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  • When Good Intentions Get in the Way

    Kristine Brown | July 22, 2016

    "And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD! Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it." 2 Samuel 7:20-21 (ESV)

  • If You Ever Feel Lonely, Read This

    Lysa TerKeurst | July 21, 2016

    “Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses.” Psalm 25:16-17 (ESV)

    • Loneliness
  • A Praiseworthy Life

    Cynthia Heald | July 20, 2016

    Should I be "afraid" of God?

  • When Rejection Steals the Best of Who I Am

    Lysa TerKeurst | July 19, 2016

    “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” James 1:19 (NIV)

    • Rejection
  • Decisions, Decisions

    Karen Ehman | July 18, 2016

    "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." John 15:12-13 (NIV)

  • When I Feel Like a Fraud

    Kristi Woods | July 15, 2016

    “My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:2 (NIV)

  • Seeing Beauty Instead of Pain

    Lysa TerKeurst | July 14, 2016

    “The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.” Luke 8:14 (NIV)

    • Faith
  • Freedom From the Facade

    Amy Carroll | July 13, 2016

    "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48 (NIV)

  • How’s Your Heart?

    Boyd Bailey | July 12, 2016

    "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

  • No One is Beyond the Reach of Truth

    Lysa TerKeurst | July 11, 2016

    "'Return home and tell how much God has done for you.' So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.'" Luke 8:39 (NIV)

    • Friendship
  • When You Can't Seem to Do Enough

    Alicia Bruxvoort | July 8, 2016

    "... And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him." 2 Corinthians 3:18b (TLB)

  • There's a Lady at the Gym Who Hates Me

    Lysa TerKeurst | July 7, 2016

    "The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing." Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV)

  • When Life Keeps Spinning

    Angela Thomas-Pharr | July 6, 2016

    "For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate ? For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing." Romans 7:15,18b-19 (ESV)

  • You Are (Un)Invited

    Lysa TerKeurst | July 5, 2016

    “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” James 4:8a (ESV)

    • Rejection
  • It's OK to Need a Shoulder to Lean On

    Lynn Cowell | July 4, 2016

    "While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon's Colonnade." Acts 3:11 (NIV)

  • God Goes Before You and Follows You

    Wendy Pope | July 1, 2016

    "You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head." Psalm 139:5 (NLT)

  • Please Don't Give Me a Christian Answer

    Lysa TerKeurst | June 30, 2016

    "Jesus wept." John 11:35 (NIV)

  • Playing Favorites

    Karen Ehman | June 29, 2016

    "My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism." James 2:1 (NIV)

  • When a Mom Keeps a List of Her Mistakes

    Becky Thompson | June 28, 2016

    "As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." Psalm 103:12 (NIV)

  • The Most UN-Romantic Marriage Advice I Ever Heard

    Stephanie Raquel | June 27, 2016

    “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:13 (NIV)

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