Breakthrough This New Year
Are the people in your house about to embark on another set of New Year's resolutions? Encourage your loved ones towards the goal. If you're feeling stuck, here are a few simple, deliberate steps that can help propel you from vision into action.
1. Commit. You might take a step or two in the right direction, but until you are... >Read More
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Home for Christmas
Are you lonely this Christmas? Come talk to a mentor.
In 1962 I was preaching in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was single and it was Christmas time. I was heading home to Michigan to enjoy the holidays with my family.
It was an extremely cold day and it was snowing. The wind was howling out of the north, blowing thick clouds of... >Read More
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In Search of the Christmas Spirit
The holidays can be challenging. If you need someone to talk to, come talk to a mentor.
One Christmas, I came across an article in a local newspaper by an articulate columnist named Bill Johnson. His column was titled, "A Lesson in Catching the Christmas Spirit." Johnson began his search for the Christmas spirit at the Christmas tree lots,...... >Read More
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After His Own Heart
Do fear and anxiety get the best of you sometimes? Take a look at anxiety with our interactive study.
Join us for our Daily Devotional Chat today in our Women’s Chatroom at 10:30 am EDT.
“’You acted foolishly,’ Samuel said. ‘You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you; if you had, He would have established your kingdom...... >Read More
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The Lord’s Purpose
It wasn’t going as planned. Life, that is. My adolescence was filled with a lot of late nights spent drinking and carrying on. Even though I was surrounded by a lot of people, I was alone in most every aspect of my life. Collectively, we were searching. We were searching for a purpose, but instead all we found was... >Read More
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By Way of the Cross
How can we pray for you today?
“I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father but by me.” (John 14:6)
My day had started badly, but as I turned to God’s living word, I found just what I needed written in the pages of the Psalms:
Psalm 126:5 – “Those who sow in tears will... >Read More
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Michael W. Smith - Almost an Icon
He’s almost an icon in Christian music. The successful, gold-record, award-winning singer-songwriter who seems to have his life, family and walk in place. It probably all came easy for him, right? A product of natural talent?
The road to musical influence for Michael W. Smith has had multiple stops, including some places you would not expect....... >Read More
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