Praising God in Our Trials
Praising God in Our Trials
Around-the-World Contributors · Aug 10 4 minute read

My third child, who is now five years old, was born with a neurological condition called Childhood Apraxia of Speech. It’s a condition that affects the brain’s ability to make motor plans and has severely impaired his ability to speak. His intelligence is not affected at all and he most likely is thinking in full sentences but is unable to...

Rain on Fire Series: Be Directed by the Holy Spirit
Rain on Fire Series: Be Directed by the Holy Spirit
Don MacLafferty · Aug 5 2 minute read

Do you long to live, love, and lead your family by the power of the Holy Spirit? Do you hunger for your home to be a Holy Spirit led disciple-making center in your neighborhood? Come and join me in discovering how the Holy Spirit worked with imperfect believers in the book of Acts who dared to...

Bible Promise: Philippians 4:6-7 (Praying the Promises!)
Bible Promise: Philippians 4:6-7 (Praying the Promises!)
Jennifer Castelbuono · Jul 26 1 minute read

Are you anxious? Do you worry about what’s happening in your life, at home, or in the world around you? As a mother of three young kids, trying to juggle home life and working and other daily tasks and thinking about what’s happening in our world today — I can get anxious about small and big things. Amidst the anxiousness that life can bring, I have found much peace in praying the promises...

The Mud of Sin
The Mud of Sin
Anthony J. Castelbuono · Jul 25 1 minute read

Has your car ever gotten stuck in the mud? Have you ever had mud fly into your car? Did you know that the “original dashboard was a piece of...

Bible Promise: John 14:1-4 (Hope for Humanity!)
Bible Promise: John 14:1-4 (Hope for Humanity!)
Joe Krpalek · Jul 8 1 minute read

In the past nine months, I lost three grandparents. They lived a good life, living into their nineties. Is there hope beyond the grave? Do you have hope for the future? I do! Are you longing for something better, something that is more fulfilling than...

Sing to Learn His Promises
Sing to Learn His Promises
Around-the-World Contributors · Jun 28 5 minute read

I love this bible verse because it so clearly reflects my life! I have been looking back on my life as a nurse for the past 36 years. I recall so many foolish decisions in my early years after finishing college, and I was naive and ignorant. It is a miracle that I am alive, and owe it all to...

Follow the Light
Follow the Light
Melissa Barclay · Jun 7 3 minute read

A friend has been unemployed the last few months. A couple days ago, I received a request to pray for a new job and that there was a possibility being explored. Right away I wrote the request down including details. Less than 24 hours later I received a...

Witness to Grow with Him
Witness to Grow with Him
Around-the-World Contributors · Jun 3 3 minute read

The following Bible promise made a huge difference in my life as a depressed 24-year-old — I was engaged, getting ready to graduate from college but feeling hopeless and...

Praying to be Prepared
Praying to be Prepared
Lisa Lothian · Jun 1 4 minute read

The times ahead call for intentional, consistent, and often sacrificial preparation. The final test will not be one that we can cram for the night before and expect to pass...trust in the God who wants to save us more than we want to be saved.

Bible Promise: Lamentations 3:25-27 (Waiting is Good for Us!)
Bible Promise: Lamentations 3:25-27 (Waiting is Good for Us!)
Ednice Wagnac · May 30 1 minute read

Do you like to wait? Probably not! In this Bible promise, we are promised that the Lord is good to those...

Light at the End of the Tunnel
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Debi Tesser · May 12 3 minute read

More than a century ago, the pauper preacher George A. Young received a meager salary shepherding his congregation and doing carpentry work as well. In fact, his wife and children also served the Lord alongside this priest of their family. Time passed, and after a number of years, this family was so happy to finally build a new house for themselves. Their joy was short-lived...

Bible Promise: Ephesians 3:20 (Dare to Ask for More!)
Bible Promise: Ephesians 3:20 (Dare to Ask for More!)
Melody Mason · May 11 1 minute read

Do you ask God for what you want or what He wants for you? Do believe God is powerful enough to do BIG things that seem impossible? Remember the promises in God's word. He can do more than we...