Be encouraged by God’s promises through articles that offer hope, peace, comfort, and confidence during every season of life.
It was a bitter 38 degrees, and though this was a 5k run we were about to tackle, runners were bundled up like we were about to build a snowman. With the wind and moisture, thermometers told us the ‘real feel’ was 29. We were here to celebrate physical wellness and mental wellness, and I…
“I love you this much,” He said. It wasn’t for the sake of being a martyr or making a scene with something so drastic to prove a point. They called it punishment. He accepted the pain as a price so you wouldn’t have to know the excruciating death of sin. The very things that try…
He’s the Author and the Finisher of our Faith. He’s all about finishing what He began in your life. He’s more passionate about your purpose than you are. When you look at what you’ve accomplished as your own doing, you must also accept your own unraveling. May I encourage you with this reminder that…
Life may have you competing for better positioning, or standing at the edge of your patience right now. Maybe circumstances have you curled up with fear or drowning in your own tears. I can’t take away the pain or turmoil, but as your sister in Christ, I want to point you to the One on…
Those who live by the law also live in the land of ‘what if’. It’s time to stop rewinding the reel of your broken dreams. The law says, ‘See what I did’. Grace says, ‘Look at what Jesus did.’ The devil can’t stand to see you free. He might be surrounding you with…
The heartbreak of being lonely temporarily is far less painful than the heartbreak of giving your heart to someone permanently and then discovering they didn’t deserve it, leaving you broken and left to start over again. You don’t even have to walk down the aisles filled with chocolate-covered hearts to see that Valentine’s Day is…
When you have no vision from God, no enthusiasm left in your life, and no one watching and encouraging you, it requires the grace of Almighty God to take the next step. To even take a step to the table to receive His Word, you need His grace. To lean into your family life when…
You said it was the end. Bankruptcy. Foreclosure. Pregnant. An STD. Divorced. Fired. Homeless. Jail. Cancer. Maybe you’re single and can’t remember the last date. You may be a new small business owner that’s barely scraping by. Or perhaps you quit your job, launched a dream working for yourself, and the projects are just not…
Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. – Walt Whitman When we want what we don’t have, we waste what we do have. To want what is no longer in our life is to waste what remains in our life. Be thankful that you don’t already have everything that…