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  • When Church Is the Hardest Place To Go

    Taylor Joy Murray | September 27, 2024

    “Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, 'Do you see this woman?'” Luke 7:44a (ESV)

    • God's Love
    • God's Character
    • Emotions
    • Healing
  • Laying Down What Was Never Mine To Carry

    Lysa TerKeurst | September 26, 2024

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

    • Rest
    • Control
    • Trust
    • Surrender
  • The Fight for Your Sacred Space

    Lisa Bevere | September 25, 2024

    “And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.” Mark 3:25 (ESV)

    • God's Love
    • Identity in Christ
  • Just When It Looks Like Evil Is Winning …

    Lysa TerKeurst | September 24, 2024

    “So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai.” Esther 7:10a (NIV)

    • Trust
    • God's Plan
    • Justice
  • Why Your Husband Struggles With Loneliness

    Jefferson Bethke | September 23, 2024

    “… I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” John 15:15 (NIV)

    • Emotions
    • Relationships
    • Friendship
    • Loneliness
  • Dear God, I Don’t Know Which Way To Go

    Jennifer Dukes Lee | September 20, 2024

    “But the Lord said, ‘Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.’” Acts 9:15 (NLT)

    • Obedience
    • God's Plan
    • Prayer
    • Direction
  • What We Don’t Trust, We Will Try To Control

    Lysa TerKeurst | September 19, 2024

    “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34 (NIV)

    • Anxiety
    • Trust
    • Control
  • Embracing Interruptions

    Gretchen Saffles | September 18, 2024

    "And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed." Mark 1:35 (ESV)

    • God's Word
    • Patience
    • God's Plan
  • Loss Doesn’t Also Have To Take Our Hope

    Lysa TerKeurst | September 17, 2024

    “Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.” 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (NIV)

    • God's Love
    • Trust
    • Hope
    • Grief
  • Open Your Heart and Your Home To Build Deeper Connections

    Becky Harling | September 16, 2024

    “Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.” 1 Peter 4:9 (NIV)

    • Loneliness
    • God's Love
    • Relationships
  • God’s Unchanging Plans

    Karen Wingate | September 13, 2024

    “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” Proverbs 16:3 (NIV)

    • Direction
    • Change
    • God's Plan
  • What Makes Rejection and Betrayal So Awful

    Lysa TerKeurst | September 12, 2024

    “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” John 12:46 (NIV)

    • Relationships
    • Forgiveness
    • Trust
    • Healing
    • Grace
  • Rest Assured: Why God Wants More for Us Than Sunday Naps

    Rachel Booth Smith | September 11, 2024

    “Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” Genesis 2:3 (NIV)

    • God's Character
    • Exhaustion
    • Rest
  • Your Race at Your Pace

    Meghan Ryan Asbury | September 10, 2024

    “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us ...” Hebrews 12:1 (NIV)

    • Contentment
    • Jealousy
    • Comparison
  • If You're Walking a Road That's Still Really Hard

    Lysa TerKeurst | September 9, 2024

    “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)

    • Hope
    • Trust
    • Perseverance
  • Let Me Finish

    Sharon Garlough Brown | September 6, 2024

    “I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy. I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.” Psalm 142:1-2 (NIV)

    • Waiting on God
    • Emotions
    • Prayer
  • When Life Isn’t Turning Out Like You Thought It Would

    Lysa TerKeurst | September 5, 2024

    “Then the word of the LORD came to me: 'O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.'" Jeremiah 18:5-6 (ESV)

    • Surrender
    • God's Character
    • Trust
  • If You’re Somewhere You Don’t Want To Be

    Jenny Wheeler | September 4, 2024

    “Pursue the well-being of the city I have deported you to. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for when it thrives, you will thrive.” Jeremiah 29:7 (CSB)

    • Obedience
    • God's Plan
    • Loneliness
  • Perfect Peace Is Possible

    Lysa TerKeurst | September 3, 2024

    "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you." Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)

    • Trust
    • Peace
  • Gray Areas of Motherhood: What To Do When There’s No Clear Right Answer

    Emily A. Jensen and Laura Wifler | September 2, 2024

    “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” James 1:5 (ESV)

    • Wisdom
    • Decisions
    • Family
    • Parenting

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