The Weight of Your Words in Worried Times
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 3, 2018
Do you know the Bible gives us instructions for what we post on social media? Nancy shows how God’s Word can guide what you post to your friends. Read or Listen →
Resources by Topic: Hope & Encouragement
The Dot and the Line
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 2, 2018
When you truly live for eternity, it will affect how you live now. Nancy helps you focus on eternity, transforming the way you look at each day. Read or Listen →
The Way to Make Men Feel Respected
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 21, 2018
Is your home a welcoming environment? Learn how to make your husband look forward to coming home. Read or Listen →
A Sun-Scorched Land
- Seeking Him
- June 7, 2018
Sometimes we find ourselves in a dry, lonely place just because of our own rebellious hearts. Read or Listen →
No Person or Thing
- Seeking Him
- May 18, 2018
Are you looking to anything or anyone other than God to fulfill your deepest longings? Read or Listen →
Encouraging Others to Run the Race
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 18, 2018
Everybody knows what it’s like to be encouraged with words. Nancy says you can also encourage others through your example. Read or Listen →
Never Stop Encouraging
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 17, 2018
The Bible tells us to encourage one another. Do we get an exception when talking about politics? Do we get an exception when making online comments? Read or Listen →
Encouragement in the Body of Christ
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 16, 2018
In 2002, a group of nine workers were trapped in a mine filling with water. They tied themselves together and survived because they could encourage each other. Read or Listen →
Jump Starting the Battery
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 15, 2018
Encouragement to our souls is like oxygen to our brains. Nancy shows you why encouragement is so important to the Body of Christ. Read or Listen →
Seeds of Happiness
- Seeking Him
- April 19, 2018
Are you carrying around seeds of happiness or of misery? Read or Listen →
Holiness and Happiness
- Seeking Him
- February 12, 2018
He Gives Peace
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 5, 2018
In school we learned that every letter should end with a phrase like "Sincerely" or "Yours Truly." The apostle Paul ended his letters with "Grace and peace." Read or Listen →
May His Face Shine upon You
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 4, 2018
According to the Bible, we are to ask God’s face to shine on His people. Learn more about what this means as you listen to today's program. Read or Listen →
The Priestly Blessing
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 3, 2018
According to the Bible, we are to ask for God’s face to shine on His people. Learn what this means as we study the priestly blessing in Numbers 6. Read or Listen →
Soul, Spirit, and Body
- Seeking Him
- September 26, 2017
Life challenges are no excuse for moodiness, mouthiness, and disrespect. Read or Listen →
The Prison of Expectations
- Seeking Him
- September 14, 2017
Is there someone locked in the prison of your expectations? Read or Listen →
Do My Attitudes Build Up?
- Seeking Him
- August 30, 2017
A woman can tear down her house with her attitudes. Read or Listen →
The Great Cloud
- Seeking Him
- August 11, 2017
Nothing on earth is trivial if heaven looks on. Read or Listen →
If I Feel Something . . .
- Seeking Him
- August 9, 2017
Regardless of what our emotions tell us, we need to learn to counsel our hearts according to the truth. Read or Listen →
Unfulfilled Longings
- Seeking Him
- August 2, 2017
If we’re constantly looking for satisfaction this side of heaven, we’ll end up with disappointment and bondage. Read or Listen →
Just Him and God
- Seeking Him
- July 27, 2017
Often we don’t always lean on God until He’s all we have. Read or Listen →
Every Woman Has a "House"
- Seeking Him
- July 10, 2017
Ask God to help you build others up with your example and words. Read or Listen →
God’s Beautiful Design for Women, Day 24
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 9, 2017
When was the last time you encouraged your husband? There are several compelling reasons why encouragement needs to be a part of your life. Read or Listen →
God’s Beautiful Design for Women, Day 23
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 8, 2017
How important is encouragement? And how are you modeling it? Find out more about the power of encouraging words. Read or Listen →
How to Sing in a Foreign Land, Day ...
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 14, 2016
Does it feel like the world is falling apart? Like extremism and terrorism will never end? Nancy reminds us about the ultimate end of the story. Read or Listen →
Evaluating Our Words, Part 2
- Seeking Him
- July 14, 2016
Do your words match what you believe? Read or Listen →
If Only . . .
- Seeking Him
- June 20, 2016
If we’re not content in our present situation, we probably won’t be happy with another set of circumstances. Read or Listen →
A Woman's Weapon
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 25, 2015
As a woman, you can underestimate the power that your words have on the men around you. Read or Listen →
The Power to Tear Down or Build Up
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 21, 2015
The tearing down of a building can draw crowds as engineers demonstrate their power to reduce a large, stable structure to a pile of rubble. We can do the same. Read or Listen →
High God-Esteem
- Seeking Him
- July 24, 2015
When we take our eyes off ourselves and focus on Someone greater, that’s when we start to understand our purpose and value. Read or Listen →
Casting Men Down
- Seeking Him
- July 23, 2015
When we use words to cut and wound, we’re tearing down the very people we were created to lift up. Read or Listen →
Strong Men Slain
- Seeking Him
- July 22, 2015
Let’s lift up the men around us instead of tearing them down. Read or Listen →
Building Each Other Up
- Seeking Him
- July 7, 2015
Are you walking in the way of love? Read or Listen →
Praying for Others
- Seeking Him
- June 30, 2015
Pray for those God puts on your heart. Read or Listen →
Finishing the Race Together
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 29, 2015
Sometimes picking up someone who has fallen requires a great act of courage. Read or Listen →
Comfort for the Oppressed
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 22, 2015
We think of "oppressors" as political figures. But we all have the potential to mistreat others. Read or Listen →
A Cord of Three Strands
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 21, 2015
Why do we care so much about relationships? Where do we go for advice? A favorite magazine or talk show host? What about the Bible? Read or Listen →
A Candidate for Grace
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 31, 2014
Do you sometimes feel that you’ve made a mess of things? If you ever feel like you just can’t get it right, take heart, you’re a candidate for grace. Read or Listen →
Number Your Days
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 30, 2014
It’s the information age. We have more access to sources of knowledge than any previous generation, but it takes wisdom to handle that information. Read or Listen →
Are You Ready for Eternity?
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 29, 2014
Everyone was born, and everyone will die. Well … not everybody. “Before there was time, there was God.” Doesn’t that boggle your mind? Read or Listen →
Do My Attitudes Build Up?
- Seeking Him
- September 23, 2014
Are you tearing down or building up your home? Read or Listen →
The Truth Is Setting Women Free
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 2, 2014
A woman in the UK in a same-sex relationship. A woman mentoring others in Nigeria. A woman in Austria arguing with her fiancé. What do these have in common? Read or Listen →
Death Brings Life (And Other Bedrock Truths)
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 5, 2013
Nancy says there are certain truths you can count on and cling to when life seems confusing. She shared five of those bedrock truths yesterday. Read or Listen →
How to Steady Your Heart
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 4, 2013
Nancy says bedrock truth will steady your heart in an unsteady world. She’ll share several of these bedrock truths that steady her heart. Read or Listen →
Grace for Tired, Discouraged Hearts
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 18, 2013
The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are supposed to be a time of great joy. So why do so many people feel so bad around this time? Read or Listen →
God Is in the Midst of His People
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 25, 2013
Here’s one of the most amazing themes throughout Scripture: God dwells among His people. Why is this so amazing? Read or Listen →
The Power of Encouraging Words
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 31, 2013
We all get in over our heads sometimes, and it isn’t always our fault. That’s when the discouragement mongers show up. Read or Listen →
Joy vs. Burnout
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 24, 2012
There is a strong pull toward busyness—even busyness doing important work—that will rob your home of joy. Read or Listen →
Encouraged With Promises
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 7, 2011
Do you want the men around you to be courageous? To take leadership? To protect and provide? Then maybe you need to be an encourager! Read or Listen →
Superglue in Your Marriage
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 13, 2011
Is your commitment in marriage like a sticky note, or is it more like superglue? Denise Glenn shows you practical ways to strengthen your marriage. Read or Listen →
The Heart of Humility and Simplicity
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 30, 2011
Calm. Peaceful. Do these words describe your heart? They can as Nancy describes in a series we’ll begin today. It’s called, How to Have a Quiet Heart. Read or Listen →
We Have Everything We Need
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 13, 2011
If you know Christ, you are rich. The national debt can’t change that. The unemployment rate can’t change it. Gas prices can’t affect it. Read or Listen →
Our Confidence
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 12, 2011
Here's good news about adversity: It shows you what's in your heart. So when your finances, your patience, or your ability is being squeezed where do you focus? Read or Listen →
Facing the Future with Faith
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 11, 2011
This year our world has witnessed a major earthquake, a tsunami followed by a nuclear emergency, and more. What occupies your mind during a crisis? Read or Listen →
Help Your Husband Say No to Temptation
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 9, 2010
Why does it seem like "respect" is so important to men? Bob Lepine will explain why men crave respect and what wives can do about it. Read or Listen →
Two are Better than One
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 1, 2010
Today's program gives God's prescription for both painful and non-existent relationships. His desire is that we should have intimate relationships. Read or Listen →
A Deep, Difficult Good-bye
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 3, 2010
The apostle Paul knew all about authentic community and difficult good-byes. Nancy will explore Paul's relationships in the body of Christ. Read or Listen →
Encouraging Men to be Men
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 28, 2010
Dennis Rainey says a marriage benefits when a man acts like a man. He and his wife Barbara show wives how they can encourage their husbands. Read or Listen →
True Submission
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 12, 2008
A lot of people just get by when using their computer because they don't really understand how the computer works. The same is true in marriage. Read or Listen →
True Change
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 11, 2008
Could you go thirty days without saying anything negative about your spouse? A lot of women have tried. Find out why and what they discovered. Read or Listen →
No Comparison
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 5, 2005
In a consumer-oriented society, we like to compare products and get the best value. But churches and pastors are not products! Read or Listen →
Responding to Failure
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 3, 2005
Every human being fails sometimes--including your pastor. How do you respond when he does? Read or Listen →
Right Expectations
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 28, 2005
If every leader were perfect—we’d never be disappointed! So why do we bother following them in the first place? Read or Listen →
Seeking God's Direction
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 30, 2003
Do you have a big decision to make? We are more vulnerable to discouragement when we must make a decision. Read or Listen →
True Encouragement
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 29, 2003
Do you need real encouragement, the kind of encouragement that doesn't just help for a moment or two but makes a lasting change? Read or Listen →
Our Help in Time of Need
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 28, 2003
It seems like nothing else can go wrong--and then something does. How do you handle the struggles in life? Read or Listen →
Dealing With Loss
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 27, 2003
Have you ever been in so much emotional pain that you felt you could not bear anymore? Read or Listen →
10 Truths That Will Change Your Life in 2015
The tradition of vowing to change at the start of the New Year can be an exercise in disappointment. Maybe that's because I'm focusing on the wrong things. …
Read →The Best Christmas Gift I Ever Gave
The lit tree and carols playing softly couldn’t hide the tension in our relationship. We couldn’t seem to communicate without some level of misunderstanding. …
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The Elijah Syndrome
Do you feel like the entire world has forgotten you while you toil away for the Lord? That nobody cares, not even God? …
Read →The God of the Unexpected
Elizabeth’s cold barrenness and years of humiliation melted like snow under warming sun as she praised God’s unexpected work in her life. …
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The Next Time Life Has You in the Waiting Room
I hate waiting. We all do. Waiting for God to move can feel especially uncomfortable. When I've prayed and do not yet see God's hand at work, I tend to get squirmy. Did He hear me? …
Read →The Next Time You Hit the Wall
Do you ever feel paralyzed? Not physically, but emotionally. I call it "hitting the wall," and here's what I find helpful when that happens. …
Read →The One Resolution We All Need Most
We see our failure and sin, and the brimming optimism of a new year suddenly seems utterly cliche. We long to change, but we know we're likely to fail again. …
Read →The Race Even Non-Runners Can Win
The Christian life is a race like no other. Do you need an energy boost to keep on running? …
Read →The Song in My Head
I enjoy music, but sometimes I just forget to incorporate it into my day. It's like I need to write a note on my calendar each day that says, "Play music!" …
Read →The Two Sides of Love
I, too, have experienced the heartache that can come from choosing to love. …
Read →The Woman I Wish I Could Be
You have a picture of her in your head, the godly woman you'd like to be. But we don't become her overnight. What it takes is one-moment-at-a-time growth. …
Read →3 Truths for the Tired Mother
Young mother, if you're tired, if you're discouraged, if the days stretch long and the nights pass with little rest, here are some truths to remember. …
Read →Truth Is Our Cinderella’s Castle
With so many opinions swirling around, it can be tough to know who's right and who's wrong. Overwhelmed with information? You need a "Cinderella's Castle." …
Read →Turning Your Desert into a Spring
Have you ever hit a dry place in your walk with Christ? Or maybe you’re too low to even voice a prayer. Maybe you're in the Valley of Baca. …
Read →TW Video: What God Can Do Through One Ordinary Woman
It's really a story about God and how He delights to use one ordinary woman to reach her family, church, country, and the world. …
Read →Tweetables I Never Tweeted
I wish you could’ve joined me. Every August our staff gets together for one week to re-focus on Jesus before we launch into a new year of ministry. …
Read →Want to see my Christmas gift?
Exactly two weeks before her due date and two days before we were planning to travel for Christmas, my daughter called to tell me early labor had begun! …
Read →What Can I Do in Light of This Week's Supreme Court Decisions?
This week's Supreme Court decisions on DOMA and Prop 8 are much on my heart, as I'm sure they are on yours. …
Read →What Enkelejda Taught Me
It’s not every day a girl like me gets to meet a woman like Enkelejda Kumaraku . . . …
Read →What to Do in Those "I Can't Handle It!" Moments
How do you respond under stress? Whenever we face those "I can't handle it!" moments, looking to the right source for strength can turn everything around. …
Read →When FOMO Attacks
Do you have FOMO? Learn about this new term coined for our ever-connected digital age and what to do about it. …
Read →When God Says "No" or "Wait"
While He may not immediately give us the answers we’re longing for, He is far from absent when His children call upon His name. …
Read →When God Surprises You with Beauty
Do you feel stuck in a place where growth seems impossible? Take heart. God springs up beauty in the most unlikely places. …
Read →When I Don't Have Joy (True Woman 201, part 4)
When I let my emotions control me instead of me controlling my emotions, I open myself up to enemy attack. …
Read →When It Comes to the Mommy Wars, I’m Waving the White Flag
TIME magazine dared to ask a question we are all asking ourselves, "Am I mom enough? Do I have what it takes to mother well?" …
Read →When Waiting Isn't Easy
Waiting means trusting God with the parts of our lives that are in a season He has ordained to remain "not yet." But we're impatient, aren't we? …
Read →When You're Tired of Coming Up Short
Do you ever feel like you're continually coming up short? Dishes in the sink. Mountains of laundry growing by the day. . . I had one of those days recently. …
Read →When Your Life Is Mostly Full of Just Ordinary Things
God exists. Sometimes it just hits me as strange. Not that God exists, but that God exists and my day is full of all these ordinary things. …
Read →When Your Life is Really Wrecky
Since I'm a God-believer and a Jesus-follower, I'm always looking for the ways God shows up in my everyday mundane. And He does show up. …
Read →Why Shepherds?
Perhaps you feel you have nothing to offer. Take heart, you serve One who seeks those who know they are needy. …
Read →Wilderness Murmuring and Heavenly Beds
I enjoy God's beautiful creation, but I'd prefer not to sleep there, cook my food there or bathe there. So I can only imagine how the Israelites felt . . . …
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You're On His Mind
It’s nice to be remembered. A card on a special day, a look from a knowing friend. What does this personal attention from the God of the universe mean? …
Read →5 Ways to Read a Blog Post Without Getting Your Jimmies Rustled
Advice for navigating the blogosphere with James 1:19–20 in mind. …
Read →Known But to God
When God is the only One who sees your sacrifices, your hard work, your faithfulness, is that enough for you? …
Read →Let Heroes of the Faith Teach You Today
God has gifted us with a cloud of witnesses—because our own eyes are not enough. Don't let the testimony of those who have gone before us be lost on you. …
Read →A Helpful Tool for Navigating Life's Emotions
Christina Fox’s book, A Heart Set Free, will help you better understand and grapple with your emotions in light of the gospel. …
Read →5 Things the Psalms of Lament Teach Us About Emotions
The Psalms of Lament are a rich resource for learning about our emotions. Christina Fox explains five things we learn from those psalms. …
Read →3 Ways to Hate Your Family
It’s all too easy to let your heart grow cold toward your family. We do it in three simple steps . . . …
Read →Susannah Spurgeon: A Ministry-Minded, Self-Sacrificing Wife
A dedicated wife and servant of Christ, Susannah Spurgeon faithfully encouraged her husband Charles in his fruitful ministry—and tirelessly poured out herself as an offering to further God’s Kingdom. …
Read →Take My Yoke and Learn from Me
Jesus doesn’t only offer to take our heavy loads and let us rest, but He also gives us the chance to learn. …
Read →When Your Dreams Die: An Invitation to Compassion
The road to compassion can be costly and uncomfortable, but it is the way of joy. …
Read →God Is Pleased by Our Progress, Not Perfection
God is pleased, because of Christ, to accept our sincere yet flawed acts of obedience to His commands. And even the smallest acts of obedience are worth celebrating. …
Read →Love Being Right When They’re Wrong?
Discernment—seeing the difference between right and wrong—can be a wonderful asset to the Church, but only when it’s packaged in humility and love. …
Read →I Want What That Woman Has
It’s time to stop avoiding our sisters in Christ because they possess what we’re longing for. …
Read →5 Ways to Celebrate New Life and Fresh Beginnings
Spring is a season of new life and fresh beginnings, and that’s always worth celebrating! Here are five ideas for celebrating spring regardless of your season in life. …
Read →Book Review: The Curious Christian
Author Barnabas Piper makes a curious and compelling case for why healthy skepticism and a thirst for knowledge is a good thing—perhaps even essential. …
Read →"Are We There Yet?" Isn't Just a Question for Kids
I wish I could claim a super-cool-wife award in this story and say that I was nothing but enthusiastic about Justin's adventure . . . but unfortunately I can't. …
Read →“I Can’t” is Relative
Jani is reminded that "I can't" is relative. Be encouraged that you CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens you. …
Read →3 Terrible Ways to Measure Your Ministry
Is your ministry to others a success? Here are three terrible ways to measure that. …
Read →3 Trojan Horses That Are Threatening Our Ability to Connect
Here are three Trojan horses that are attacking the depth and quality of our relationships, leaving many of us disconnected in a connected world. …
Read →A Helpful, Hopeful Election Perspective
Bob Lepine is ready to vote. He's made his choice. Read about his hope for the next four years. …
Read →A Lenten Love Study
Grasp God's love in a whole new way as you study one of the most misunderstood and neglected books of the Bible. …
Read →A Soccer Mom's Thoughts: Growing in Grace like a Preschooler, Not Like David Beckham
What does a three-year-old playing soccer have in common with the process of becoming more like Christ? …
Read →A Spacious Place
It was in the wake of an adoption gone wrong that I first found it. I dug into the Scriptures looking for hope while my world seemed to spin uncontrollably. …
Read →A True Woman Confession
Nancy Leigh DeMoss kicks off the 2012 True Woman theme, Seeking Him Together, with a transparent confession about what can distract her from seeking the Lord. …
Read →An Infinite God Is Our Helper
In times of weariness, far too often I'm so busy being busy that I fail to stop and reflect upon the One who supplies His children with strength. …
Read →Backstage with Joni Eareckson Tada & Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Are you angry at God? Or just down in the dumps? If so, Joni's words are for you! Plus, a couple of faith-boosting stories from Nancy. …
Read →Beautiful Encounters: When Jesus Strips the Labels Off
Some of us have worn our labels so long, they seem stitched into the fiber of our being. Sometimes we even "like" our labels, because they're comfortable. …
Read →Beautiful Encounters: When We're Dying from Thirst
Isn't everything in this world fading? Only satisfying for a moment? I never realized I had so much in common with the woman at the well. …
Read →Dear Grumpy Church Ladies
Hey, you. Yes, you. I mean no disrespect. You are, after all, my sisters in Christ. But I'm just going to say it . . . Those frowns are not becoming. …
Read →Desperate for God
How can you be desperate for God when all you're desperate for is a little peace and quiet? …
Read →Do You Want to Be an Overnight Sensation?
Are you surrounded by overnight sensations while you seem to be going nowhere? If so, this post is for you. …
Read →Facebook Etiquette: The Good, the Bad, and the Biblical
I hear a common complaint about the world of Facebook. It goes something like this: "On Facebook people make their lives look perfect." …
Read →Faith Markers
When my husband and I were hiking a few years ago, we started out on a clearly marked mountain trail. But the further we went, the fewer trail markers we saw. …
Read →Faithful Servant Or Pole Vaulter?
Most women are confronted with a battle. They shift . . . from valuing Christ-centered loyalty and commitment to jumping over the next high bar in life. …
Read →Fighting a Funk
The medical term for it is seasonal affective disorder. I call it a plain ole funk and it happens to me every year about this time. …
Read →5 More Truths To Set You Free in 2014
Here are five more ways you can live out God's Truth in 2014. …
Read →5 Possible Reasons You Remain Defeated
Will you stop blaming your past failures and turn a new page on future victories? …
Read →5 Truths to Set You Free in 2014
What is it about a new year that makes us all want to call for a massive "do over"? …
Read →Flakey Peter
Like Peter, Christ doesn't see you as who you are today, but as who you will be! …
Read →For What It's Worth
Are you letting others determine your worth? Great news for you here if so, as well as a chance to win Nancy's new devotional. …
Read →Three Videos for Your Monday (Plus My Favorite Caramel Popcorn Recipe)
Dannah Gresh's TED Talk releases today, Leslie opens up about her two death penalties, WORLD's Marvin Olasky interviews Rosaria Butterfield . . . …
Read →God Is at Work in the Ugly
God knows I have many, many questions. I long for Him. I want to follow Him. But, if I am honest, I also want life to be stable, predictable, and easy. …
Read →God-Sized Desires
God isn't opposed to desire or pleasure. He created us with a huge capacity for both. For most of us, the problem with our desires is that they are too small. Too ordinary. Too halfhearted. …
Read →High Expectations
My husband announced he was planning a surprise for my birthday...Nothing could prepare me for how I felt when we pulled into the parking lot of Cracker Barrel! …
Read →Hope from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
What little Isaiah Daniel Ortlund can teach us about our forever home . . . …
Read →How to Be Used by God in Great Ways
Do you feel like your life is on hold, like you've been forgotten, like nothing exciting ever happens to you? Think again. Today is simply the time God is preparing you for. …
Read →How Weakness Won a War
Is there something in your life that feels insurmountable? Do you feel abandoned and alone? Take heart, and pay extra close attention to how weakness won a war. …
Read →I Spy Something Lovely
We had been sitting on the tarmac for forty-five minutes when the pilot's voiced pierced our collective silence with these words . . . …
Read →I Witnessed a Miracle This Week
My forty-two-year-old single friend never thought her miracle would come driving in a white suburban filled with children who would change her life. …
Read →Inspired By the Crowd
It humbles me -- when I consider these men and women who smiled at a death that held no power over them and who longed for the Messiah from afar. …
Read →Is Your Heart Spiritually Numb?
Too often we go through life half-numb to spiritual realities. If you struggle to find a vibrant, transforming relationship with God, this is for you. …
Read →Karen on "Voices": Weathering Storms of Loneliness and Life
". . . Her departure ushered in a season of loneliness that I hadn’t experienced since my college years." …
Read →LIVE From Ft. Worth: “From the Mouth of Babes”
Their raw, fragile emotions raged as they waited all Sabbath long before bringing spices to His tomb. When they finally arrived, His body was missing! …
Read →Loving an Imperfect Spouse
If you live with anyone for too long, sin patterns and bothersome traits will quickly emerge. And marriage is no exception. …
Read →Loving Someone in Their Mess
Is it humanly possible to truly love someone who has hurt you? …
Read →me, Me, ME
Just exactly how much ME time do I need before it becomes selfish and self-indulgent? …
Read →My hormones have me in a tailspin!
I have all the telltale signs of a hormonal overload. My emotions seem to have stamped their ticket for a roller coaster ride where there are no exits. …
Read →News That's Better Than "You Don't Have Cancer!"
If the news about my biopsy had been different, if it had been cancer, if it had been a life-threatening report . . . would I have reacted differently? …
Read →Nothing Left to Give
Do you push yourself harder and harder until you become so spiritually, emotionally, and physically exhausted that you feel like you have nothing left to give? …
Read →One Thing Every Pastor's Wife Can Give
There are times as a pastor's wife when I feel overwhelmed and incapable all at once. Maybe you know the feeling . . . …
Read →Only A Little Strength
It’s not that I’m surprised by my “little strength and ability.” In fact, daily those truths flash like a neon sign in my mind. What’s surprising is that the Lord doesn’t see them as hindrances. …
Read →Out of Control in the Mountains of Colorado
You would've laughed if you’d seen me—skis and poles flying every which way, kids hurrying out of my way, grown men shouting over their shoulder, “You okay?" …
Read →Overwhelmed
We can all feel overwhelmed by our circumstances. Even when the things we are facing are good things, we can get anxious. …
Read →Paralyzed Praise: A Conversation with Joni Eareckson Tada
This hilarious and insightful conversation will remind you to focus, not on what was or even on what is, but on what will be. …
Read →Pay Me in Praise, Please!
I'd rather be paid in praise over a paycheck any day. Can you relate, or am I the only high-maintenance girl who loves to have her work noticed and applauded? …
Read →Peeking into Lives All Month Long
For the next month on the blog, we'll be opening curtains and flipping on lights so you can see into homes and lives of those you've never met. …
Read →Personal Aims for 2014 from Nancy and the Revive Our Hearts Team
Nancy and the Revive Our Hearts team give us a sneak peek into how God is personally working in their lives at the start of 2014. …
Read →Perspective and Hope for Your Battle
Nagging and whining won't solve your problems. They may help you get your way in an immediate sense, but they will not win victories for the Kingdom of God. …
Read →Playing Oprah Next to Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Prepare to laugh with us at what Nancy's elementary teachers wrote on her report cards, and then tear up as Nancy recounts the faithfulness of the Lord. …
Read →Playing Words with Friends with Nancy Leigh
Do you ever doubt that God will answer your prayers? Lina did . . . until He answered. …
Read →Ponder Anew . . .
Four-year-old Lizzie feels certain God will enter sympathetically into her world, her pain. How about you? …
Read →Purim, Esther . . . and You!
The wondrous acts of God are not limited to by-gone days. Our minds cannot fathom all that He is able to do in and through the lives of those who trust Him! …
Read →Relationships: Worth the Mess
Not much gets in the way of my Thursday night routine. After over a year, I've grown to look forward to this night of the week almost more than any other. …
Read →Self-Control and Pickle Cravings
Is pregnancy a good enough reason to not be self-controlled? …
Read →Serious About Change
You took the dare to change. You were sure about it. You were excited about it. Then you left the crowd and went home to a house that felt big, quiet, and empty. …
Read →Sisters, Let's Become Cheerleaders
If the women in your life were to describe the effect and power of your words, what would they say? …
Read →6 steps for when your emotions spiral out of control
In the privacy of the bathroom stall, Jane burst into tears. She wept and wept, wondering why her emotions were so strong. …
Read →So Why Do I . . .
You are my gracious, all-knowing, all-wise, all-powerful Master and Savior. So why do I . . . …
Read →Spoiler Alert! What God Is Teaching Me Through the Olympics
Lindsay shares a lesson she learned after the Olympic spoiler alert she received about the Fabulous Five. …
Read →How the Truth Sets Us Free
Refresh your heart with the truth in this roundup of top blog posts from 2017! …
Read →How the Truth Sets Us Free
Refresh your heart with the truth in this roundup of top blog posts from 2017! …
Read →Moms Need Soul-Care over Self-Care
When motherhood feels overwhelming, instead of adding self-care to your already too long to-do list, meet with your Provider-God for soul-care sustenance. …
Read →True Hope Tuesdays: Katie Laitkep’s Story
How one teenager discovered True Hope on an iPod in a sterile clinic. …
Read →Message 9: Truth About Circumstances
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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We no longer live in a Genesis 2 world—a perfect, sinless paradise. So how do we handle the difficult circumstances we experience in this broken world?
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Building Up One Another
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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encouragement, church, building up
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Hope for Hurting Hearts: The Ministry of Encouragement
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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In a world where so many people are sad, lonely, and hurting, we need practical ways to encourage one another.
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Playing the 'If Only' Game
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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The enemy convinces us that the only way we can be different is if our circumstances change. The truth is they merely reveal what we are.
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Donna Otto's Mottos
Donna Otto
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Poignant quotes to live by from Donna Otto that will make you think, and will make you a success if you will live by them!
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One Anothers in Scripture
Revive Our Hearts
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How does God expect us to treat each other? (Taken from Nancy's radio series "Who Needs the Church?")
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Pathway for Contentment (Message Listener Guide)
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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A study outline that will help you get all you can out of Nancy's "Pathway for Contentment" message.
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Encouraging One Another
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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In a world where so many people are sad, lonely, and hurting, God wants to use you to communicate His heart and minister grace to others.
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30-Day Gratitude Challenge
Revive Our Hearts
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Cultivate a heart of gratitude and begin your 30-day journey to joy!
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Pathway for Contentment Answer Key
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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Answer key for Pathway for Contentment (Conference Message Outline).
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Do You Need Some Conversation Peace? Ask Yourself ...
Mary Kassian
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How healthy is your speech? Take this quiz to discover areas in which your words fall short of the golden standard.
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