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The holiday season is fast approaching, and we are deluged with societal messages about how we should feel during these months containing Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here are some prayers for when you just can’t muster up that grateful feeling!

Praying for our older kids gives us something to do with our worries about them. It turns our inward thoughts upward and hands them off to our children's Creator, whose plans for them are good, whose knowledge of them is complete, and whose love...

Are you afraid today, friend? Are you searching for answers? 

[Grief is] a process that is an integrated part of human life and unavoidable when we love hard. But you can be the lifeline for your friend when the inevitable happens.

Our children need us to be a guiding light especially when many of the voices they hear are telling them things that God never would. With this in mind, here are 11 lessons to teach our children today.

Who is the archangel Raphael, and what can we learn from the healing assignments that God sometimes gives angels to work on?

We can realize the importance and power of our close positioning with Christ either when we have distanced ourselves through disobedience or when we enjoy close communion of His presence through obedience.

Many church members today lack this desire and perspective as they focus on consumerism and what a local church has to offer me. Thus, it is important to ask ourselves the “get real” questions.

We make the choice to quit or keep going. If you’re looking for some motivation, here are 30 verses to keep you going when you feel like quitting.

Our world, created and managed by God, is structured to meet the physical needs of all creatures, including humanity. But, as Matthew 6:26 declares, human beings are much more valuable than animals or birds. For this reason, we can trust God to...

There are so many changes involved with growing up, and so many milestones. Whether it’s going to high school or college, getting a driver’s license, or dating, worries abound. But I try to remember that my worry won’t do anything to help. God...

I began praying for my husband fourteen years ago. I wish I would’ve prayed the other fourteen. The road would’ve looked so different. I would’ve been grateful instead of resentful of the man God gave me.

When I think of the life of Jesus, I think of how much he loved others first and cared for others in all circumstances. He loved us so much that He died a brutally painful death on the cross for us (John 3:16). So, the thought of loving myself...

We all need healing in some way or another. A healing only God can give. I hope these Scripture verses encourage you with whatever emotional, spiritual, or physical healing you need today.

America is in the grip of a moral and spiritual crisis, like a stage four cancer spreading through families, churches, government, and schools. The only hope for turning things around is true revival—a deep return to God through repentance,...

With God’s help, we can STOP our negative thinking, DROP the thoughts that aren’t biblical and exchange them for those that are, and ROLL our concerns onto God’s broad shoulders.

Singleness is a season to steward, not one to stew in anxiously or bitterly. This is a time to cling to the hope that God hasn't forgotten you and He is not seeking to punish you or make you feel less favored because it is taking...

Aside from a meal together on Thanksgiving, connecting the generations in these eight small but memorable ways can help build fruitful family bonds.

Yes, difficult days happen. How do you handle them, though? What is your go-to way of coping with a singular tough situation or an entire day? Where do you turn for hope and help?

If someone had warned Samson during his teen years that a beautiful woman named Delilah would someday entice him, then betray him and finally derail God’s best plans for him, I wonder if he would have made the same choices that led to his tragic...