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Therefore encourage one another and build each other up... — 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Some people just have that special touch, the right words to say, the right things to do, the ...

Morris Brown African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was packed. The lower level of the sanctuary had standing room only. The balcony was at capacity too. Those who didn’t get a ...

Editor’s note: Today is National Day of Encouragement — a perfect time to lift up a friend or neighbor with words of hope or a visit. Maybe you need some ...

Editor’s Note: What if we viewed the Bible as God’s great love letter to His people? What would happen if we looked at His story, His Book, in a different ...

Editor’s note: Enjoy reading as well as listening to this devotion below, or on your Alexa device. Simply enable the “devotionals” skill on Alexa and ask her to read today’s ...

We’re an addicted generation. We don’t think of ourselves as addicted, but we are. That’s a tough blanket to spread, isn’t it? Mention the word addicted and the tone in ...

I have fond memories of my grandparents and the times I spent at their home each summer. Our family ate watermelon and cantaloupe freshly picked from local farms. My brother ...

After the dark period described in the Old Testament book of Judges, Israel’s desperate situation began to turn around with the prayer of a woman named Hannah. She had had ...

Watch This Introduction from Julie Roys “The happiest day of my life was when they said, ‘It’s a boy!’” That one comment, uttered by her father in front of a ...

Maybe you’re looking for an instant fix to your anger. You want to be changed overnight. But a real and lasting fix seldom arrives instantaneously. God morphs our life little ...

When you identify and remove weeds from your garden, you make room for new things to grow. You prepare for greatness by clearing the soil for the seeds God wants ...

Editor’s note: If your life feels like a hectic, noisy, runaway train, you’re in good company. Nicole Johnson (you may remember her from Women of Faith) shares her story of ...

I haven’t baked bread since college, when I went through a brief but intense baguette phase, baking pan after pan of slim loaves, wrapping them in dish towels while they ...

Up on the Mountaintop The storm is brewing in the mountaintop. Clouds become a stage for lightning dances.Thunder rolls in a distant Heaven.
Soaring above, predators scan meadowsFor the most vulnerable ...

If He Didn’t Forget, How Could We Pray?He ForgotI was thanking the Father today for His mercy. I began listing the sins He’d forgiven. One by one I thanked God ...

Standing Tall, Falling HardFor the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world. He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the ...