How Imperfect Women Can Help Other Imperfect Women
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 29, 2019
When the Lord called Denisse Cabrera to invest her life in discipling other women, she felt extremely inadequate. Can you relate? Read or Listen →
Resources by Topic: Missional Living
What Legacy Are You Leaving?
- Revive Our Hearts
- February 25, 2019
Do you realize that every choice you make is contributing to a legacy? What will you be remembered for when your life is over? Read or Listen →
The Contagious Joy of Generosity
- Revive Our Hearts
- February 13, 2019
Would others describe you as a generous person? Hear from generous women and be challenged to understand the joy of generosity in greater ways yourself. Read or Listen →
Becoming a Gospel Patron
- Revive Our Hearts
- February 12, 2019
The biblical writer Luke tells us about a group of women who traveled with Jesus. Why would they give generously so Jesus could travel, teach, and heal? Read or Listen →
Giving Like God Has Given to You
- Revive Our Hearts
- February 11, 2019
Women helping meet the needs of Jesus' ministry would have been radical. Explore why these women would reject social norms to give generously to Jesus. Read or Listen →
A Massive Gospel Opportunity
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 28, 2018
When you think of the greatest opportunities for sharing the gospel in our day, what comes to mind? Read or Listen →
Surrendering Your Children to God’s Call
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 24, 2018
It’s one thing to surrender your life to the Lord and go wherever He sends, it’s another to release your children to God and allow them to follow God’s will. Read or Listen →
How to Serve While Lonely and Discouraged
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 23, 2018
When a young missionary landed on foreign soil, her enthusiasm was curtailed by culture shock and unmet expectations. Hear how she handled the disappointment. Read or Listen →
Surrendered to God’s Call
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 22, 2018
You weren’t created for yourself so that you could go and grab all you could get for yourself. You were created for the glory of God! Read or Listen →
Representing Jesus Well
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 14, 2018
Does your home belong to you, or does it serve a greater purpose? Barbara Rainey invites you to think of your home as an embassy for the Lord. Read or Listen →
Living as an Ambassador
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 13, 2018
Barbara Rainey says your family can all be ambassadors for the Lord, making your home an embassy. Read or Listen →
God's Love in Us
- Seeking Him
- August 16, 2018
Ask God to pour His love through you to those around you today. Read or Listen →
The Power of a True Story
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 31, 2018
Across the Middle East and Asia, there are places where Bible teaching isn’t welcome. But these are also places with a great appreciation for well-told stories. Read or Listen →
Sharing the Stories That Truly Matter
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 30, 2018
Telling stories is as old as humanity. It is a very powerful way to tell people about Jesus in some very difficult places in the world. Read or Listen →
An Example of Holiness
- Seeking Him
- July 26, 2018
Are you prepared to give an account for the way your life has influenced your children? Read or Listen →
Channels of God's Generosity
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 17, 2018
Nancy says the church has been called to provide for the poor. But in many cases, the church has given that role up. Read or Listen →
Share What Jesus Is Doing in Your Life
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 16, 2018
Every follower of Jesus feels pressure to become better at witnessing. Nancy shares practical ways to explain the gospel to others. Read or Listen →
The Absence of Love
- Seeking Him
- June 29, 2018
The presence of God's agape love can solve almost every problem. Read or Listen →
Loved to the End
- Seeking Him
- June 28, 2018
Genuine love is totally giving myself to meet the needs of another person without expecting anything in return. Read or Listen →
Making the Most of an Accident
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 24, 2018
When Jen Barrick was fifteen, her life was affected forever by a drunk driver. But rather than complain, Jen shares Jesus. Read or Listen →
A Massive Gospel Opportunity
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 11, 2018
What do you think is the greatest opportunity for sharing the gospel in our day? Christie Erwin says foster parenting is a huge need and opportunity. Read or Listen →
How Do You Say Goodbye?
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 10, 2018
As a foster parent, Christie Erwin loves children like they’re her own. So it really hurts when they have to leave her home and go back to their birth parents. Read or Listen →
Foster Parenting and the Love of Our Father
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 9, 2018
Christie Erwin and her husband want the foster kids in their home to know what it’s like to have a parent’s unconditional love. Read or Listen →
Foster Parenting Means Dying to Ourselves
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 8, 2018
When the Lord called Christie Erwin and her husband to become foster parents, it was a call to die to themselves. Read or Listen →
Actions That Build
- Seeking Him
- May 3, 2018
We’re all in the process of either building people up or tearing them down. Read or Listen →
Unto the Least
- Seeking Him
- March 26, 2018
We show whether we really love Jesus by the way we treat other people. Read or Listen →
Finding Hope in the Silence, Day 4
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 30, 2017
One of Sue Thomas' most meaningful activities is finding homeless people on cold streets and meeting their needs. Read or Listen →
More than Son or Daughter
- Seeking Him
- May 10, 2017
If God calls your child into missions, can you let him go? Read or Listen →
Sharing a Passion for the Beauty of the ...
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 19, 2016
Anna's family faced persecution for their faith in their native Russia. Now free in the United States, God has put a burden on Anna's heart to return. Read or Listen →
Good News Across the Globe
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 25, 2016
Sisters from South Africa have a God-sized vision. They are praying that women there will come to know freedom, fullness, and fruitfulness in Christ. Read or Listen →
The Courage to Get Involved
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 28, 2016
Imagine you’re sitting in the mall when you hear a woman talking very loudly into her phone, making plans to get an abortion. Do you get involved? Read or Listen →
Vengeance Is Not a Virtue
- Seeking Him
- July 12, 2016
Jesus is a hero who takes His enemies' punishment rather than taking revenge. Read or Listen →
God Is at Work in Iran, Day 2
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 18, 2016
Sabrina Aslan is teaching the Bible for women in Iran and Syria and sending those messages into these closed countries over the Internet. Read or Listen →
God Is at Work in Iran, Day 1
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- May 17, 2016
When some Muslim young people asked Albert Aslan a question about the Bible, he answered truthfully. And that landed him in jail. Read or Listen →
An Unlikely Convert, Day 5
- Revive Our Hearts
- February 11, 2016
What do your neighbors really know about you? Do they know about your faith? Catch a vision for what God could do in your neighborhood. Read or Listen →
To Gain What You Cannot Lose, Day 3
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 8, 2016
If one of your close family members was killed, can you imagine going to their killers and telling them about the love of Jesus? That actually did happen. Read or Listen →
To Gain What You Cannot Lose, Day 2
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- January 7, 2016
Sixty years ago this week, five missionaries gave their lives while trying to share the gospel in Ecuador. Hear about the power of a surrendered life. Read or Listen →
To Gain What You Cannot Lose, Day 1
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- January 6, 2016
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” Jim Elliot did give up his very life living this quote out. Read or Listen →
For Such a Time as This in South ...
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- December 2, 2015
For many years Retha has carried a burden for women in South Africa to know God’s Word, to embrace God’s calling and design for their lives, and to see revival. Read or Listen →
Elisabeth Elliot Memorial Service
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 11, 2015
It’s a powerful thing when you know biblical truth and share it with others. But it’s even more powerful when you live out that truth through a life message. Read or Listen →
Finding God in the Hard Places
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 21, 2015
While Kate McCord lived among women in Afghanistan, she learned things about God she never knew while living a comfortable life in the United States. Read or Listen →
God Blesses You for a Reason
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 29, 2015
God doesn’t just pour out blessings on you so you can enjoy more and more. God wants to bless others through you. Read or Listen →
Today's Servants
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 9, 2015
Become a servant. That’s a nice, biblical-sounding phrase. But what does it look like in real life? We’ll hear from several women who flesh it out. Read or Listen →
Seven Snapshots
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 8, 2015
If you’re cleaning bathrooms today, you can do it with a servant’s heart. Read or Listen →
A Faithful Servant
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 5, 2015
In today’s economy you hear about the benefits of providing good service all the time. Read or Listen →
A Servant's Heart
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 4, 2015
We operate in a service economy, but the concept of service goes back to ancient times. Read or Listen →
Service and the Kingdom of God
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 3, 2015
If one worker at one store is rude, it’ll affect your buying habits. Read or Listen →
The Highest Calling
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 2, 2015
It’s a lot easier to be a servant at 9 a.m. than it is to be a servant at 4 p.m. Read or Listen →
Qualifications
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 1, 2015
It seems like everybody’s trying to create an impressive bio. But there’s an important concept that gets forgotten far too often. Read or Listen →
Accelerating the Movement in Southeast Asia
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 20, 2015
In the U.S., believers have a lot of opportunities to meet together in churches and at conferences. But that’s not true everywhere in the world. Read or Listen →
God’s Spirit at Work in Latin America
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 19, 2015
In Latin America there isn’t a lot of solid, biblical teaching for women. So when women are invited to experience God’s Word, the results can be dramatic. Read or Listen →
Mujer Verdadera 2015: A Guided Tour
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 18, 2015
Earlier this year, women from twenty-three countries gathered to seek the Lord for His unique calling on their lives. Hear what happened at True Woman '15. Read or Listen →
The Word "Love"
- Seeking Him
- November 5, 2014
Are you showing God’s love today by giving of yourself without expecting anything in return? Read or Listen →
A Big God Does Big Things
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 3, 2013
Has God put a burden on your heart? If it seems like the process is taking a long time, you’ll get encouragement to press on and keep waiting for His timing. Read or Listen →
When God Puts a Burden on Your Heart
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 2, 2013
Has God put a burden on your heart that seems impossible? You’ll hear how the Lord used the efforts of two women who felt weak and inadequate. Read or Listen →
A Revived Church on the Move
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 15, 2013
In the 1980s Sammy Tippit was expelled from Romania and told to never come back. Before he was kicked out, he watched as revived churches spread the gospel. Read or Listen →
A Heart to Reach the World
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 14, 2013
In the 1980s churches in Romania faced intense persecution. So when a young evangelist arrived, he found a revived church that no government could stop. Read or Listen →
Persevering Through the Storm
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 9, 2013
About a month ago, Ginny Melby spend the night out on Lake Michigan, cold, wet, and sleep deprived. Find out why she chose to do this all night long Read or Listen →
A Daughter's Faith and a Mom's Faith
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 8, 2013
Karen Melby was afraid for her daughter’s safety. Her daughter had a big idea involving orphans in Uganda, a paddle board, and a volatile body of water. Read or Listen →
I Was Naked and You Clothed Me
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 6, 2013
Ann Dunagan’s family visited Africa and was struck by the number of children without adequate clothing. Jesus' words about clothing the needy came to mind. Read or Listen →
Unleashing Your Children's Talents
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 5, 2013
What talents has God given your children? The world is waiting for those talents to be unleashed for God’s glory. Learn how to develop those talents. Read or Listen →
The Courage to Get Involved
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 6, 2012
Imagine you’re sitting in the mall when you hear a woman talking very loudly into her phone, making plans to get an abortion. Do you get involved? Read or Listen →
Potential Pitfalls of Servanthood
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 27, 2012
It’s always good to serve others, right? Not if you’re serving for the wrong reasons. Discover the pitfalls you need to watch for when it comes to serving. Read or Listen →
Is There Anything I Can Do?
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 26, 2012
A good waiter or waitress doesn’t focus on his or her own needs, but on others. The same is true for anyone who wants to effectively serve. Read or Listen →
The Need for Service
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 25, 2012
Think of how many times you hear the word "service" in a day. Read or Listen →
Joni and Friends Camp Part 3
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 30, 2012
Imagine serving a person with a disability while enjoying activities like boating, horseback riding or hiking. Read or Listen →
Joni and Friends Camp Part 2
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 29, 2012
You could have a unique opportunity to let God use your time, hands, and heart to make an eternal difference in the life of a person with a disability. Read or Listen →
Joni and Friends Camp Part 1
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 28, 2012
Every family needs time to get away, take a break from day-to-day pressures and gain perspective--even families who live with disability. Read or Listen →
Praying for Revival in Latin America
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 23, 2012
“Si, Senor.” For 3,000 women in the Dominican Republic, these two little words have become very significant. Read or Listen →
A Country-Wide Burden
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 22, 2012
Do you see a lot of lifeless, joyless Christianity? Do you ever wonder if God is working anywhere? Find out what God is doing in the Spanish-speaking world. Read or Listen →
Ten Things I've Learned
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- September 12, 2011
As we celebrate the 10th anniversary, Nancy reflects on ten recurring, undergirding themes in her life and ministry from the past ten years. Read or Listen →
True Heroes of the Faith
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 2, 2011
When you think of a "hero," what comes to mind? How about a missionary? Hear about heroes of the faith and the importance of keeping their stories alive. Read or Listen →
How to Care for Caregivers
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- July 20, 2011
When someone you love dies, do they become an angel watching over you? Hospice nurse Deborah Howard takes a biblical look at these types of questions. Read or Listen →
The Heart of Compassion
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 1, 2007
The poor and needy are all around us. God sees them and moves toward them, not away from them. Read or Listen →
A Surrendered Mom
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 25, 2004
We've been talking with a guest, Shannon, about surrender this week on Revive Our Hearts. Read or Listen →
Two Submitted Lives
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- November 24, 2004
How can you know if it is God's will that you marry the person you love? Read or Listen →
Two Surrendered Lives
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 23, 2004
Hear a beautiful love story and see the hand of God working in the lives of two devoted missionaries. Read or Listen →
One Surrendered Life
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- November 22, 2004
This week on Revive Our Hearts we get an update from the first guest to ever appear on Revive Our Hearts. Read or Listen →
The Power of a Consecrated Life, Part 1
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 28, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss speaks with a special guest, Shannon, who has been called to the Mission Field. Read or Listen →
"I Don't Want What You're Selling"
Two men came to our company to promote supplemental insurance. We avoided them like the plague. I wonder if that’s how it is with us and non-Christians. …
Read"Jihad Cosmo"
Let's do battle, my sisters. But let's do it in our prayers and petitions to our all-sufficient God. …
Read"Name-esis" . . . What Would You Do?
What are you to do when you’ve been taking an aerobics class with this woman for two years . . . and you can’t remember her name? …
Read10 Essential Tips for Handling Group Dynamics
If you've ever led a small group, you know it can be tricky. Here's some advice for handling your small group dynamics. …
Read10 Reasons to Reclaim the Lost Art of Letter Writing
Letter writing is a form of communication that can change lives and further the gospel. Here are some reasons why you should write more letters. …
Read150 Years Later, God Is Still at Work
150 years ago, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Today, God is still at work! …
Read3 Terrible Ways to Measure Your Ministry
Is your ministry to others a success? Here are three terrible ways to measure that. …
ReadA Birthday Wish to Do Something Big
This month is my twentieth spiritual birthday. I'm doing something B-I-G to celebrate all that God has done. …
ReadA Call to Live Like People Matter
To be honest, the fact that Jesus always seemed to make time for others doesn't always sit well with me. …
ReadA Community Affair
I remember the first time someone asked me, “So what has God been teaching you lately?” …
ReadA Cry for Help from Albania
Enkelejda describes Albanian women as “used and abused.” Kidnapping, human trafficking, pornography, prostitution, and organ trafficking all run rampant. …
ReadA Short Elevator Ride with a Hospice Nurse
In this busy hospital, it's unlikely for an elevator to go up seven floors without stopping, with only two people inside. I know God arranged this meeting. …
ReadA Toast to the Best Valentine's Day Yet!
I’d like to propose a toast. Grab a cup of coffee, your Nalgene bottle—any beverage nearby will do—and let’s drink to . . . the best Valentine’s Day yet! …
ReadAn Open Letter To Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong is back in the news this week, and Erin has three important things to tell him. …
ReadBlack History Month: Telling the Story of God's Mighty Power
In many ways, Black History Month is to African-Americans a time to remember and re-tell the story of how God moved on our behalf throughout history. …
ReadBosses Don't Give Gold Stars--and Other Career Advice
When I was hired for my first job, my father took me aside to give me an important insight. "Don't expect praise for merely doing what you were hired to do." …
ReadChristmas Perspectives
I could have slapped myself silly! Why hadn't I considered that this was his first holiday without Aunt Kathleen?! …
ReadDefending the Faith
People who argue against the existence of God need to be pointed to the evidence that supports His reality. …
ReadDinner with Two Atheists Over Chicken Souvlaki
I was supposed to be attending a conference, but instead I was having dinner a mile away with two atheists. Not exactly how I intended to spend the evening. …
ReadFour Practical Ways to Welcome Autism into Your Church
When a child with autism enters your church, a few minor accommodations can make all the difference for the child and the family who loves him. …
ReadGod’s Shopping List
Did you know God has a shopping list? Kate shares what's on His list this—and every—season. …
ReadHere I am, or There You Are?
Are you consumed with what others think of you? Become a "there you are" person rather than a "here I am" woman. …
ReadHow a Young Mom Can Be Pro-Life
Perhaps, like me, you've seen some of Planned Parenthood videos and are awakened again to the horror of abortion and the need for Christians to involve themselves in the pro-life cause. …
ReadHow Can an Ordinary Woman Glorify God?
My days often include asking forgiveness, confessing I've blown it again, and starting over. …
ReadHow God Is Using One Woman to Reach Brazil
For months Cindy thought about how to spread this message to women in Brazil, but she always came back to, "What can I do?" …
ReadHow Pro-life Are You, Really?
Most of us would say we're pro-life, but when it comes down to our daily actions and thoughts, do we really demonstrate how much we value life? …
ReadHow to Start a Conversation with a Muslim Woman
Want to befriend a Muslim woman but don't know how? Let Kate McCord help. …
ReadIn Light of Eternity
My earthly race will soon be over. So how can I go deeper with God, give myself more devotedly to His children, and serve His cause in the world today? …
ReadIn the Land of Blue Burqas
A short film on Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousufzai and a review of In the Land of Blue Burqas. …
ReadJonah and Your Next Door Neighbor
Where is God calling you? Maybe the people you’re called to are nothing like you. Maybe they disturb your peace by playing their music a few decibels too high. …
ReadJonah’s Temper Tantrum
What’s your most embarrassing moment? If you’re like me, you’re not about to share it on this blog! Poor Jonah, though, doesn’t have a choice. …
ReadLittle Is Big with God in the Mix
Ever thought you were "above" a certain task? Yeah, me too. But that just shows I don't have a clue. "Little" is BIG with God in the mix! …
ReadLovin' Your Neighbor
Jesus’ answer just raised more questions for me. Why did He include the second commandment when the man just asked for the greatest commandment? …
ReadMinistering in a Maximum-Security Women's Prison
Without question, the highlight of my Christmas holidays was the opportunity to visit and minister in a maximum security women's prison in Arkansas. …
ReadMinistering When It's Inconvenient
We know that Jesus spent His time on earth serving others. But have you ever considered how often He ministered when it was inconvenient? …
ReadMinistry Beyond Your Front Door
God isn't honored when we neglect our family in the name of ministry, nor when we make family such a priority that we allow ministry to stop at our front door. …
ReadMy Locker-room Friends
Every morning I go to a local fitness center before I go to work. Over the past three years, I have developed relationships with the “regulars" . . . …
ReadNever Too Late
Depending on your season of life, fruit bearing will be expressed through different venues . . . …
ReadOh, the Things You See at the DMV . . .
The sign reads: "Now serving 85." The slip of paper in my hand tells me my number is 104. I'm sitting in the DMV office, and it is crawling with humanity . . . …
ReadPartner with the Japanese Church to Share God’s Compassion
Samaritan’s Purse is working with Japanese churches to hand out blankets, water, and other assistance to show the compassion of Jesus Christ to hurting people. …
ReadReaching Out on Valentine's Day
This was one of our best Valentine’s Days ever. By turning our attention from ourselves, we became vessels to demonstrate the love of God to others. …
ReadRespect in the "Blogosphere"
What is your reaction when your position is challenged? To fight back in self-defense? To return criticism with criticism? …
ReadRevive Our Hearts Reaches Austria
We receive lots of emails about God working in women's hearts everywhere, but a recent email took us across the Atlantic and into the land of Mozart--Austria. …
ReadShutting Down the Laptop
In order to rescue the perishing, I have to actually wade into the muck of this culture (I don't mean indulge in it) and seek to rescue those who are drowning. …
ReadSkin Color, Partiality, and the Power of the Gospel
We often sum people up by outward appearance. Unfortunately, our wrong assumptions can affect the way we treat others, even our brothers and sisters in Christ. …
ReadSpreading the "True" Gospel
The gospel compels us to tackle mercy ministries, but we must never replace sharing the gospel of the kingdom with the kingdom service of the gospel. …
ReadSticking Your Neck Out for Others
It is impossible to live the Christian life without risk. But since Jesus stuck His neck way out for us, we are free to take risks for His name's sake. …
ReadTaking God Seriously
It was on the weekend of my 21st birthday that I got the call he had had a heart attack and was instantly with the Lord. …
ReadTaking the Gospel to the Hurting
It's easy to develop an "out of sight, out of mind" mentality toward those who are in need. But in the last few years I've been asking God to broaden my vision. …
ReadThe Ministry of Pancakes
I could have said no. But the pull of a breakfast I didn't have to cook on dishes I didn't have to wash was too much for me. …
ReadThe Spoiled Birthday Brat Syndrome
I look forward to my birthday the way most girls look forward to their wedding day . . . …
ReadThree Bananas
As we rounded the corner into the produce section, I saw an adorable older woman with no cart, no basket, just a few items in her hand including three bananas. …
ReadThree Ways to Fight the Sin of Partiality
We often sum people up by outward appearance. Unfortunately, our wrong assumptions can affect the way we treat others, even our brothers and sisters in Christ. …
ReadWhat Do I Do with These Children?
Many families I know take the fun summer approach, which I’m all for. But I think summers also offer a unique opportunity to do ministry together as a family. …
ReadWhat My Friends Did When Tragedy Struck
Margaret opened an email file titled "Nate," and love radiated from the screen. …
ReadWhen They Don’t Love You Back
Erin shares a very personal story about when you love someone and they don't respond in kind . . . …
ReadWhen You Don't Know How to Help Her
I know women like her. Stuck. Hopeless. At, or nearing, the end of their rope. Women I can't touch. Women I long to touch, but I just don't know how. …
ReadWhere Are All the Women Like Me?
I needed to find other women like me to befriend. Same ideas. Same hobbies . . . not too much to ask, right? A few months later, I was making minimal progress. …
ReadWide Open Fields
Jesus asked his followers to do simply one thing in life. He didn’t ask for bigger churches or a larger personal following. He was interested in just one thing. …
ReadRedeem Halloween: Being Missional on Fright Night
How can we be missional about shining a light in the darkness of Halloween? …
ReadWomen Who Can Influence a Nation
In a world that desperately needs Jesus, you have the power of influence. Will you use it? …
ReadSpecial Needs Hospitality: Learning to Go the Extra Mile
A mother of a special needs child offers helpful, practical advice for reaching out to special needs families. …
ReadA Podcast Heard in a Remote African Village
It takes about twenty minutes to download one Revive Our Hearts podcast in a little coffee shop in Africa, but it’s well worth the wait for Danielle. …
ReadA Burden for the Weak, Fatherless, and Vulnerable
Has God burdened your heart for the weak? Here are some practical ways to take a stand for the vulnerable and embrace a lifestyle of sacrificial love. …
ReadLilias Trotter: Surrendering Dreams to Pursue God’s Calling
A woman living in Victorian England possessed the potential to become a famous artist—but instead she embraced God’s call to surrender fame and share Christ with the people of North Africa. …
ReadPowerfully Bold or Merely Obnoxious?
An obnoxious “testimony” fails in furthering the gospel. But a Christian testimony that’s gracious, kind, and winsome speaks of Jesus. Do the latter. …
ReadMary Slessor of Calabar, “The Great Mother”
Mary Slessor’s character was strong—and she used that strength to serve her King. Unhappy experiences in her home life didn’t cripple her. Rather, they prepared her for what lay ahead. …
ReadGladys Aylward: The Power of Childlike Faith
Because Gladys dared to trust God and take Him at His Word, she lived one of the most conquering, victorious lives this world has ever seen. …
ReadKatherine Ferguson: Pioneer of the First Sunday School
The first known Sunday school began in an abandoned fort in New York City, taught by a former slave. And that’s just part of the story. …
ReadAnn Hasseltine Judson: A Deathward Life for Christ
In marriage or missions, in service and in suffering, it is our great privilege to give all we that have that God may be glorified. …
ReadRedeemed Hearts Should Be Others-Focused Hearts
Of all people, those who are known as Christ-followers should also be known by their concern for the practical needs of others. …
ReadCatherine Booth: A Life of Relentless Spiritual Passion
Whenever you’re tempted to become apathetic in your walk with Christ or lax in your pursuit of lost souls, remember the example of this frail but mighty woman. …
ReadAmy Carmichael: Unconditionally Surrendered to Her Beloved King
Amy Carmichael left us many godly examples of how to love Christ, His Body, and our mission field. …
ReadLottie Moon: A Story of Lifelong Sacrifice
What time can you give the Master today? What worshipful service could you offer to Him? What gift could you lay back at Christ's feet? …
ReadCapturing a Global Vision for Souls in Darkness
God is at work on a global scale. He hasn’t forgotten the plight of women around the world who are suppressed in darkness. …
ReadThis Little Light of Mine, God Makes It Shine
God has placed you on a particular “stand” for one purpose: He wants to use you to spread the light. …
ReadYou Can’t Help Everyone; But You Can Help Someone
Her chocolate eyes still haunt me. “Where is she right now?” is a question running through my heart as my mind wrestles through a debate over where my responsibility to the helpless begins and ends. …
ReadA Cartful of Hope: Sharing Our Reason in the Public Square
The cashier, the greeter, the teller, the bus driver—these are people, eternal souls, and we have only a brief moment to impact them for the cause of Christ. …
ReadCornerstone Transition Home Opens Its Doors
In 2003, a dream began to take root in Jennifer Smith’s heart: She envisioned a home where women released from prison could live. On 12/12/16, the Cornerstone Transition Home opened its doors. …
ReadWhy One Woman Left the True Woman Conference
After the last True Woman Conference, our team received an email from an attendee named Patsy. It’s a gospel challenge to all of us. …
ReadFighting for the Next Generation Matters
Is it my little life and kingdom I’m living for, or the advancement of God’s kingdom? …
ReadWhy Adoption Is Worth Every Obstacle
Tragedy is built into every adoption story. Any child in need of an adoptive family is a child who has suffered an immeasurable loss. Here's why entering into that grief is worth it. …
ReadAs We Empty Ourselves for God, He Will Fill Us
Do you ever feel totally drained after serving the Lord? If so, you’re not alone. Here’s how to get restored. …
ReadMinistering to the Special Needs Mom
Chances are there’s a special needs family at your church. Here’s practical guidance on ministering to these moms with compassion from someone who knows. …
ReadFrom Indifference to Compassion: Seeing the Vulnerable
Our indifference is costly to the vulnerable in our world who need Christ’s Church to show His compassion. …
ReadBe a Justice-Seeker for the Orphaned
As image bearers of the God of justice, we must seek reconciliation for that which sin has broken. …
ReadHow to Cultivate Community in Your Women’s Ministry
We often think of Christian community as doing activities together. It’s much more. It’s about sharing our spiritual lives in Christ. …
ReadLead Like an Ambassador
As leaders, we represent more than just ourselves or even our churches or ministries. We represent Christ. A Revive Our Hearts Ambassador reflects on what this means for leaders. …
ReadBe Pro-Life in Action, Not Only on Paper
The pro-life movement may have started in its fight for the lives of the unborn, but it doesn’t end there. …
ReadA Voice for the Vulnerable
When we use our voices purposefully to seek justice, as God commands, it inspires others to do the same. Here are some practical ways to foster a culture of advocacy. …
ReadA Doer, Not a Spectator
You were given life in Christ for a purpose. Don’t waste it with inaction. …
ReadEnter the Nitty-Gritty of Her Life: Serving Special Needs Moms
Special needs moms need special care and compassion from the Church. …
ReadFaith Over Feelings
Christ is unchanging and trustworthy. Our feelings are forever shifting and influenced. Which will we look to? …
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4 Keys for Investing in Your Grandchildren
Four ways childhood is a unique time to invest in the lives of your grandchildren. …
ReadA Lie Wives Want to Believe
If I do all the right things, like 1 Peter 3:1–2 says, won’t God make my husband godly? …
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An Embryo Adoption’s Tragic Disappointment
The babies I lost in this miscarriage were adopted and not my biological children. …
ReadTrue Hope in Your Everyday Calling
You don’t need a title when you’ve got a calling! And friend, you’ve got a calling! …
ReadHow Should Christians Engage with Politics?
Let us engage in the public square with boldness, conviction, kindness and truth! Learn how in today’s post. …
ReadEmbracing the Diversity Around You
The family of God is colorful, but so often we cling to those who are like us. Do you know your neighbors who aren't like you? This is just one of the many ways you can fulfill the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself. Come be encouraged to get to know and love those who are not like you, ...
Trillia Newbell
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Be encouraged to get to know and love those who are not like you, so you can reflect the beauty of the gospel that is for all people and nations.
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God's Plan for Your Relationships
You have two ways of living: either as owner of your life, or as an ambassador. Paul David Tripp explains in this message how people of grace who have been given grace will be driven to the throne of grace in order to carry that grace to others.
Paul David Tripp
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Paul David Tripp explains how people of grace who have been given grace will be driven to the throne of grace in order to carry that grace to others.
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Thriving in a Hostile Culture
Ever feel like you are from another planet as you hear the roar from the culture? Do you feel like a stranger in a strange land? Do you sometimes feel like just pulling the covers over your head and shouting, "Wake me when it's over"? Janet will take you into God's Word to discover how aliens, living in a pagan ...
Janet Parshall
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Janet will take you into God's Word to discover how aliens, living in a pagan culture, learned not just to survive, but to THRIVE.
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Laura’s Vision for Revival (Profile Video)
The story of several ladies in the Dominican Republic isn’t the only incredible story God’s writing. Will you trust Him right where you are to use “ordinary you” to reach your family, church, country, and world? That’s not too hard for Him!
Revive Our Hearts
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Will you trust Him right where you are to use “ordinary you” to reach your family, church, country, and world?
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Laura’s Vision for Revival (Profile Video)
The story of several ladies in the Dominican Republic isn’t the only incredible story God’s writing. Will you trust Him right where you are to use “ordinary you” to reach your family, church, country, and world? That’s not too hard for Him!
Revive Our Hearts
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Will you trust Him right where you are to use “ordinary you” to reach your family, church, country, and world?
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Laura’s Vision for Revival (Profile Video)
The story of several ladies in the Dominican Republic isn’t the only incredible story God’s writing. Will you trust Him right where you are to use “ordinary you” to reach your family, church, country, and world? That’s not too hard for Him!
Revive Our Hearts
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Will you trust Him right where you are to use “ordinary you” to reach your family, church, country, and world?
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Panel 2: Where to from Here?
Talking about the truth is one thing. Living it out is another. Are you armed with what you need to navigate all of life’s crazy emotions and circumstances?
Betsy Gómez
Dannah Gresh
Mary Kassian
Robyn McKelvy
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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Talking about the truth is one thing. Living it out is another. Are you armed with what you need to navigate all of life’s crazy emotions and circumstances?
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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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How's Your Love Life?
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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Take this "love test," a spiritual inventory based on 1 Corinthians 13, to determine specific areas of need in your life.
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