Following Thanks to the Source
As I cooked breakfast for my family, I thought idly about how extravagant God is with me. My mind flitted through all that God had thought of that I hadn’t.
As I cooked breakfast for my family, I thought idly about how extravagant God is with me. My mind flitted through all that God had thought of that I hadn’t.
Drawing closer to God by asking hard questions in our daily devotions.
A reader shares her very personal story of receiving comfort from earth angels and a reassuring sign after her miscarriage.
God is good. But during tough times—when the crosses are heavy and seemingly endless—there’s a healthy way to get unstuck: Focus your devotions on other aspects of God.
Rethinking the things that stand between us and God as tools for devotion.
I can get stuck in a mental loop of self-congratulation and it can seep into my prayer life. Here’s a parable in which Jesus shined the light on just such a prayer.
God touches our hearts gently and says, “Pay attention, this is Me”—especially after the death of a loved one or friend.
Devotion isn’t about talking at God. A right relationship requires talking with Him. Which means pausing to listen after sending up a two-second prayer.
One thought piled upon another: needs, desires, petitions, frustrations. Listening to myself, I thought, Wait a minute—where is God in all this?
It’s never hard to say we’re sinners in a general sense. The hard part is admitting in prayer the specific sins which block our hearing.
Over that past 30 years, I have found that what children say when they’re dying can often bring peace and comfort to their grieving parents.
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