Piece Peace

You know that feeling you get when you're finishing a puzzle and the last piece isn’t on the table or in the box, but then you look on the floor and there it is, just under the corner of the couch? I hope today is a found-the-missing-piece kind of day for you. "I pray your …

Good News

I have good news for you: no one but you has control over what you think and feel. And there's more good news: you're not in control of anyone else's thoughts and feelings, either. You get to love people without needing to fix them first. I may not be able to give you a satisfying …

Royalty Rises

“O Shepherd. You said you would make my feet like hinds' feet and set me upon High Places."“Well", he answered, "the only way to develop hinds' feet is to go by the paths which the hinds use.”—Hannah Hurnard, “Hinds' Feet on High Places” You are a beloved son or daughter of God. Think on that …

Mighty Warrior

Before Gideon was in the battle that made him famous in Sunday school, he first fought a battle over his own heart. Gideon saw himself as less than nothing, but God called him a "mighty man of valor," and kept encouraging Gideon to see himself and his circumstances as God did. As his thinking began …

Hope First

Your brain wants answers, but your heart wants hope. That's why God speaks to your heart first, because the hope he gives doesn't disappoint. Hope is how love sees the world, because love anticipates experiencing the goodness of God, regardless of what’s going on around you. When your heart is at rest in God's love, …