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5 Prayers for a New Year

For all that is unknown about a new year, one thing you can know for sure is that new days are on their way. Whether you are the one who ...

Jehoshaphat, Isaiah, and Job: Prayers for a Time Such As This

For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You. — 2 Chronicles ...

God Will Help You Get Through Grief

We don’t discuss graveyards to brighten our day. Cemeteries aren’t typically known for their inspiration. But an exception was found in a graveyard near Bethany. And that one exception is ...

Grief Recovery Tool Kit

During a crisis, it is important to have the proper tools and equipment at your disposal. For the next few weeks, you will be introduced to several “tools” that will ...

Journal, Pray, Reflect, and Connect with God

Editor’s note: Have you heard about The Weekly Prayer Project? It’s part book, part journal with a challenge to spend 52 weeks in prayer and daily Bible meditation. It’s a fantastic ...

Prayer Is Essential

Editor’s note: According to our sister site BibleGateway.com, there was a significant increase in searches in 2020 about what the Bible says about politics. Here we are in another very ...

Prayers for Dads

Prayers for Dads I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. – Romans 1:16 Lord, by ...

Think About What You Think About

In her short thirteen years Rebecca Taylor has endured more than fifty-five surgeries and medical procedures and approximately one thousand days in the hospital. Christyn, Rebecca’s mom, talks about her ...

God Is Holding Your Hand

Breathe Deep and Know: You can give the worries you’re holding to the One who holds you in His hands. He is there to help you. Have you ever been ...

You Can Trust God When You Don’t Understand

Breathe Deep and Know: The way of God may not always make sense to you, but you can trust Him without fear. At the root of my fear is a ...

The Prayer of Jesus

For Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. — Matthew 6:13 NKJV I’ll never forget when my understanding of prayer changed forever. I was a sophomore ...

Prayers for Peace and Protection

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it ...

You Are One Prayer Away from a New Life

Editor’s note: Today is the National Day of Prayer in the United States. The theme for 2024 is Lift Up the Word – Light Up the World. Join us as ...

One Prayer Away: Give the Broken to God

You may be carrying something that you want to give to God, but you do not know how. Because broken pieces are the heaviest of all. Giving them to God ...

One Prayer Away: Show Up in Faith

You spend your days looking for an invitation. For signs. For circumstances. Something that points to God being ready to use you. But the truth is, He has been there ...

The Power of Connection

I am the vine; you are the branches. — John 15:5 People used to say my father and I favored each other. They said I had my dad’s smile (which ...

Free Resources

Free Online Bible Study with Lysa TerKeurst

Free Online Bible Study with Lysa TerKeurst

Having your trust broken can be life-altering, but it doesn't have to be life-ruining.... Join the FREE Online Bible Study with Lysa TerKeurst and get access to 6 study videos and other Bible study resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 1/21