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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 ...

ANTS, or Automatic Negative Thoughts, impact children and adults alike but can be combatted with God’s truths.As I sat in my son’s bed reading a bedtime story I heard my ...

When people walk down the street, most of them instinctively look at their reflections in the windows. It’s a knee-jerk reaction. I believe there are two mirrors in each of ...

Then He turned to the host. ‘The next time you put on a dinner, don’t just invite your friends and family and rich neighbors, the kind of people who will ...

God is the Great Provider.I’d known that since childhood, but I didn’t truly recognize His personal provision for our every need until I was in my early thirties, with two ...

It was that time of the year when you could feel a mixture of intense emotions in the air — the joy of the semester almost being done, along with ...

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. — Romans 8:28 NIVPeople collect ...