Need Hope Today? Guide Your Prayers with These 3 Scriptures
When was the last time you felt good about the future? Many of us spend our days watching negative news stories flash across our screens. We try our best to avoid heated debates on politics and religion with friends and family members. We see division growing in our churches, schools, and communities. It’s no surprise that we often find hope…
READ MORE
Latest Blog Posts
4 Prayers for When You’re Starting Over
Life often feels like a never-ending game of Jenga, doesn’t it? You cautiously build your tower—one block after another, one decision after the next—until your structure begins to look slanted and misshaped. You carefully make your next move, hoping for the best as you delicately pull a block from beneath the swaying stack of wood. But without warning, everything comes…
READ MORE
5 Bible Verses for When Life Feels Out of Control
As I placed my key into the ignition—and started my car alone, in the dark, after an 11-hour day—I took a deep breath. Inhale, exhale, repeat. On this particular day, I felt as though I had not paused to breath since I rose from my bed so many hours before. For the past week, life had spiraled into a state…
READ MORE
5 Bible Verses for When You Doubt God
When life makes sense, I rarely question God. Why would I? As I coast through each day with a smile on my face, brimming with self-confidence, I feel his presence, provision and love. But as soon as this security fades, I begin to doubt. My high-flying approach to life doesn’t feel so high anymore, causing me to wonder if God…
READ MORE
How Can the Bible Teach You to Pray?
There is no set way to pray—one culture may pray by using dramatic movements in their bodies, while another may pray by sitting quietly. The year I graduated from college, I spent three months teaching English in Tanzania. I lived in a small village outside of Arusha, down rocky dirt roads and green open countryside. Throughout the day, our small…
READ MORE
5 Bible Verses for Beating the Monday Blues
When I finally open my eyes on Monday mornings, I often hope that I’m somehow mistaken— that I’ve actually woken up on a Sunday. And then, after daydreaming for entirely too long, I stand up, drop a bagel in the toaster and spend time with my wife, who typically feels just as sluggish as I do. As I think deeper…
READ MORE
Not The Way I Planned It
Like any young girl, I always imagined growing up and having a perfect little family: three kids, a house, some grass and, you know, a husband. In a million years, I never thought I’d be living as a single parent. See, it didn’t start off that way. I got married to someone I met at church and, after two years,…
READ MOREGOD'S WORD HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM
Share the Bible where it is needed most.
