truth
If Your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have preserved my life. — ...
Saved by Suffering
The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. — Psalm 145:18I woke up on what I thought would be an ...
What Makes Rejection So Awful?
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness. — John 12:46My mouth was dry. My hands a ...
What Am I Supposed to Do With All the Hurt?
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 ...
Where Is My Happily Ever After?
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. ...
3 Things to Remember When It’s Hard to Forgive
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 ...
When God Gives You More Than You Can Handle
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 ...
Unanswered Prayers
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 ...
The Birthplace of Disappointment
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 ...
Why Isn’t God Answering My Prayer?
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 ...
I’m Scared to Pray Boldly
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. ...
What Does the Bible Say I Should Do and Not Do?
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 ...
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