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. Continue Reading …
Resources by Topic: Suffering & Trials
You’ve been there, too, I know. You encounter disappointment, heartbreak or hardship, and think, “God must not love me” or “My circumstances will never change!" Continue Reading …
I can't fathom attending one of my son's funerals, especially as a widow. As I read the Bible, one mom's desperation seems to leak out and resonate in my heart. Continue Reading …
One of the most unusual gifts I ever received was a bowl of cooked chicken feet from my Zambian friends. Philippians 1:29 describes another unusual gift. Continue Reading …
My friend’s long walk through death’s shadows has ended this week. Kathy Helvey’s four-year battle with leukemia has given way to the victory of eternal life. Continue Reading …
About fifteen years ago, when I was a twenty-three year-old newlywed, I was diagnosed with a benign tumor in the center of my brain. Continue Reading …
When you're facing a childless future, how do you know what's right when it comes to infertility treatments? What kinds are okay? Is it even biblical? Continue Reading …
Have you ever crossed your arms, dug in your heels, and determined, “No more! I’ve been hurt enough, and I will NOT allow it to happen ever again.” Continue Reading …
Ask God what He is trying to say through these circumstances; let Him search your heart, and then respond in humility and obedience . . . Continue Reading …
Watch Janet Parshall as she talks about the difference between our perishable treasure and our imperishable treasure. Continue Reading …
The concept of “holy submission” in the face of certain humiliating and ugly death is that with which my heart longs to challenge the body of Christ. Continue Reading …
The doctor searched long and hard for a heartbeat. His icy cold words seemed to freeze my whole world into stillness. I might be miscarrying? Continue Reading …
Crying can be a really good thing if it's crying out for help--not crying in self-pity and despair. Continue Reading …
You may be enduring a winter of suffering with no hope for spring. But no matter how you entered this season of adversity, you did not enter it alone . . . Continue Reading …
"Why do I try? Why don't I just stay home and never go out in public again?" Continue Reading …
Last year, I smuggled Bibles into a closed country . . . Continue Reading …
Is there something painful in your life right now that you don’t think you deserve? Something that’s causing you to cry, “Why, God?” Continue Reading …
The air suddenly seemed heavier. My heart began to race, and my breathing became harder. Once again I found myself at a "pain place." Continue Reading …
The Revive Tour is in Chicago where Nancy reminds us that God comes to us in our desert wilderness. Are you preparing the way for Him? Continue Reading …
How often do I actually call on God for help? I'm realizing . . . not nearly often enough! Why? I think it’s because I think I can handle it on my own. Continue Reading …
This Christmas season, Carrie is thanking God for the gift of cancer. Learn why. Continue Reading …
"Margaret, you have stage four breast cancer, and if we don't act immediately, you are going to die." Continue Reading …
While the kids quietly play, an older woman across the room watches them. Her eyes sparkle yet are also strikingly sad. I wonder about her story. Continue Reading …
At the risk of sounding whiny, I'll just go ahead and say it: suffering is hard. Continue Reading …
Does it even make sense that world powers, rulers, dictators, and religions would see Christianity as some kind of threat? Continue Reading …
It's inevitable that someone you love dearly will slip away into eternity, leaving you grieving and enduring a trial you may not have been fully prepared for. Continue Reading …
If you spell God with a capital G you will always spell tragedy with a lowercase t. Continue Reading …
Breast cancer survivor Joni Eareckson Tada walks with you through the struggles and qeustions that naturally arise when diagnosed with breast cancer. Continue Reading …
How does what we know about Jesus impact the way we view “impossible situations” in our lives? Continue Reading …
Infertility is a painful and lonely road, but it doesn't have to be wasted. Continue Reading …
Read the story of an ordinary woman behind Texas HB2, Brandy Seago. Continue Reading …
Have you experienced seasons where the trouble, the pain, just seems to keep coming and coming—piling up, suffocating, and consuming every thought? Continue Reading …
Have you wondered why God places special needs families in your midst? It's not so you can pity them. It's so you can learn from them! Continue Reading …
I've been trying something new lately, and it's revolutionizing my life. I'm being honest with God. Continue Reading …
At the time, I couldn’t see anything God was doing and would never have imagined how He would use that season of pain. But He has! Continue Reading …
What might God be up to in your tough circumstance? Continue Reading …
The day started normal but then turned suddenly awry. My teenage son wrote and handed me frantic notes that made no sense. Continue Reading …
It isn't always easy to have steadfast faith when it feels like there's turbulence in your soul. But God can do something great through the storm. Continue Reading …
In trials and storms, He will hold us fast. Read Part 2 of Connie Dever's testimony about her battle with cancer. Continue Reading …
If you’d asked 20-year-old Holly Elliff what she was going to do with her life, her answer would’ve been quite different than the way her life actually turned out. Continue Reading …
Are you going through a difficult season? Here are five principles from the life of Job that will help you find joy in God. Continue Reading …
We often sense the Lord’s presence in places of serenity. But what happens when the scenery changes—when it becomes waves of uncertainty, doubt, or fear? Continue Reading …
We dread grief as as though nothing good could come of it. But as I've cared for my autistic son, grief has become a friend who causes me to remember eternity. Continue Reading …
Are there circumstances in your life that you wouldn’t have chosen? Have you seen God working them for your good? We want to hear about it. Continue Reading …
For most of us, the sin in our lives is less dramatic than the murder and adultery committed by King David. But we feel the ruin of our sin all the same. Continue Reading …
As we prayerfully consider how to respond to crises and disasters, I want to share with you this commentary by Pastor John Piper. Continue Reading …
"At about the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them.” Continue Reading …
You may or may not have heard that Joni Eareckson Tada, founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, was diagnosed with breast cancer last month . . . Continue Reading …
This morning I heard a 13-year-old boy say, “I’m convinced that the more you have . . . the more you want . . . and the more discontent you become.” Smart kid, eh? Continue Reading …
Last summer I faced one of those painful seasons when a loved one fell to temptation at great personal cost. Continue Reading …
Would you describe this season of life as The Devastation? Do you sometimes feel like you may not make it across without dropping dead? Continue Reading …
James MacDonald took the stage at True Woman this evening to talk about trials. Continue Reading …
Karen expressed disbelief, then despair, as she learned that her family had been victimized by someone they’d known for over 20 years. No one could console her. Continue Reading …
Looking up—fixing my eyes on my Provider God—is something I tend to hurry right past . . . Continue Reading …
The holidays can be a time when the pain of broken relationships, or the sorrow of loneliness is not dulled by cheerful festivities but made all the more acute. Continue Reading …
Paula tries to make sense of a just God who allows such injustice—from the murder of her friend's family to the murder of John the Baptist. Continue Reading …
Recently I had my fourth kidney stone. The pain is unrelenting. My initial response to the pain was to focus inwardly and whimper to Jesus for relief. Continue Reading …
We forget that God is with us. He is near, even when soup is scorching on the stove and the baby is screaming. How do you worship in the thick of things? Continue Reading …
I admit it. When I saw the theme of this year's Gospel Coalition Women's Conference, I wasn't overly enthused.Nehemiah? And I care because . . .? Continue Reading …
Do you struggle, feeling like people will never understand your situation? Does the pain feel like more than you can bear sometimes? Continue Reading …
Ginny and Karen Melby had no idea . . . that God was preparing them for something much harder just around the corner. Continue Reading …
Watch as Janet Parshall speaks to the importance of clinging to Jesus alone. Continue Reading …
“God doesn’t care so much who you give to, but that you do give.” Continue Reading …
Who do you know who is struggling to make ends meet? How can you be an instrument of God’s grace to them? Continue Reading …
Why do I need a tragedy to open my eyes to the pain and suffering that surrounds me? Continue Reading …
"We laughed this weekend that our net worth seems to get smaller all the time, yet I don't know if I've ever felt more blessed with what I have." Continue Reading …
My mama cried in the back of that police car, hands cuffed as she told me she loved me. I knew in my young heart she really did. She just couldn't make it work. Continue Reading …
Shannon shares the heartbreak and hope behind her song, "Right Where I Am." Continue Reading …
"God, I've been here before. You showed me truth to answer this question before. Yet, here I am again asking you the same question again." Have you been there? Continue Reading …
When everything in my feminine heart yearns to be deeply rooted and secure . . . I can be. In Him—in the One who is my life. Continue Reading …
Protection from conflict produces soft, spoiled, and selfish people, while enduring conflict is more likely to produce someone strong, capable, and caring. Continue Reading …
Parenting can challenge the best of marriages, but parenting a child with special needs can push two people to their limits. Continue Reading …
Imagine what it's like to see your child's development appear and then regress; then feeling baffled as you're trying to figure out why. Continue Reading …
One night while in the trenches of a lengthy battle with Lyme disease, I sat at home perusing Facebook in an attempt to feel somewhat connected with the world. Continue Reading …
When I realized my baby was a moment away from being born my mind began to spin out of control. "It's not time yet. Something must be wrong. Who will help me?" Continue Reading …
Isn’t it funny how we can overlook the most basic things sometimes? Or, like forgetting to . . . tell God your needs. Continue Reading …
No question about it, Joni Eareckson Tada at her best. Continue Reading …
Is it possible to trust God's hand when He withholds children? Erin Straza shares how God has met her in the joys and sorrows of childlessness. Continue Reading …
Have you ever read the classic children’s story Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? Continue Reading …
Stress can't stand in the face of a right perspective. Continue Reading …
Are you facing a circumstance that just doesn't naturally call for gratitude? You're trying to be brave. You want to do the right thing . . . Continue Reading …
When circumstances don't seem to make sense, it is easy to desire swift answers. Continue Reading …
Our society has bought into the philosophy that there is (or ought to be) a remedy (preferably quick and easy) for every unfulfilled longing. Continue Reading …
Doesn’t it seem that whenever you make a commitment to follow the Lord more faithfully, that commitment is tested? Continue Reading …
First comes marriage, then comes children, right? Continue Reading …
What difference do the Cross and empty tomb make for those who are facing pain or tears or failure? Here are some of the implications of that momentous event. Continue Reading …
Like most Type A personalities, I had my life pretty well planned out. But life has not gone the way I had planned. Continue Reading …
God knows Mother's Day is the hardest day in the year for some of you . . . Continue Reading …
This Christmas, may our silent aches and longings compel us to worship the God of the universe, who wrapped Himself in flesh and blood so that we would know the hope that does not disappoint. Continue Reading …
When I woke up on June 20, 2013, I had no idea what the day would bring. But as the day went on, I learned that God's plans for me were much harder than I would have chosen for myself. Continue Reading …
On good days you will hear me say how I know this was filtered through the fingers of a loving God. I mean those things. I really do. But there are bad days. Continue Reading …
Are you facing something hard in your life? Today's post will encourage you with the truth that hard is hard, but hard isn't bad. Continue Reading …
Try Jehoshaphat's approach: "We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you." Continue Reading …
Erin shares how God used a bad day to expose faulty expectations that vacations should be a trouble-free taste of heaven-on-earth. Continue Reading …
Jennifer Rothschild is blind, but it would only be a waste of time for you to feel sorry for her. Continue Reading …
Margaret shares an important lesson she learned from a damaged daylily. Continue Reading …
I remembered reading about a "dark night of the soul" in college, assuming I knew what it meant. I didn't. But, now I think I do. Continue Reading …
Like a pilot who's trained to avoid spatial disorientation, I had to learn to rely on the instruments God has given so I wouldn't ultimately walk away from Him. Continue Reading …
There's only one way to find out . . . Continue Reading …
Suffering can leave us looking at others and wanting what they have. But in Christ . . . we have all we'll ever need. Continue Reading …
What's making your life painfully difficult right now? And what's making it beautiful and sweet? Continue Reading …
Here's some advice I gave a friend who discovered that some ministry leaders she admired and trusted had been leading a double life. Continue Reading …
Many days it feels like we’ve set up camp in a land mine field. I’m constantly vigilant, trying to keep the whole world calm and ordered to protect my son and those around him—an impossible task. Continue Reading …
How does a season of waiting reveal where you’ve placed your hope? Continue Reading …
Amanda Berry Smith’s testimony prompts us to ask: Am I wholly satisfied with who God created me to be? Am I able to see outward obstacles as an opportunity for sanctification? Continue Reading …
Are you squirming to escape your present season of life? While you may be tempted to squander your season, God’s desire is that you would redeem the time. Continue Reading …
Sabina traversed valleys of deep pain and sailed through rough waters of fear and sorrow. But she is remembered and honored for her faithfulness to Jesus and the forgiveness she showed others. Continue Reading …
Sometimes we’re so overwhelmed by our need, by the pain, by the destructive elements at work in our lives, that we forget He is our Mighty One who waits to hear our cry. Continue Reading …
We can’t escape the pruning shears of God. So how can we learn to welcome these painful and necessary seasons? Continue Reading …
When your feelings and experiences tell a different story than the Word of God, how do you respond? Continue Reading …
Sometimes the Lord leads us into storms, rather than out of them. Sometimes He disrupts our smooth-sailing lives and positions us to face wind and waves. Continue Reading …
Not content to enjoy freedom for only herself, Harriet Tubman worked tirelessly to help others escape their own bondage. Continue Reading …
My son’s disabilities are not meaningless, pointless, or a mere diversion in the road that was supposed to be my life. He is just exactly as God created him to be. Continue Reading …
Whether you’re walking in or alongside a family affected by disability, here are a few ways God can use special needs to sanctify us all. Continue Reading …
If you desire to do “big things” for God, ask yourself today whether you have truly counted the cost of following Christ. Continue Reading …
You could be the tool—the broken, hurting, suffering tool—that God uses to bring more people to Himself. Will you proclaim His truth through pain? Continue Reading …
Mary McLeod Bethune’s life story urges us to view closed doors not as disappointment, but as God-given opportunities. Continue Reading …
“Oh God, all along You knew— That deep in my heart from the very beginning, All I really wanted was You.” Continue Reading …
Joni Eareckson Tada is sounding an alarm about a very dangerous message in a film released this summer. Continue Reading …
Hello, Trouble. We were expecting you. Come right in and make yourself at home. Will you be staying awhile? We thought so. Continue Reading …
Though the heat may press on, there is peace in the soul-satisfying refreshment of His presence. He draws near, and He is enough. Continue Reading …
Whether a word of rebuke or sweet drops of encouragement to a discouraged friend, Mary poured out her life ministering to all she came in contact with. Continue Reading …
As burdens weigh heavy on our shoulders, our souls anxiously grasp for answers amidst the pain; but maybe we don’t need answers. We need an eternal perspective. Continue Reading …
Everyone is dying, but sometimes it takes a diagnosis to remember what our purpose is in the meantime. Continue Reading …
Weakness is where He meets me. Weakness is where He changes me. Continue Reading …
May you see God in the midst of trials and tragedy. May you see Him in the midst of fear and failure. In the year you least expect it, may you see the Lord, and may He become your Living Hope. Continue Reading …
Are you facing a dark season? Discover why we should keep choosing to sing, even when our hearts don’t want to praise God. Continue Reading …
God uses our trials and suffering to encourage the faith of the women we serve. Through our weakness, we have the privilege of proving the sufficiency of Christ. Continue Reading …
When difficulties come, when tedious days hang like a weight around your neck, when there is health, when there is sickness, when there is pain, when there is joy—will you choose to glorify God? Continue Reading …
As the tears flow, does it feel like your life is unraveling into a painful Plan B? The truth is, God penned every word of your story, from Introduction to Epilogue. Continue Reading …
Are you or someone you love suffering? Be encouraged by how the gospel speaks into your pain and gives you hope in even the darkest times. Continue Reading …
Just as the psalmist turned to God as his salvation in the midst of sorrow and fear, we also must turn to Christ as our salvation in our own turmoil. Continue Reading …
To embrace the challenges and trials in our lives is an act of obedience. Likewise, to grumble, to complain, and to war against them is an act of disobedience. Continue Reading …
When adversity comes, let's not dwell on former “better” days and miss the treasures that Christ has for us in seasons of trial. Continue Reading …
I’m at a loss for words when the pain returns and presses upon me with its fearful weight. Still, I choose to cling to hope in God. Continue Reading …
The treasure of the gospel is most powerfully displayed through our broken cracks, and the power of Christ is most greatly seen through our weaknesses. Continue Reading …
For LeRoy Wagner, a layover in Texas turned into an unplanned 18-day stay in a neurology hospital . . . due to an unexplained illness. Continue Reading …
When we knew it was useless to continue wringing out water, we sat down on dirty floors muddied with debris and begged God to stop the rain. We rejoiced when, days later, He did. Continue Reading …
When circumstances tempt you to despair of life itself, let it drive you toward a deeper hope in the gospel and greater dependence on Christ. Continue Reading …
Hang in there, sweet friend. You are loved, and your life matters to God and for His kingdom purposes. Continue Reading …
When your pain threatens to drag you down into despair, how do you apply God’s truth? How do you pray when you’d rather give into hopelessness? Continue Reading …
Your reality may be beyond what you can bear this December, but it’s not beyond the capable hands of our loving Father. Continue Reading …
Not every trial is one that can be lived out in the open. But when you suffer silently, no matter how great your anguish, God sees your pain and has compassion on you. Continue Reading …
Alice is a four-year-old girl who, unless the Lord intervenes, will die before next Christmas. Continue Reading …
Could I follow a God who does things I don’t like? Could I surrender and trust Him with my heart? Continue Reading …
Is it true that God sends us into the fire that we might be refined in the furnace of affliction? Continue Reading …
Today is Lyme Awareness Day—and several of our True Woman blogger team are battling this disease themselves. Continue Reading …
How do we minister hope and truth when our own hearts are bleeding? Continue Reading …
When suffering comes, when God feels distant, when all His promises invoke pain instead of joy, draw near—ask questions. Continue Reading …
God is good, and He is faithful, even on the lonely, painful road of infertility. Continue Reading …
We must obey our good Father, even when it hurts. He is worth it. Continue Reading …
How God uses relational conflict to produce perseverance, character, and hope. Continue Reading …
Ministering to the physical needs of hurting women is important, but the greater work is to show them the beauty of Jesus, our hope in suffering. Continue Reading …
Suffering illuminates those hidden places in our hearts where we don’t fully trust the goodness and wisdom of God. Continue Reading …
Are you hanging out in Bedford Falls, celebrating all things merry and bright? Are you living in Pottersville, feeling hopeless, that any joy is too far out of reach? Continue Reading …
God knew exactly what He was doing when He called you to this role, and He will equip you to do it. Continue Reading …
God does not waste one tear nor trial, but He always turns them for our everlasting good. Continue Reading …
Jesus has secured living hope for us—our safety and assurance through every difficulty. Continue Reading …
In the midst of your suffering, remember this: We are only in the middle of the story. Jesus has more to say—and more to do. Continue Reading …
How do you find hope when you’ve been bitterly disappointed? Continue Reading …
Elizabeth receives the fulfillment of her desire for a child. But what about those who don’t? Continue Reading …
Like Moses and the Israelites, we can’t go on in life without the presence of God and His glory passing over us. Continue Reading …
Disappointment can feel like an unwelcome inconvenience . . . but it can also feel like utter destruction. Continue Reading …
God hears the barren’s cries for children. Continue Reading …
Can God really be kind in withholding a good gift? Continue Reading …
Five ways God uses the pressures of suffering to reveal our hearts. Continue Reading …
Stephanie’s life has been filled with pain and disappointment—but God has been faithful. And she just landed her dream job . . . at an ice cream shop. Continue Reading …
When we’re willing to endure through the grief rather than escaping it, Jesus can come to us and comfort us in ways we would never know otherwise. Continue Reading …
This grief, this broken relationship, this illness—whatever you are going through—it is not your forever and most defining characteristic. Continue Reading …
When we can worship in the wait, we will wait well. Continue Reading …
Though bitter and unwelcome, suffering has ushered me into privileged places, deeper and deeper into the Beautiful, Marvelous Expanses of God. Continue Reading …
My body might continue to be weak, but in His Word my spirit is a triathlete. Continue Reading …
We’re discussing Chapter 1 of "Suffering Is Never for Nothing" by Elisabeth Elliot . . . Continue Reading …
We’re continuing in Elisabeth Elliot’s never-before-published book, Suffering Is Never for Nothing! Continue Reading …
Join us for the next chapter of "Suffering Is Never for Nothing" by Elisabeth Elliot! Continue Reading …
Many Christians are far more concerned with earthly blessings than heavenly joy. Continue Reading …
This week, we’re turning our hearts to praise with Elisabeth Elliot. Continue Reading …
Do you have nothing to offer? Think again! We’re exploring this in chapter 5 of "Suffering Is Never for Nothing." Continue Reading …
It’s the final week in our True Woman Summer Book Club! Continue Reading …
It didn’t seem fair. God could have made my son completely healthy. Yet, he wasn’t. Continue Reading …
For the believer, there’s no such thing as bad luck. Everything comes to us from the hand of God. Even the little things. Continue Reading …
God’s Providence works through deep suffering. Hear today from three of our younger readers. Continue Reading …
Four promises to cling to when relief remains out of sight. Continue Reading …
Does God ordain suffering? Your answer to this question will largely determine how you respond when it comes. Continue Reading …
God’s Providence works through miscarriage, abuse and depression, and our parents’ decisions. Our readers share their stories. Continue Reading …
I need continual reminders that my hope and trust are in an eternal God who has knowledge and perspective infinitely more good and holy than my own. Continue Reading …
When pain threatened to overwhelm me, the Providence of God overshadowed me and I knew I wasn’t alone. Continue Reading …
God's Faithfulness in Times of Trouble
Nancy Leigh DeMoss unpacks Psalm 107, giving hope to anyone in distress, danger or despondency. She'll help you seek the Lord and be satisfied in Him even during times of trouble.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss unpacks Psalm 107, giving hope to anyone in distress, danger or despondency. She'll help you seek the Lord and be satisfied in Him. Continue Reading
Have You Abandoned Your Boat?
Does part of your life feel broken? Priscilla Shirer will show you the incredible things Jesus can do with the discarded, failed pieces of your life. You’ll be encouraged to give every situation to the Lord, no matter how difficult.
Priscilla Shirer will show you the incredible things Jesus can do with the discarded, failed pieces of your life. Continue Reading
The Stakes Are Higher than You Think
Prepare to be deeply moved as Joni Eareckson Tada paints a picture of the unseen world and all that is at stake in the throes of your suffering. Be encouraged that your battle is not insignificant. Rather, your life is a cosmic field of warfare, where the stakes are about as high and universal as you can get!
Prepare to be deeply moved as Joni Eareckson Tada paints a picture of the unseen world and all that is at stake in the throes of your suffering. Continue Reading
Why Such Grace?
Are you filled with questions of why over your difficult (and seemingly unfair) circumstances? As Jennifer Rothschild candidly shares about her physical blindness, you'll get a new perspective on the trials in your life; and will find amazing, overflowing grace at the foot of the cross.
Are you filled with questions of why over your difficult (and seemingly unfair) circumstances? Get new perspective and find grace at the foot of the cross. Continue Reading
A True Woman Chooses Joy
What's the difference between happiness and joy? James MacDonald says that discovering the difference will transform your life. Learn how to endure trials with joy, as Pastor MacDonald shares honestly from his own life.
What's the difference between happiness and joy? James MacDonald says that discovering the difference will transform your life. Continue Reading
A True Woman Chooses Joy
What's the difference between happiness and joy? James MacDonald says that discovering the difference will transform your life. Learn how to endure trials with joy, as Pastor MacDonald shares honestly from his own life.
What's the difference between happiness and joy? James MacDonald says that discovering the difference will transform your life. Continue Reading
A True Woman Learns to Trust
What circumstances threaten your trust? After someone caused great pain to her family, Karen Loritts did not want to trust God. Instead she wanted to lash out in anger and hurt someone. Learn to develop a deeper level of trust for the most difficult issues you face.
What circumstances threaten your trust? Learn to develop a deeper level of trust for the most difficult issues you face. Continue Reading
God's Jewels
If you feel discouraged or weary doing the activity God has called you to, listen to Joni Eareckson Tada. She’ll share what she’s been learning through suffering about God’s grace and glory.
If you feel discouraged doing the activity God has called you to, listen to Joni Eareckson Tada. She’ll share what she’s been learning through suffering. Continue Reading
The God I Love: A Lifetime of Walking ...
In forty-give years as a quadriplegic, Joni has faced fears, questions, and challenges galore. But through it all, she has found God to be faithful and has encountered Christ at every turn. This session will be an up-close-and-personal interview with Joni about her journey with the Lord and how she has found hope and grace in the midst of life's ...
In 45 years as a quadriplegic, Joni has faced fears, questions, and challenges. She has found God to be faithful and has encountered Christ at every turn. Continue Reading
Hope When It Hurts
Suffering is real. But so is hope. Join Kristen and Sarah as they invite you to see how God is caring for you, growing you, and even using you, in times of suffering. Because of Jesus, you can be full of realism about the hurts of life, yet overwhelmingly full of hope about the God who gives life.
Hope for Hurting Hearts: The Ministry of Encouragement
In a world where so many people are sad, lonely, and hurting, we need practical ways to encourage one another. Continue Reading
How to Endure Suffering
Learn ten practical principles for enduring suffering from 2 Timothy. Continue Reading
Hope for Uncertain Times: Surviving—and Thriving—in an Economic ...
Learn how to survive—and thrive—in an economic crisis. Continue Reading
Lies Women Believe about Unfulfilled Longings
Is there a remedy for every unfulfilled longing? Continue Reading