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  • Breaking the Cycle of Toxic Thoughts

    Leah DiPascal | April 24, 2015

    "This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live." Deuteronomy 30:19 (NIV)

  • Did I Hear God Wrong?

    Lysa TerKeurst | April 23, 2015

    "For we live by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV)

  • When Concern Consumes Me

    Renee Swope | April 22, 2015

    "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 (NIV)

  • Hope for When You Feel Squeezed and Broken

    Michelle McKinney Hammond | April 21, 2015

    "But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden." Genesis 39:20b-21 (NIV)

  • Is There Room for Me?

    Glynnis Whitwer | April 20, 2015

    "Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.'" Matthew 9:37-38 (NIV)

  • The Cure for Envy

    Liz Curtis Higgs | April 17, 2015

    "A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones." Proverbs 14:30 (NIV)

  • When I Want to Be Mean

    Lysa TerKeurst | April 16, 2015

    "So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)

  • The Danger of an Empty Heart

    Lynn Cowell | April 15, 2015

    "You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing." Psalm 145:16 (NIV)

  • The Miracle of Friendship

    Melanie Shankle | April 14, 2015

    "As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul." 1 Samuel 18:1 (ESV)

  • What Does Real Love Look Like?

    Nicki Koziarz | April 13, 2015

    "And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’" Matthew 25:40 (ESV)

    • Friendship
    • Serving Others
    • God's Love
    • God's Character
    • Encouraging Others
  • The One Sin I Thought was Unforgivable

    Tracie Miles | April 10, 2015

    "So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus." Romans 8:1 (NLT)

    • Forgiveness
  • It's Time to Tell Someone

    Suzie Eller | April 8, 2015

    "I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow." 1 Corinthians 3:6-7 (NLT)

    • Salvation
    • God's Love
  • Stuck in the Muck

    Rachel Randolph | April 7, 2015

    "He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand." Psalm 40:2 (NIV)

    • Time with God
    • Endurance
    • God's Love
  • When You're Stuck in the Middle

    Alicia Bruxvoort | April 6, 2015

    "Then Jesus became explicit, ‘Lazarus died. And I am glad for your sakes that I wasn’t there. You’re about to be given new grounds for believing. Now let’s go to him.’" John 11:14-15 (MSG)

    • Faith
    • Disappointment
    • Time with God
    • Waiting on God
    • Hope
  • But I'd Rather Sleep Than Pray

    Karen Ehman | April 3, 2015

    "Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, ‘So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour? Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.’" Matthew 26:40-41 (HCSB)

    • Prayer
  • And Then I Received Another Rejection Letter

    Lysa TerKeurst | April 2, 2015

    "Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage ? with great patience and careful instruction." 2 Timothy 4:2 (NIV)

    • God's Plan
  • When Being Quiet Just Isn't Enough

    Sheila Walsh | April 1, 2015

    "Don't be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God." 1 Peter 3:3-4 (NLT)

    • Identity in Christ
    • God's Love
  • Moving From Grief to Grace

    Susan Mead | March 31, 2015

    "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." Psalm 147:3 (NIV)

    • Healing
  • One Holy Morning

    Liz Curtis Higgs | March 30, 2015

    "Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb …" John 20:1 (NIV)

    • God's Love
  • Real Love Bleeds

    Chrystal Evans Hurst | March 27, 2015

    "We love because he first loved us." 1 John 4:19 (ESV)

    • Serving Others
    • God's Love
    • Encouraging Others

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Establishing the Work of Your Hands

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“And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands—yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.” Psalm 90:17 (AMPC)

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Three Areas We Can Trust God With Today

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“You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. And before the LORD your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.” Deuteronomy 14:22-23 (ESV)

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