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. …
ReadResources by Topic: Hope & Encouragement
“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. …
Read3 Terrible Ways to Measure Your Ministry
Is your ministry to others a success? Here are three terrible ways to measure that. …
Read3 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. …
ReadA Helpful, Hopeful Election Perspective
Bob Lepine is ready to vote. He's made his choice. Read about his hope for the next four years. …
ReadA 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. …
ReadA 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? …
ReadA 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. …
ReadA 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. …
ReadAn 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. …
ReadBackstage 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. …
ReadBeautiful 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. …
ReadBeautiful 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. …
ReadDear 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. …
ReadDesperate for God
How can you be desperate for God when all you're desperate for is a little peace and quiet? …
ReadDo 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. …
ReadFacebook 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." …
ReadFaith 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. …
ReadFaithful 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. …
ReadFighting 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. …
Read5 More Truths To Set You Free in 2014
Here are five more ways you can live out God's Truth in 2014. …
Read5 Possible Reasons You Remain Defeated
Will you stop blaming your past failures and turn a new page on future victories? …
Read5 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"? …
ReadFlakey Peter
Like Peter, Christ doesn't see you as who you are today, but as who you will be! …
ReadFor 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. …
ReadThree 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 . . . …
ReadGod 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. …
ReadGod-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. …
ReadHigh 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! …
ReadHope from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
What little Isaiah Daniel Ortlund can teach us about our forever home . . . …
ReadHow 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. …
ReadHow 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. …
ReadI 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 . . . …
ReadI 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. …
ReadInspired 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. …
ReadIs 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. …
ReadKaren 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." …
ReadLIVE 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! …
ReadLoving an Imperfect Spouse
If you live with anyone for too long, sin patterns and bothersome traits will quickly emerge. And marriage is no exception. …
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me, Me, ME
Just exactly how much ME time do I need before it becomes selfish and self-indulgent? …
ReadMy 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. …
ReadNews 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? …
ReadNothing 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? …
ReadOne 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 . . . …
ReadOnly 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. …
ReadOut 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?" …
ReadOverwhelmed
We can all feel overwhelmed by our circumstances. Even when the things we are facing are good things, we can get anxious. …
ReadParalyzed 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. …
ReadPay 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? …
ReadPeeking 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. …
ReadPersonal 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. …
ReadPerspective 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. …
ReadPlaying 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. …
ReadPlaying Words with Friends with Nancy Leigh
Do you ever doubt that God will answer your prayers? Lina did . . . until He answered. …
ReadPonder Anew . . .
Four-year-old Lizzie feels certain God will enter sympathetically into her world, her pain. How about you? …
ReadPurim, 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! …
ReadRelationships: 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. …
ReadSelf-Control and Pickle Cravings
Is pregnancy a good enough reason to not be self-controlled? …
ReadSerious 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. …
ReadSisters, Let's Become Cheerleaders
If the women in your life were to describe the effect and power of your words, what would they say? …
Read6 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. …
ReadSo Why Do I . . .
You are my gracious, all-knowing, all-wise, all-powerful Master and Savior. So why do I . . . …
ReadSpoiler 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. …
Read10 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. …
ReadThe 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? …
ReadThe 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? …
ReadThe 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. …
ReadThe 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. …
ReadThe 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? …
ReadThe 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!" …
ReadThe Two Sides of Love
I, too, have experienced the heartache that can come from choosing to love. …
ReadThe 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. …
Read3 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. …
ReadTruth 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." …
ReadTurning 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. …
ReadTW 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. …
ReadTweetables 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. …
ReadWant 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! …
ReadWhat 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. …
ReadWhat Enkelejda Taught Me
It’s not every day a girl like me gets to meet a woman like Enkelejda Kumaraku . . . …
ReadWhat 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. …
ReadWhen FOMO Attacks
Do you have FOMO? Learn about this new term coined for our ever-connected digital age and what to do about it. …
ReadWhen 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. …
ReadWhen 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. …
ReadWhen 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. …
ReadWhen 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?" …
ReadWhen 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? …
ReadWhen 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. …
ReadWhen 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. …
ReadWhen 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. …
ReadWhy Shepherds?
Perhaps you feel you have nothing to offer. Take heart, you serve One who seeks those who know they are needy. …
ReadWilderness 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? …
Read5 Ways to Read a Blog Post Without Getting Your Jimmies Rustled
Advice for navigating the blogosphere with James 1:19–20 in mind. …
ReadKnown But to God
When God is the only One who sees your sacrifices, your hard work, your faithfulness, is that enough for you? …
ReadLet 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. …
ReadA 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. …
Read5 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. …
Read3 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 . . . …
ReadSusannah 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. …
ReadTake 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. …
ReadWhen Your Dreams Die: An Invitation to Compassion
The road to compassion can be costly and uncomfortable, but it is the way of joy. …
ReadGod 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. …
ReadLove 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. …
ReadI Want What That Woman Has
It’s time to stop avoiding our sisters in Christ because they possess what we’re longing for. …
Read5 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. …
ReadBook 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. …
ReadHow the Truth Sets Us Free
Refresh your heart with the truth in this roundup of top blog posts from 2017! …
ReadHow the Truth Sets Us Free
Refresh your heart with the truth in this roundup of top blog posts from 2017! …
ReadMoms 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. …
ReadTrue Hope Tuesdays: Katie Laitkep’s Story
How one teenager discovered True Hope on an iPod in a sterile clinic. …
ReadHope Is Not a Wish
Our hope is an anchor we can grasp and cling to. It is real, lasting, and secure. …
ReadYour Neglected Soul Cannot Fix Itself
When the soul is disregarded, it doesn’t eventually fix itself. …
ReadThe Tension in Our Hope
Hope creates tension. We long for a future reality that is totally secure—but not yet accessible. …
ReadThe Miracle That Can Happen When You’re Tired
Are you tired? Are you in need of rest? So were the disciples, but when they went away to rest, they got something better—a sovereign display of God’s power. …
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I Will Hope Continually (Day 1)
When the pressures of life threaten to drown us, hope keeps us afloat. …
ReadHope in His Steadfast Love (Day 2)
When you are tumbling, His steadfast love is your life raft. …
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I Will Hope Continually (Day 1)
When the pressures of life threaten to drown us, hope keeps us afloat. …
ReadHope in His Steadfast Love (Day 2)
When you are tumbling, His steadfast love is your life raft. …
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Message 9: Truth About Circumstances
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?
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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