Do you feel you can’t be real with anyone?  Take this free online course on the topic of secrets. Join us for our Daily Devotional Chat today in our Women’s Chatroom at 10:30 am EDT. What will your hands be busy with today? Do you feel grateful for the tasks at hand? Is there joy in doing what’s on your list... >Read More

Tags: annoy, busy, Chat, choice, frustrate, gail rodgers, grateful, Mark Buchanan, prayer, Psalmist

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What do you crave? This study will help you. “This same Jesus, who has been taken from you will come back in the same way you have seen Him go” (Acts 1:11). We were driving through the city. Our son, daughter – in – law and three-year-old granddaughter were with us. To keep my granddaughter occupied, I began to sing... >Read More

Tags: busy, eternity, granddaughter, Jesus, katherine kehler, king, mall, Meet the King, songs

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Are you feeling ready to walk away from a relationship – are you possibly even considering divorce? We want to pray for you. “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope” (Psalm 130: 5). Have you wondered what God is doing when you can’t see him? Have you ever felt that He... >Read More

Tags: afraid, busy, forgotten, frustrated, God, help, hope, silent, trust, wait

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How do the events we see on the news compare to what the scriptures say? Discover God's viewpoint on history. In his book, Standing on the Promises, Lewis Smedes writes: “Back in the days when I was teaching religion at Calvin College, I liked sometimes to tease my students with this pious, this sneaky question: ‘How many of you want...... >Read More

Tags: burdens, busy, Calvin College, companion, complicated, heaven, Jesus Christ, journey, joy and fulfillment, Lewis Smedes, Marilyn Ehle, religion, retreat, traveling

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Has your world shattered and left you with no hope for your marriage? It had been a heavy week, incredibly busy and in the midst of it all, people all around me who were hurting. As I sat down with my Bible in hand, I wondered what it was that God was going to remind me about today. As... >Read More

Tags: barren dessert, busy, doris beck, hurting, life-giving water, listen, pray, rest, soul, storm clouds, Thanksgiving, weary, worry

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Have you left your heart unguarded? Want to pray about it? Join us for our Daily Devotional Chat today in our Women’s Chatroom at 10:30 am EDT. Susan was feeling frayed around the edges. She felt irritated within herself and couldn’t put her finger on anything. Sighing, she finished folding the last load of laundry so there would... >Read More

Tags: anxiouse, busy, calmness, gail rodgers, God, guard, insight, peace, stability, strength, wisdom

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On the blog: Tell us how you view time Have you ever considered that redeeming time might mean managing time less, and paying attention more? Often our time management is so rigid that it doesn’t allow for interruptions—for the joy of life to flow through our day. Some of those interruptions are actually the things that help the joy of...... >Read More

Tags: busy, God, Jen Bowz, joy, Men, relaxation, rest, Self, Time, Women

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