Devotions

Avoid Regrets

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.—1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-5 (NLT)

Surprising Answers

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.—Hebrews 12:11 (NIV)

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Seeing Beauty During Difficult Times

By Sharon Hinck2 min read

Ask Jesus to illuminate the beauty possible, even in one of the unpleasant situations in your life.

Powerlifting

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness.—2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 (ASV)

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First Light

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.—Psalm 143:8 (NIV)

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10 Stress-Busting Faith Tips

By Sabra Ciancanelli2 min read

How do you cope when feel stressed? Try these faith tips and prayers to calm down and connect with God.

All Made in God’s Image

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.—ROMANS 12:10-11 (NIV)

Forward Thinking

Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.—Philippians 3:13 (NIV)

Walking the Path of a Caregiver

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.—ROMANS 5:5 (NIV)

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.—Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)

Comforting Others

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves received from God.—2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 (NIV)

Believe, Dream, Become

And we also thank God continually, because when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.—1 Thessalonians 2:13 (NIV)