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The Importance of Reading Aloud to Kids (and Getting Truth Deep In Their Hearts!)

I didn’t grow up in a reading home, but when I was in the sixth grade my family moved next to a library and that changed everything. I fell in ...

F is for Fall Fun

Fall is my favorite season! I think I’d go in mourning if I ever had to move to an area of the world that doesn’t experience the crisp, cool breezes ...

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 ...

What am I Doing Wrong?

Have you ever thought, I’m doing everything I should be doing but not getting what I thought I would get? I told my husband I was doing Whole30, a thirty-day ...

Relentless: A Prison

A God who is with you in your doubt ~ John Flavel, Late minister of the Gospel at Dartmouth It was my third trip to the airport in four days. ...

Why Look Anywhere Else?

Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My ...

In an Elevator with a Sociopath

In what does this joy consist, the joy that makes the world’s half-hearted and hungover “hedonism” seem so intolerably dull? Is it the joy of being forgiven, declared not guilty ...

The Intersection of Love

Editor’s note: Yesterday, we shared a selection of devotions from the Grace for the Moment Bible. You can read it here. Today, we’re sharing even more of this wonderful Bible. ...

Who Does the Saving?

Editor’s note: Bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado invites you to drench yourself in grace as you spend a few moments each day in God’s Word. Excerpts from Max’s works, ...

Fixing Broken Relationships with Jacob

It’s always more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve the relationship. ~ Rick Warren, Twitter In the late fifteenth century, the Florentine sculptor Agostino d’Antonio di Duccio began ...

Learning to Be Loved: Wounds

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so ...

Why It’s Important to Bring Our Toughest Questions and Doubts to God without Fear or Shame

Editor’s note: What is a Christian to do when he or she has questions or problems that aren’t “acceptable” at church or in Christian circles? If people reject us won’t ...

Are You Living the Relaxed Life of Jesus?

Editor’s note: Yesterday, we shared a devotion from Megan Fate Marshman’s wonderful new book, Relaxed: Walking with the One Who Is Not Worried about a Thing. You can read it ...

I Don’t Have to Trust Myself

I’ve grappled with this thought for years: I need to trust God more. Yet time and time again, I find myself relying on my own ability to remember to trust ...

Becoming an Adult: Authority and Power

Editor’s note: Parents who are in the process of launching kids into adulthood (Me too!), this book is for you and your young people. Henry Cloud wrote Becoming an Adult ...

You Can trust God When You’re Afraid

Breathe Deep and Know: Your anxiety doesn’t have to bind you in fear, but it can be a signal to turn your heart to Christ and deepen your faith as ...

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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