Secret to Contentment Chuck SwindollAnd I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message without fear. (Phi...  Read More

Despite Your Circumstances Chuck SwindollA mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.Around midnight Paul and Silas were...  Read More

A Graceful LifeBy Vivian Bricker“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9From the moment we come to know Jesus, we are blessed. We are blessed because we now know the Savior of our souls, our Redeemer, and our greatest Friend. Although we are now just coming to know Him, H...  Read More

When You Feel ForgottenBy Cindi McMenamin “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14 (NIV)Do you ever panic when circumstances look bleak, thinking that maybe God has forgotten you? Perhaps it’s an unexpected bill you have to pay or a deadline that takes you by surprise. Maybe it’s just something you’ve been praying for and you feel overlooked.There are times I’ve start...  Read More

A Better Kind of HappinessGreg Laurie“God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.” (Matthew 5:6 NLT)The Bible gives a completely different view of happiness than this world gives. According to Scripture, happiness is never something that we should seek directly. Rather, it is always something that results in seeking something else.If we seek holiness, we will f...  Read More

How Do I Trust God When I Don’t Understand What He’s Doing?By Becky Harling“You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” – John 13:7There have been moments in my life when different trials have blindsided me. Things like cancer, unexpected job loss, or a host of other situations where I felt caught off guard by what I believed to be true about God. Ever been there?Recent...  Read More

Your Weakness, God's PowerBayless Conley2 Corinthians 12:9 is a powerful reminder of God's provision for you and me when we reach the end of our strength."My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."When Paul wrote these words, he was being harassed everywhere he went by an evil spirit that he referred to as "a thorn in the flesh." It was a messenger sent from Sata...  Read More

Wreck the Devil’s Plan for Your LifeBy Kelly Balarie“(Love) bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” – 1 Cor. 13:7Does this person even want to have a relationship with me? I wondered that as I stared at my text message. I had sent them an audio recording from my heart. I got back a few words via text message. A week later, wanting to stay in relationship, I se...  Read More

Leaning into God’s WhisperBy Laura Bailey “The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then, a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fir...  Read More

Gideon: A Fearful Man with a Mighty Missionby Jennifer Waddle“O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” Judges 6:15It was during a period of great famine and impoverishment, that a man named Gideon was chosen to deliver Israel from the bondage of other nations. The Midianites, Amalekites, and others from the east had forc...  Read More

Demonstrating Our FaithTony Evans“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1-2).Biblical faith is not amorphous. We don’t believe in Santa Clause or the Tooth Fairy—they have no substance or reality to them. Faith believes in the character and the promises of a very real God. We demonstrate our faith by acting on His Word.Have you ever turned on yo...  Read More

A Pattern for WorshipTony Evans“Even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary” (Hebrews 9:1).Many of us can remember watching our mothers make dresses when we were children. Patiently, they would cut out a pattern, pin it to the fabric, and then carefully cut out the pieces so they could be sewn together. The pattern was a guideline for something greater—a dre...  Read More