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Persisting in Prayer

An Execution and a Rescue Acts 12 tells the incredible story of Peter’s supernatural deliverance from prison. He gets thrown into jail for his faith in Jesus, has a public ...

Power of Your Words

Editor’s note: Let’s make 2023 the year of doing family devotions together. It doesn’t have to be every day, or a particular time of day. Whatever works for your family ...

Make Lemonade (Good News for the Sour Seasons)

Read Psalms 115–118 When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. This is a popular phrase encouraging a person to make the best out of the difficult situations we experience in ...

When God Is Silent

Prayer Desolation I stood under the dim streetlamp, staring at my phone. Flight canceled. Not rescheduled. Canceled. I stuttered my excuses to a disinterested Lyft driver, closed the backseat door, ...

Where You Go, I Go

But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be ...

It’s a New Day

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. —  James 1:17 NIV Hi, friends. ...

Our Witness

Scripture in This Session John 15:26–27, Hebrews 11:4, Acts 1:8 Welcome to session 2 of the Jesus Followers Bible study! We continue our study discussing Scripture about Our Witness. In ...

I Am Provided For

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more ...

Caregiving: To the Community of Faith

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I go up to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in ...

Those Who Sow in Tears Shall Reap with Shouts of Joy!

A Bottle of Your Tears When I opened the gift from my friend, I wasn’t quite sure what it was. The small glass bottle was a beautiful cobalt blue, about ...

My Strength

Marvelous Savior, Help me to find Joy in You — for You are my Strength. I know that keeping Joy alive is crucial, especially when I’m in the throes of ...

How to Read the Bible in a Year

If you’ve ever been unsuccessful in an attempt to read through the Bible in one year, you probably know that Leviticus is where it starts to go wrong. Genesis is ...

10 Tips for Memorizing Scripture

Believe it or not, our brains have an almost unlimited capacity for remembering things. Research by Paul Reber, professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, shows that our memory storage capacity ...

Thoughts on Unity

Since I was a child, I’ve been studying the Torah. I attended Hebrew school two days a week in addition to regular school and synagogue, keeping me rather busy for ...

He Has Come

They will call Him Immanuel — which means, “ God with us.” — Matthew 1:23 Prince of Peace. — Isaiah 9:6   There’s a song in the air! There’s a ...

Mary, God’s Humble Servant

Bible Verses My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all ...

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