The Prayer Snapshot: “The Love of Jesus”
While in prison, Paul wrote a beautiful prayer for the Ephesians. He prayed that they would fully grasp how wide, how long, how high, and how deep Jesus’s love was for them, (Ephesians 3:17b-18 GNT). As Christians, this is our prayer too. We pray that people everywhere may know the depths of Christ’s love for them. But did you know…
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Back to School?
When I look outside the window of my apartment, I can see the shop down the street advertising fall clothes. Families fill the sidewalks holding shopping bags with brightly colored notebooks, rulers and pencils. And the library is full of kids cashing in prizes for their summer reading points. It can mean only one thing: back to school. Whether you…
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Praying Together, Staying Together
Praying with my husband is a humbling, vulnerable act that has comforted us in times of trouble, encouraged us in times of doubt and empowered us in times of weakness. We have prayed anthems of praise and laments of sadness together, prayers of triumph and prayers of defeat. In any situation we face, we quickly turn to God for guidance.…
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7 Scripture Verses for When You’re Stressed Out
Your company isn’t doing well financially and is laying off employees. You may be next. Your husband is unhappy at work and comes home angry, impatient and irritable. You’ve just had a biopsy for a suspicious lump, and you’re awaiting test results. All of these scenarios induce stress, which can produce an array of physical and emotional symptoms. You may…
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Fighting Cancer with Faith
Mara and Mike had big plans for their future and for their children. They moved from the inner city and bought a small townhouse in the suburbs of Virginia. Mike secured a solid-paying job, the family found a loving church community, and the kids were happy in their new school. Life was good. But one day, Mike started having trouble…
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5 Things to Look for in a Christian Counselor
You and your husband are devout Christians, but you're having difficulty communicating. You've hit an impasse, and neither of you can move forward. You're drifting away from each other, and your marriage is headed for disaster. Who can you go to for help? A Christian counselor may be the answer. Whether secularly or biblically trained, these counselors believe in the…
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Mourning the Loss of a Loved One?
As a singer ministering to congregations that mourn, I am always struck by the universal look of sorrow I see among people who bid farewell to their loved one at a funeral service. Grief wears one face. There’s a blankness, a darkness, a somber look that transcends time, gender, profession, aspiration, ethnicity. Although I believe in the hope of the…
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