Mother’s Day Christian gifts that don’t end up in a cabinet. The holiday began as a daughter’s words about her mother — here’s how to pick a gift that lasts.
Why Doesn’t God Answer My Prayers? Psalm 88 Never Resolves
Why doesn’t God answer my prayers? Psalm 88 ends in darkness with no answer — and its own heading hands that song to the worship leader to be sung in public.
How to Hear God’s Voice: Elijah Answered the Same Way Twice
How to hear God’s voice: in 1 Kings 19 the whisper came, God asked again, and Elijah said the exact same thing. What God gave him next is the real answer.
Prayer for Strength and Comfort: You Asked for One Thing Twice
A prayer for strength and comfort you can pray tonight – plus the old meaning of “comfort” that turns your two requests into one, and where the sentence goes next.
Prayer for Healing for a Loved One: The Long Walk Home
A prayer for healing for a loved one you can pray tonight — plus the day-long walk home in John 4 that almost nobody points out, and what the father did in it.
Does God Hear My Prayers When I Sin? Jesus Answered It
Does God hear my prayers when I sin? Jesus told a story where the man God accepted was still in the job that made him a sinner — and he offered nothing else.
Prayer for Strength During Difficult Times: The Promise That Ends on Walking
A prayer for strength during difficult times you can pray tonight – plus the order inside Isaiah 40:31 that almost everyone reads past, and why it ends on walking.
Christian Gifts for Women Who Never Ask for Anything
Christian gifts for women who deflect every gift – how to pick one that gives back to her instead of asking more of her, and the women in Luke 8 who quietly funded the ministry.
Christian Gifts: The Doorpost Test for What Gets Kept
Most christian gifts die on a shelf — and it is a placement problem, not a taste problem. Here is the doorpost test, straight out of Deuteronomy 6.
When Jesus Saw Their Faith: Can Your Faith Carry Someone?
When Jesus saw their faith, he forgave a man his four friends carried through a roof. Here is what that plural word means for the person you keep praying for.