O, God, You’ve been teaching me to thank You for hard times and difficult journeys—trusting that, through them, You accomplish Your best work. And I’m learning that needing You is the key to knowing You intimately, which is the gift above all gifts! When the hurts seem overwhelming, please increase my trust in Your grace […]
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LORD, Jesus we have dear friends who carry a burden of grief on their backs. Please give them extra grace today so they do not stumble and fall. My plea to you today is to remove the heavy load from them and bury it at the foot of the cross. Please help them shorten the
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https://familyu.focusonthefamily.com/parenting-teens-towards-adulthood This is a super resource for any parents of teenagers. Worth a read or a listen. Feeding The Mouth That Bites You” has become something of a textbook on parenting teenagers for parents. Unlike other parenting books, Dr. Wilgus’ book provides a path for parents to follow that helps answer the questions parents of
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Father, God, as one of Your followers, I often fail to see the many blessings You shower on me. I get so busy looking for other things that I’m afraid I miss what is right before me—or what s on the way. Forgive me when I forget You are sovereign God and the timing of events
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LORD Jesus, today I will trust my Hope in You to always hold me up—and to give me Joy now and evermore. Amen and Amen. Verse for Today: “If I [respect the LORD], I will have hope for the future. My wishes will come true.” (Proverbs 23:18) FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Among all Your creatures, I am the only one You put Your hands on to create, and am the only one like me who can think about the future. This is a special blessing, but it can also be a curse—so, whenever I start to worry about future things, cause my wonderful mind to think
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O God, I am still a work in progress, I long for You to sanctify me—to make me holy. . . . But, as long as I live in this world, I live in the not yet of brokenness—in me and all around me. There is an emptiness in me I often feel as I long for both
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LORD Jesus, I know James tells me to be joyful in trials, but it is not an easy task. Please, help me be steadfast and patient in suffering. . . When painful circumstances weigh me down, help me to rejoice and exult in hope: to leap joyously upward. I want to do this better, in Jesus’
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O, LORD, it’s been a year since the conflict in Israel began on such a horrific. report. I pray today for grieving families who lost loved ones that day and for those who remain Hamas’ hostages and their families today. I don’t know any other way to pray except…Thy Will Be Done and in Your
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“Marriage is not about finding a life you can live with, but creating one you cannot live without,” an old saying goes. Yet, so many couples settle for simply ‘getting by.’ Have you resigned yourselves to routines, believing that deep, fulfilling connection is a rarity reserved for a select few. But here’s the truth: it
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