
How to Pray for Your Nation: Wisdom from God’s Word
It’s a common question: “Where are you from?” Many of us have spent our whole lives in the nations we call home, while others are building new lives far from their birthplace. None of us can choose where we are born or the blessings or challenges that come with living there. For Christians, the question “Where are you from?”…
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5 Verses of Hope When You Worry About the Future
Your eyes flutter open after a restful sleep warmly tucked under the covers. You yawn, stretch, and take a deep sigh. But as your feet hit the cold, hard floor, reality comes flooding back to you. In those blissful moments between sleep and waking, you almost forgot about the quarantine, the thousands of people fighting for their lives in hospitals,…
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Trade Winter Blues for God’s Joy
In just two days, we’ll live through the shortest day of the year. And I will hate every second of it. Okay, that’s a little dramatic. But all this winter cold and darkness makes me long for 9 pm sunsets, ice cream, boardwalks, and the sea’s salty air. Winter feels like slowness. Like a forced kindergarten nap. Like the agony…
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Love Yourself the Way God Loves You
I smiled at my little nephew, heart swelling with pride. There he was on the school stage, tie askew, singing “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” loudly and badly. He didn’t know the hand motions. He got carried away and sang the closing note for too long. And at one point he accidentally flopped his hand into the person next to him…
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4 Prayers for Guidance When you Feel Trapped
I never thought I’d watch a movie about a man cutting off his own arm. But there I was, eyes glued to the screen, watching James Franco stab himself. The movie, 127 Hours, is based on the true story of a climber whose arm was trapped by a falling boulder in a 3-foot-wide canyon he was climbing. After five days…
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5 Bible Verses to Overcome Exhaustion After Work
It’s 6 o’clock. You shuffle into the house, not even bothering to take off your shoes before plopping down on the couch. Is too early to go to sleep? you ask yourself. But then you remember all the things you still have to do, and you groan. There are a million text messages to respond to. You have to prepare…
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6 Bible Verses For When You’re Having a Terrible Day
Sometimes minor incidents can turn the best mornings into the worst afternoons. Has this ever happened to you? Maybe you wake up feeling rested, take your time getting ready and get only green lights on your way to work—all the makings of a positive, productive day. But then—less than an hour into your morning—your boss calls you into her office…
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