Bible Truth for Everyday Life
Bible study tools, devotions, and free resources to help you encounter God in your quiet time and apply Biblical truth to your everyday life.
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25 Bible Verses About God’s Love for Us
The sun rose salmon behind lavender hills. I sat with my Bible feeling discouraged and alone. Life had been disappointing, and I needed the reassurance that God was still with me. One by one, I began making a list. I listed reassuring Bible verses about God’s love. As I wrote the words, something shifted within me. I felt less alone. Hope rose with golden sunlight. Perhaps you need to be reminded of God’s love today as well. Let’s look at 25 Bible verses about God’s love together. Then, we’ll explore some practical applications of these Scriptures. I also invite you to read to the end of today’s post for a…
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7 Ways to Connect With God and Refresh Your Spirit
Do you want a deeper or stronger relationship with God? You are in the right place. Today, we’ll explore 7 ways to connect with God in fresh ways. I invite you to join me as I gaze at the autumn tree line, and we’ll talk about how to draw near to God in refreshing ways. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to help you connect with God. 7 Ways to Connect With God and Refresh Your Spirit The maples are splashed vermilion, and mist rises ashen from the valley. I take it all in from my morning watch by the window,…
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How to Find Rest in God: A Review of Kelly Balarie’s New Book
It comes to me as I bend over the sink, tomato juice spattered on the windowpane, a heavy crate of big pinks ripening beside me on the countertop. It’s a subtle impression upon the innermost part of me, and it goes something like this: Don’t hurry through these tasks. These tasks are gifts, and divinity is threaded throughout them. Slow down, inhale slowly, and find rest in God while you do his work. Find Rest in God It’s the season of harvest here, which means there is much to do. There are vegetables to tend to, transitions to navigate, and articles to write. If I’m not careful, I can get…
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How to Give Your Life to Jesus: 5 Insights
I was a teenager when my grandfather passed away, leaving me with a myriad of questions about heaven and God. I’d been raised in the church, but I’d never given my life to Christ. Perhaps you’re here today because you want to know how to give your life to Jesus, too. Today, we’ll talk about how to turn to God and receive Jesus as our Savior and Lord. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to help you begin growing in your faith. Let’s begin by breaking down how to give your life to Jesus. How to Give Your Life to Jesus…
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How to Draw Near to God: 10 Ways
My family bought me Gerber daisies for Mother’s Day last year. The coral blossoms stood like beacons of hope on a dining room table cluttered with puzzles, markers, and an array of toys that seemed to have no rhyme or reason. This morning, I sat at that table with hard questions about how to draw near to God in the middle of my messy life. The disorganized table was the perfect metaphor for life that spring: piles of chaos with hope for new beginnings rising out of the mess. Sometimes this is what we all need most: a reminder that from the chaos, God will bring something new and vibrant…
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God Pursues Us With Gifts: 8 Bible Verses About God Pursuing Us
The gray squirrel returned to the deck today. As warm spring days push back against the long winter, life seems to be reemerging. As I watched from my chair by the window, I sensed God’s goodness, almost as if he were pursuing me. I opened my Bible in search of truth about God’s love and found the following Bible verses about God pursuing us. 8 Bible Verses About God Pursuing Us At times, it feels like mishaps and misfortune are chasing us down. Trouble chases us in many ways: health crises, financial fallouts, and broken relationships. Meanwhile, the Bible tells a different story. God pursues us, and he carries gifts…
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How to Turn to God in Times of Crisis
Shadows flutter on the wall as the candle flickers golden in front of us. I’ve gathered our three children to pray because I want to teach them how to turn to God in a crisis. As our time in prayer begins, I open the Bible. I read the words that have been floating through my mind for the past few weeks now: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14). By the yellow glow of…
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Balanced Spiritually: The Lie You Might Believe About Balance
This morning, snowflakes waltzed on the trodden lawn like tufts of cotton grass bobbing on a summer morning. I’d been thinking about the importance of being balanced spiritually, and that balance felt lacking. Life has felt ridiculously out of balance this winter. A weekly routine once filled with dozens of gratifying and varied tasks has been replaced by what feels like one all-consuming task that drains me of every ounce of energy. It feels as if the twenty equally filled buckets of my life are suddenly empty, and I’m called to pour my life into one prevailing, overflowing bucket that dominates the realm of my daily existence. Today, we’ll have…
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3 Keys to Effective Prayer: Radically Change Your Prayer Life
Most of us face times when our prayers seem to go unanswered. During these times, we wonder if why God doesn’t seem to hear our prayers. Today, we’ll unpack 3 keys to effective prayer. These simple insights can radically transform your prayer life forever. I also invite you to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to improve your prayer life. I begin today’s post with an illustration that radically changed the way I pray. After this illustration, we’ll explore the keys to effective prayer. 3 Keys to Effective Prayer Layers of ivory piled heavenward for weeks—the kind of snow that melts and freezes a…
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10 Bible Verses About Disappointment: How to Handle Spiritual Frustration
Regardless of the depth and strength of our faith, most of us will be disappointed in God at some point. During these times, turning to God’s Word can give us hope. Today, we’ll explore 10 Bible verses about disappointment. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to encourage you. Bible Verses About Disappointment It is Christmas morning here in Pennsylvania. This is the morning God bends down to meet us. This is the day we celebrate a groaning mother’s messy morning in a manger, the birth of a Messiah who comes quietly and unexpectedly. The world didn’t expect the Messiah to arrive…
