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1. 5 Things You Should Never Say to Someone Who Has Cancer

Someone you know has cancer. You are stunned and at a loss for words. What is the right thing to say or do? I personally battle two types of cancer and have had numerous conversations with people over ...

Created on 30 July 2019

2. How to Hear God's Voice When Life Falls Apart

Note: C.S. Lewis famously said, "Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain." Not always. It was cancer or lymphoma, that's ...

Created on 29 July 2019

3. God Wants to Anoint You to Step Into the Prophetic Flow

I'll never forget the first time I experienced the prophetic anointing. I was a freshman in college. We were having a prayer meeting in one of the dorm rooms. As we were holding hands in a circle praying, ...

Created on 12 July 2019

4. 10 War Room Verses for When You Feel Discouraged

Have you ever felt the frustration of giving everything you have to something, only to feel like you have a 10-ton anchor strapped to you, keeping you from getting ahead ... while at the same time watching ...

Created on 11 July 2019

5. Joni Eareckson Tada Diagnosed With Pneumonia After a Week in the Hospital

Joni Eareckson Tada, an internationally known advocate for people with disabilities, remains hospitalized as she wages a fight against breast cancer. Tada, 69, was diagnosed with breast cancer for the ...

Created on 05 April 2019

6. Do You Feel Like God Has Abandoned You? Try This Psalm 145 Encouragement ...

I wrapped an old jacket around myself and slammed the door of my dingy apartment. At four in the morning, it was safer and easier to hit the crack dealer on the corner. I lived in a horrible home. Satan ...

Created on 06 March 2019

7. This Is One of the Most Important Spiritual Forces in the World

History has been marred by wars, rioting, despotic leadership, geopolitical challenges, ethnic cleansing, environmental erosion, and diseases that threatened to wipe out all of humanity. Yet in spite of ...

Created on 28 December 2018

8. Why the Holy Spirit Wants to Build This Ministry Into Your Life

... en name was Joses (a form of Joseph), but he was such an encourager, the apostles nicknamed him Barnabas, meaning "son of consolation or encouragement." The Greek word paraklesis, translated "consolat ...

Created on 14 November 2018

9. Your Psalm 77 Encouragement for When You Feel Exhausted ...

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. In my experience, one of the greatest tools for giving thanks is to remember. I remember a season when ministry was, quite frankly, not going well at all. Criticism ...

Created on 12 November 2018

10. Make Time to Give This One Precious Gift to Your Loved Ones

...  to someone. That someone is waiting for a word of encouragement to build them up. To offer warmth in a cold world. To reassure in moments of doubt. To show your presence and erase loneliness. Words of lo ...

Created on 26 October 2018

11. How Worship Can Get You Through Your Discouragement

What are you going through today? Are you facing a mountain that just won't move? That is where I am; I am facing an enormous, gargantuan disappointment, and I just can't seem to get around it. Generally, ...

Created on 25 October 2018

12. A Biblical Encouragement for Those Who Feel Weighed Down and Disheartened ...

Sometimes in the "everydayness" of life, it is easy to become discouraged. I felt I should make this video for those who are feeling weighed down. After watching this two-minute video, if you need more ...

Created on 25 October 2018

13. 3 Psalm 25 Keys to Cultivating a Heart of Hope

One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 25. Did you know that it is an acrostic psalm? The first word of each verse begins with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Pretty cool, huh? But beyond the poetry ...

Created on 15 October 2018

14. Spirit-Infused Ways to Face Your Most Daunting Challenges

Recently, my little grandson Cayden (2) was climbing up his slide, chanting exuberantly, complete with his pacifier in his mouth, "Take that wall!" Clearly, Cayden loves American Ninja Warriors. He and ...

Created on 20 August 2018

15. What to Do When You Need Jesus to Recharge Your Batteries

"Huge Sale—70 percent off!!" This was the bait that enticed two tired parents from their home late at night. We had gone out after putting the kids to bed to try to score at a local clothing store. Despite ...

Created on 14 August 2018

16. Victoria Osteen Says God Convicted Her of This Shortly After She Married Joel

Victoria Osteen says God convicted her, as a young bride, of the words she used and the negative way she spoke. She tells the story of God convicting her and explains why it's so important for Christians ...

Created on 09 August 2018

17. How You Can Age Gracefully and Biblically All at Once

... an slavery. What an encouragement it is to know that regardless of what the calendar says, God can still use me. We also read that Moses was more humble than anyone else (Num. 12:3). Hmmm—availability a ...

Created on 13 April 2018

18. Life-Giving Resources for When Your Child Breaks Your Heart

Parents with broken hearts have children who struggle with a wide variety of issues: addiction (drugs, alcohol, pornography and sex, gambling, video games and so on); mental health problems (depression, ...

Created on 29 March 2018

19. Surprising Scriptural Encouragement for Parents Saddled With Guilt ...

Your child is in jail. They have an eating disorder. They cut and slash their flesh, burn themselves and break bones. They're addicted to porn, sex, drugs or alcohol. They're in a relationship with the ...

Created on 20 March 2018

20. How to Bless Your Single Friends as They Wait on the Lord

... story. Singles can find great encouragement and inspiration from this story of God's plan for finding love. Is God entrusting you with encouraging singles? How can you be a blessing to those who are wa ...

Created on 20 February 2018