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8 Encouraging Bible Verses About Overcoming Adversity
Are you facing a difficult time or walking through a challenging season in your life? Today, we’ll explore eight Bible verses about overcoming adversity as we align ourselves with God’s perspective. Let’s start with a conversation about embracing adversity instead of running from it. Bible Verses About Overcoming Adversity I take the boys to the woods on an almost spring morning. The skunk cabbage is rising through the muddied earth like a foretaste of the vibrant life soon to fill this wooded valley. Caleb’s seven-year-old legs have grown long and lean over the past year, and he hardly complains when we walk together now. As we hike, I remember when…
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Trusting God With the Unknown: 10 Bible Verses
Are you facing any fears when you look to the future? Today, we’ll dig into God’s Word and unpack 10 powerful Bible verses about trusting God with the unknown. First, let me share the story of a great fear that threatened to paralyze me. Also, be sure to read to the bottom of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to help you grow in trust. Trusting God With the Unknown Our first child was born on a Tuesday. I could barely believe she was hidden within me for all those months. After the hyperemesis diagnosis and the months of lying on the bathroom floor in a cloud of nausea,…
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God Will Make a Way: When God’s Ways Don’t Make Sense
A thin band of pale light hovers over the horizon like a breath only partially exhaled. I watch from my window like I’m waiting for the day to exert itself by letting go of the light it holds in restrained lungs. I’ve been wrestling with God lately—the kind of wrestling you do when you begin to doubt the promise that God will make a way. I open the Bible with the turquoise cover, and my eyes fall upon the words: “For the Word of the Lord is right, and all his work is done in faithfulness” (Psalm 33:4). It sure doesn’t feel like God’s faithfulness when the dream you were…
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Feeling Forgotten by God? This Is for You . . .
A single oak leaf glides on the breath of dawn like it’s in no particular hurry to meet its final resting place on the icy earth. I watch from the window and reflect on the events of the past day. We’ve been walking through some long months here, and a painful question lingers in my mind: Why am I feeling forgotten by God? I long for the gentle reminder that God is still at work in the areas where I’ve been waiting on him for years. Most of us know how it feels to wonder if the Lord has forgotten us. Whether we’re trudging through dark valleys of life-shattering losses…
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15 Bible Verses About God Hearing Our Prayers
We’re living in the grey days of winter as I write these words. The winter seasons of waiting can feel never-ending as we look to the ivory firmament and wonder if God hears our cries. Today, we’ll explore 15 Bible verses about God hearing our prayers. Then, we’ll find comfort as we focus on one verse about God hearing the cries of our hearts. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to help you find comfort in God as you seek him. Bible Verses About God Hearing Our Prayers Let’s see what God’s Word says about God hearing our prayers. 15 Bible…
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The Teens in Your Life Need This Book: Transforming Your Thought Life for Teens
I spent almost a decade teaching teens in a local public high school. Throughout those years, I also served as a youth leader and mentored dozens of teens through the tumultuous journey of adolescence. I wish Sarah Geringer’s book Transforming Your Thought Life for Teens had been available throughout those years! This book is a follow-up to Sarah’s book Transforming Your Thought Life: Christian Meditation in Focus, released in 2019. I was powerfully impacted by Sarah’s book Transforming Your Thought Life and appreciated the way Sarah was relatable and yet also pointed me back to the truth of God’s Word. When I heard she was writing a follow-up book specifically…
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7 Bible Verses for Frustration: Reclaiming God’s Peace
Recently, I asked the kids what they wanted to do on a balmy afternoon. Little did I know how frustrating our day would be. By the end of the day, I was locked in my bedroom transcribing Bible verses for frustration into my journal. Bible Verses for Frustration Perhaps you’re here because you’ve been facing frustration, too. Let’s start by reading some Bible verses for frustration and stress. Then, I’ll share the story from our afternoon. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to help you connect with God in frustrating times. 7 Bible Verses for Frustration and Stress 1. James 1:19,…
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17 Bible Verses for When You Feel Defeated
Most of us will feel defeated at times in our lives. In these moments, God’s Word offers encouragement. Today, I invite you to join me as we explore a list of Bible verses for when you feel defeated. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to encourage you and help you draw near to God. Bible Verses for When You Feel Defeated I decided I wanted to be a teacher because I wanted to make a difference in the world. Like most 22-year-olds, I had high ideals and big expectations. Two months into my teaching career, I felt discouraged and defeated. Managing…
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Are You Tired of Feeling Like a Failure as a Mom?
I didn’t know I was aiming for perfection when I first laid eyes on the swaddled baby girl in the pink and blue hospital cap. She was beautiful, and I couldn’t wait to teach her everything I knew about God and life. In that precious moment, feeling like a failure as a mom was the last thought on my mind. I wanted to be everything she could ever need in a mom. I wanted to be the perfect mom, and I was pretty sure I could follow all the rules and pull it off. Most moms know all about the ideals of early motherhood. You look at your sweet little…
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5 Powerful Prayers for Strength When You Feel Weak
The poplar bows low like the weight of heavy sky has become too much to hold. I watch from the window with an empathetic heart, the weight of everything I feel like I need to carry bending me low in unseen parts of me. I’m praying prayers for strength, but I’m so bogged down that I wonder if God even hears. Perhaps you can relate. If you feel weary and need guidance as you pray prayers of strength, these prayers are for you. 5 Prayers for Strength Pray these prayers for strength as you continue to follow the One who carries your burdens for you. 1. “Lord, thank you that…
