Count It All Joy: 6 Bible Verses to Help You Rejoice in God
When life is going well, it’s easy to feel happy, fulfilled, and satisfied. But then, the storms come. Worry, frustration, and discouragement set in. Before you know it, any fleeting sense of happiness is drowned in the realities of our broken world. Can joy survive the most difficult moments of our lives? The Bible’s definition of joy is different than…
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4 Verses to Handle Being Stressed Out of Your Mind
Why do bad things like to happen all at once? I imagine all my greatest fears huddled together in a dimly-lit basement, plotting their coordinated attack. I’ll make her feel unsafe by making her have to find a new place to live, one cackles. Another fear whispers, You know what would be fun? Giving her a new, mysterious health problem…
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George Washington’s Favorite Bible Verse
I once heard a story from an art teacher who led a college group on a tour of the great cathedrals of Europe. After visiting several, some students asked why so many paintings featured a woman with a baby. Several historians see a parallel in their field. As our culture has become more secular, we are losing touch with the…
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Regional Prayer Focus: America and the Bible
I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was standing at my desk, listening to a co-worker share her grief over her declining health and debilitating bouts with depression. I listened and prayed with her. Then I suggested she read the Bible for encouragement, but she responded, “Thanks, but the Bible isn’t exhaustive.” My friend didn’t think the Bible…
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How To Get Your Kids Engaged in Scripture This Summer
Adapted from “Now Is the Time Parents’ Guide” by Margi McCombs. If you’re a parent, you might not share in your kids’ joy as you anticipate weeks and weeks of no school. By mid-summer, you’ve gone through an untold number of ice pops. VBS was ages ago. September is eons from now. Unstructured time can be tough for parents, but…
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Caring for the Wounded in Our Nation
Bible-based trauma healing is helping countless people around the world heal from tragedies such as war, famine, domestic violence, and abuse. But did you know trauma healing is also bringing the healing power of Scripture to people here in the United States? A network of prison and jail chaplains provide trauma healing ministry to inmates in 22 states and 88…
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Everything You Need To Know About Luke
The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts together make up more than twenty-five percent of our New Testament—more than the letters of Paul. These books, a carefully crafted two-part account of Jesus and the early church, were written by a single author, traditionally identified as “Luke the physician” (see Colossians 4:14). But who was Luke, and what can…
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