When God Is God, and You Are Not
Do you ever feel like it would be easier to solve all your problems yourself? Wouldn’t it feel great to make your financial worries disappear? Or bypass uncomfortable conversations with friends? Don’t you wish you could make yourself more patient, more disciplined, or more talented? In a moment, your entire life could be free of stress, worry, and pain. Or…
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5 Psalms For When You Fear the Future
When you fear the future, the struggle often feels all-consuming. “What ifs” seem to run wild in your mind. You strive to focus on the task at hand—but without fail, you surrender to a fear that feels insurmountable. What does tomorrow hold? What if the future feels hopeless? While submitting your latest rent payment, you may fear living paycheck to…
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Prayers for Loving Hard-to-Love Friends
Sometimes, my friends help me experience joy and fulfillment; other times, they lead me to experience the opposite of joy and fulfillment. When connecting with friends who bring frustration and despair into our relationship, my patience often wears thin, my ability to listen diminishes and my sense of empathy washes away. In these moments, I struggle to love my neighbor…
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3 Bible Verses for When You Feel Judged By Others
As I walk through my daily routine—wake up, head to work, run errands, return home—I expose myself to opinions, judgments and perceptions from a wide range of people. But entirely too often, as I carry the weight of these judgments, I allow the opinions of others to dictate my opinion of myself. A co-worker may criticize my work and, without…
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Nasty, Nice, or Not Into It
It’s increasingly clear that the younger generation is a significant mission field. As we plan effective ministry in the coming years, we will have to address the unique traits of the millennials, people now thirty and younger. The “Millennials and the Bible” survey commissioned by American Bible Society and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, produced by Barna Group, keeps giving us important…
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Prayers For When Marriage Feels Harder Than You Expected
Every marriage has its moments. You accidently exceed the monthly budget, and your spouse feels frustrated and discouraged. Your spouse shares a thought about your in-laws and, no matter how hard to try to brush off the comment, you can’t help but engage in an argument. Often, lofty pre-marital expectations send couples down a road of disappointment. The idealistic picture…
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How Can I Trust God When I’m Struggling with Financial Hardship?
Following the 2008 recession, my father was laid off three times in two years due to organizational downsizing. Without notice, our circumstances changed dramatically. The comfortable life we had embraced, including a spacious house and beautiful commute along mountains and rivers, was gone. We moved to a more populated, lower income neighborhood, where police officers regularly made arrests for illegal…
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