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The Dangerous Prayers of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
Martin Luther King Jr. is widely regarded as American’s leading advocate for nonviolence and one of the greatest leaders in world history. Dr. King led the American civil rights movement ...
Ways to Build Bridges When the World Wants Us to Choose a Side
Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance… — Proverbs 1:5 Have you looked around recently and wondered how the world became so ...
So Long Normal: What's So Bad about Normal?
INTRODUCTION Leader, read this section aloud to the group: Have you ever tried to grab your breath on a cold morning? It may seem like an odd question, but it’s ...
Emotions of Grief
Editor's note: Grief that comes with loss is overwhelming. Emotions are so heavy, we can stagger beneath the weight. Scripture becomes even more precious during bereavement because we remember that ...
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 ...
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 ...
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