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  • Sometimes Pain Is a Good Thing

    Kenisha Bethea | August 30, 2018

    "Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?” Romans 2:4 (NLT)

    • Patience
    • Kindness
  • Love Never Fails

    Tessa Afshar | August 29, 2018

    “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” Ephesians 3:17b-18 (NIV)

    • God's Love
    • Love
  • Can I Really Trust God?

    Sharon Jaynes | August 28, 2018

    “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18 (NIV)

    • God's Plan
    • Truth
  • Love Like That

    Les Parrott | August 27, 2018

    “Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.” Ephesians 5:2 (MSG)

    • Love
    • God's Love
  • The Staying Power of Sitting Still

    Stephanie Raquel | August 24, 2018

    “Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.” Job 2:13 (NIV)

    • Rest
  • When We’re Stuck In a Mess

    Lysa TerKeurst | August 23, 2018

    “Then the LORD said to me, ‘You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north.’” Deuteronomy 2:2-3 (NIV)

    • God's Plan
    • God's Perspective
    • Truth
    • Hope
  • When I Quit Believing in Eventually

    Jessica Honegger | August 22, 2018

    “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning — the sixth day.” Genesis 1:31 (NIV)

    • Perseverance
    • God's Character
  • What if Tomorrow Never Comes?

    Tracie Miles | August 21, 2018

    “How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog — it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.” James 4:14 (NLT)

    • Contentment
    • God's Plan
  • When Something is Taking More of You

    Suzie Eller | August 20, 2018

    “‘I have the right to do anything,’ you say — but not everything is beneficial. ‘I have the right to do anything’ — but I will not be mastered by anything.” 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV)

    • God's Plan
  • The Simple Blessing of Slowing Down

    Glynnis Whitwer | August 17, 2018

    “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)

    • Peace
    • Patience
  • Just a Little Sin?

    Lysa TerKeurst | August 16, 2018

    “Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.” Genesis 37:17b-18 (NIV)

    • God's Plan
    • God's Perspective
    • God's Character
  • How Well Do We Serve?

    Lauren Dungy | August 15, 2018

    “But Jesus called them together and said, ‘You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant.’” Matthew 20:25-26 (NLT)

    • Serving Others
  • The Glares that Changed the Way I See Others

    Amy Carroll | August 14, 2018

    “This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’” Zechariah 7:9-10 (NIV)

    • God's Perspective
    • Loving Others
  • When God Breathes Courage

    Lynn Cowell | August 13, 2018

    “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)

    • Fear
    • Faith
  • Smarter and Stronger Than We Think

    Arlene Pellicane | August 10, 2018

    “If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (NIV)

  • 5 Questions to Know If We're Hearing From God

    Lysa TerKeurst | August 9, 2018

    “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)

    • God's Love
  • Rethinking Intimacy

    Juli Slattery | August 8, 2018

    “So Jesus told them this story: ‘If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?’” Luke 15:3-4 (NLT)

    • Healing
    • Hope
  • Because Band-Aids Can't Fix Everything

    Alicia Bruxvoort | August 7, 2018

    “For You, O Eternal One, have come to my aid and offered me relief.” Psalm 86:17b (VOICE)

    • God's Word
    • God's Perspective
  • That Stranger on the Bench

    Chrystal Evans Hurst | August 6, 2018

    “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” Hebrews 13:2 (NIV)

    • Loving Others
  • What Do You See When You Look in the Mirror?

    Sharon Jaynes | August 3, 2018

    “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2a (NIV)

    • God's Perspective
    • Truth

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