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The Myth: “If I’m a Good Christian, Then Nothing Bad Will Happen to Me”

Editor's note: Flourish: The NIV Bible for Women includes Myths articles which expose commonly accepted myths of our culture that many women believe—misconceptions about love, relationships, God, fulfillment, sex, faith, identity, and ...

Put Your Hope to Work

Editor’s note: Hope is easy to lose and hard to find, but there is never a season when hope is out of reach. Every Christian eventually has her hope broken, ...

In the Morning When I Rise

Editor's note:  Beloved author Sarah Young passed away Thursday, August 31 in her Tennessee home. Sarah wrote one of the most widely read devotionals of all time, Jesus Calling.  Her ...

Being Unoffendable: The Ridiculous Idea

Okay. So this may sound like the dumbest thing you’ve ever read, but here goes: You can choose to be “unoffendable.” I actually heard a guy say this at a ...

God's Unexplainable Protection: The Red Sea

Protection in the Red Sea EXODUS 14 / MARK 4:35–41 And He awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and ...

Don't Waste Your Pain

Silver Linings in Dark Places Surveying the various good outcomes God frequently produces from our agonies requires a careful word of caution. Because knowing the mind of God is impossible ...

Praying the Names of God: Husband

ISH ִאישַׁ Ish is the Hebrew word for “husband” in Hosea 2:2, 16. The word ba’al in the Hebrew Scriptures can also be translated “husband” (as well as “lord,” “owner,” ...

Ladders from Heaven

Editor's note: Join us for the God Never Gives Up on You Online Bible Study starting 10/23! * Genesis 28:10-17 You’ve had, or will have, moments of deep despair. You’ve had, or ...

The First Ten Minutes of the Morning

Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You. Show me the way I should go, for to You I entrust ...

A Proverb a Day

Proverbs: Wisdom for Every Aspect of Your Life, in One Short Book Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced. Even a proverb is no proverb to you till your ...

Enneagram: Understanding and Leading Your Internal Parts

Editor's note: Are you a fan of the enneagram? It's fascinating! More Than Your Number, a brand new book by Beth and Jeff McCord digs deeper in and helps us, ...

How Does Your Garden Grow

You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. — Psalm 65:11 NLT Tabitha Brown is one of my favorite influencers. She’s a comedian, ...

First Fall Breeze

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. — Acts 3:19 You think ...

It’s Just Me and Jesus

In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. — Paul the Apostle, Romans 8:37 If you don’t necessarily feel like a conquering warrior today, ...

Protect Your Peace, Then Live in It

Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life. — Proverbs 4:23 CSB Anthony The other night I was performing at an event in South Florida, ...

Is Anxiety a Sin?

What Does Philippians Say about Anxiety? You’ve heard it. The most commonly cited verse about anxiety is Philippians 4:6: Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer ...

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