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Wild About You: Wounds

About HER Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. — Psalm 25:16 To do any sort of justice to a book for women ...

Who is going to be in Heaven?

There is one question that all children of God have wondered about at one time or another. It’s an important and personal question. For some of us, it’s the biggest ...

Bitter or Better?

Editor’s note: In The Unfair Advantage, Pastor Aaron Burke takes a look at the unfair seasons Joseph endures in the book of Genesis and shows how his struggles are very ...

Mental Health: Thank God That I Am Not God

Do you remember the scene in the movie Rudy when he’s trying to get accepted into Notre Dame but it’s not looking good so he goes to a priest for ...

The Living Water: Living with struggles today gives us another reason to worship God

Editor’s note: Country Music artist and podcaster Granger Smith lays a path through grief in his book Like a River. Granger and his wife, Amber lost their son, River, to ...

Don't Carry Your Burdens Alone: 5 Scriptures That Address Key Issues Teens Face Today

I have three teen daughters and one more who is right on their tail. I’ve also raised teen sons into adulthood. (Quite a feat!) During the teen years, there are ...

In the Waiting

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my ...

Learn from Hagar

Hagar was the woman Sarah instructed to sleep with her husband in order to get pregnant so her husband could have a son. Remember, this was normal back then, but ...

5 Powerful Prayers to Pray for Your Kids from Head to Toe

Editor's note: How do you pray for your kids? What prayers for them will be effective? If you want to pray for your children, praying for them from head to ...

The Myth: “If I’m a Good Christian, Then Nothing Bad Will Happen to Me”

Editor's note: Flourish: The NIV Bible for Women includes Myths articles which expose commonly accepted myths of our culture that many women believe—misconceptions about love, relationships, God, fulfillment, sex, faith, identity, and ...

Put Your Hope to Work

Editor’s note: Hope is easy to lose and hard to find, but there is never a season when hope is out of reach. Every Christian eventually has her hope broken, ...

In the Morning When I Rise

  As you get out of bed in the morning, be aware of My Presence with you. You may not be thinking clearly yet, but I am. Your early morning ...

Leaving a Legacy of Prayer: The Praying Example of Susanna Wesley

If a passing stranger walking through the rural village of Epworth, England, on any given day between 1700 and 1720 had peered through the window of the home of the ...

Being Unoffendable: The Ridiculous Idea

Okay. So this may sound like the dumbest thing you’ve ever read, but here goes: You can choose to be “unoffendable.” I actually heard a guy say this at a ...

Shout to the Lord

1993 The Bible contains promises for every problem and a word of assurance for every need. When faced with anger or anxiety, we can always find a word from God ...

Don't Waste Your Pain

Silver Linings in Dark Places Surveying the various good outcomes God frequently produces from our agonies requires a careful word of caution. Because knowing the mind of God is impossible ...

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