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You Need Love

Some babies are born prematurely and enter this world fighting for life. About thirty years ago, doctors found a way to give such children a chance. They asked the mother ...

Use Your Shield of Faith

Bring Me all your feelings, even the ones you wish you didn’t have. Fear and anxiety still plague you. Feelings per se are not sinful, but they can be temptations ...

One Decision Away

Few Americans have stamped the collective consciousness of our country like Jonathan Edwards. He was an intellectual prodigy, entering Yale University at the age of twelve. And he is buried ...

7 Steps to Restoring Broken Relationships: Get Along with One Another

How to Get Along with One Another God has restored our relationship with Him through Christ, and has given us this ministry of restoring relationships. — 2 Corinthians 5:18 GWT ...

Very Great in the Little Things

This God is our God. — Psalm 48:14“God is great in great things, but very great in little things,” says Henry Dyer.A party stood on the Matterhorn admiring the sublimity ...

When Facing Uncertainty... God Has a Plan for Your Life

If you have ever moved, you have faced uncertainty. You know the hassle of boxing up all of your belongings and carting them to the new place. But Abram and ...

No Surprises for God

Editor’s Note: Adapted from ECPA Gold Medallion–winner Jesus Today®, this devotional has the same themes as the adult version, as well as written-out scriptures. It is a great choice for ...

Encouraging Friends

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. — John 15:13Treasure friends who encourage you, for they are precious gems. You can confidently ...

God Really Loves Idiosyncratic You

Bible Reading: Psalm 103:12-14A friend of mine, a pastor on my staff, told me that his father-in-law had wanted to express how much he appreciated him. At the time, my ...

How to Listen to the Voice of God

When preaching, I have found there are two kinds of listeners.The first kind are passive and nonchalant – people who can “take it or leave it” when it comes to ...

Keep It Clean

Have mercy on me, O God, because of Your unfailing love. Because of Your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. — Psalm 51:1My wife, Margi, and I ...

Coming Clean: Liberate Me

Editor’s Note: Seth Haines was in the hospital with his wife, planning funeral songs for their not-yet two-year-old, when he made a very conscious decision: this was the last day ...

A Lesson in Abundant Faith

Editor’s Note: Lessons on the Way to Heaven: What My Father Taught Me by Michael Fechner, Jr. is the story of Mike Fechner, a wealthy businessman whose life was transformed ...

Guts, Grace, and Glory

Editor’s Note: The most exciting time of the NFL football season is upon us, as fans around the country are gearing up for Superbowl Sunday. Enjoy this excerpt of Guts, ...

Trusting When We Cannot See: Rescue By Vomit

Editor’s Note: Devotions from the Beach is a lovely volume of devotions, a breath of fresh sea air to your soul. Today, you may be hip deep in snow and ...

Suffering: Seek Out and Embrace a More Nourishing Story

One way the brain processes upset is through telling itself stories from different angles until it settles on a narrative that fits and helps you move forward. One way you ...

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