After Victory, the Desert
- Seeking Him
- January 17, 2020
There are aspects of God that we can’t see anywhere else but in the desert. Read or Listen →
Resources by Topic: Suffering & Trials
Where Do You Turn?
- Seeking Him
- January 10, 2020
No matter what you're going through, your first response should be to turn to the Lord. Read or Listen →
Walking in Faith, Not Fear
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 27, 2019
Scripture tells us how much God cares for widows. Nancy will talk with a widow who knows the pain of loss, and who has also experienced God’s care. Read or Listen →
He Does All Things Well
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 26, 2019
When we’re watching a movie or reading a book, most of us like some plot twists. But those unexpected events aren’t so easy to handle in real life. Read or Listen →
Facing the Fear of Cancer
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 16, 2019
Cancer. Could you trust God to write your story, even if you heard that diagnosis? In the middle of cancer treatments, Dawn says it’s pulled her closer to God. Read or Listen →
When You’re Treated Unjustly
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 26, 2019
As much as you’d like the tough circumstances in your life to wrap up immediately, your life story will take a process. Read or Listen →
When You Watch Others Suffer
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 25, 2019
There’s nothing quite like caring for a parent who’s descending into the darkness of dementia. Holly helps you prepare for dark seasons you may go through. Read or Listen →
How to Have Peace in Trials (Isaiah 54)
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 19, 2019
Have you ever known someone who showed an amazing sense of joy in the middle of a crisis? Nancy says you could be that person. Read or Listen →
Trusting God with Your Spouse’s Future
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 18, 2019
As Kim Wagner has cared for her husband, she’s learned some things about the power of gratitude. Read or Listen →
Trusting God as You Care for Your Spouse, ...
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 17, 2019
It’s hard to go through physical pain, but it might be even harder to watch someone you love go through it. Read or Listen →
God Is Good, and God Is Sovereign
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 10, 2019
The doctor abruptly burst in the door, announced a problem with the baby and advised an abortion. Hear the truths Erin Davis clung to. Read or Listen →
Not Happily Ever After
- Seeking Him
- September 9, 2019
Does your story feel hopeless? Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus—the Author and the Finisher of your faith. Read or Listen →
Let God Write Your Résumé
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 4, 2019
When you apply for a job, you highlight the successes and downplay the failures. But God uses all our experiences for His glory. Read or Listen →
Trusting God to Write Your Story
- Seeking Him
- September 3, 2019
Trusting God to write your story means saying “yes” to the heat and pressure, or whatever God chooses to use, to shape you into His masterpiece. Read or Listen →
What’s Your Story?
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 3, 2019
What’s your story? Are there chapters you’re embarrassed about? Has it taken some plot twists you regret? Read or Listen →
Spread It Out
- Seeking Him
- August 13, 2019
Life has a way of throwing us surprises. Read or Listen →
The Long Road
- Seeking Him
- July 30, 2019
If it feels like you’re in a desert, maybe God’s preparing you for something special. Read or Listen →
Rebellion in the Desert
- Seeking Him
- July 24, 2019
We can prolong suffering by our response to it. Read or Listen →
Have Your Own Way, Lord
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 25, 2019
For years Joni Eareckson Tada prayed for healing from her quadriplegia. But she has come to appreciate the deeper healing the Lord has provided. Read or Listen →
Squeezed by Life's Pressures
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 24, 2019
Joni Tada asked the Lord to set her free from her confinement to a wheelchair. Instead of answering that prayer, He gave her a different kind of freedom. Read or Listen →
Enduring With Joy
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 21, 2019
You can make everyone around you miserable, or you can joyfully accept trials as a gift from God. Hear how a young woman did just that with a brain tumor. Read or Listen →
What You Know and Who You Know
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 20, 2019
The saying, "It’s not what you know, but who you know that counts," can lead to selfishly using people. Read or Listen →
The Reality of Resurrection
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 19, 2019
The hardships you face in life can be transformed as you think about Christ and the resurrection; change is coming! Read or Listen →
The Results of Endurance
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 18, 2019
It looks so great to stand on an Olympic podium and receive a medal. But that moment only comes after an incredible amount of endurance. Read or Listen →
You Have a Future
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 17, 2019
For anyone who believes in Jesus, all suffering is temporary. It doesn’t matter how permanent your hurt appears. There is an incredible future. Read or Listen →
Helping Others Endure
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 14, 2019
Hollywood loves to tell us what our heroes should look like. But find out why learning about heroes of the faith will help you endure hardship. Read or Listen →
God Will Help You Endure
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 13, 2019
Do you feel inadequate to tackle something God has for you to do today? Nancy will provide some strategies for enduring. Read or Listen →
Holding Up Under Pressure
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 12, 2019
When you’re in the middle of a hardship, it can be easy to lose sight of the things you know to be true. Read or Listen →
The Purpose of Suffering
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 11, 2019
It's easier for athletes who are training for the Olympics to endure long, grueling training when they have a goal in mind. The same is true for Christians. Read or Listen →
Expect Suffering
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 10, 2019
Imagine being in a dark, underground prison with the sewer of a major city running through it. Then imagine writing about being joyful! Read or Listen →
Running with Resolution
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 7, 2019
Nothing is really worth living for unless it’s worth dying for. Jim and Elisabeth Elliot lived this principle out in the jungle of Ecuador. Read or Listen →
Is It Worth It?
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 6, 2019
None of us will accomplish anything without endurance. Elisabeth Elliot knows what it’s like to endure tragedy after her husband was martyred. She’ll share val Read or Listen →
Suffering Is Not for Nothing
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 5, 2019
In her lifetime, Elisabeth Elliot has experienced a lot of pain and loss—and joy and peace. She’ll share important perspective on suffering. Read or Listen →
Fruitful in the Place of Affliction
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 30, 2019
When you need deliverance from trouble, you can take comfort in knowing this—you’ve already been delivered. Read or Listen →
He’s with You in the Storm
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 29, 2019
You don’t have to try to manipulate, fix, or rescue yourself from trouble. Learn to lean on God's faithfulness. Read or Listen →
His Love Endures Forever
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 28, 2019
You can’t fix every problem. Nancy shows why you don’t have to try to manipulate, fix, or rescue yourself from trouble. Read or Listen →
God Will Sustain You
- Seeking Him
- May 22, 2019
When the path in front of you seems endless, remember, the day is coming when all suffering will be over. Read or Listen →
I Just Can't Take Any More
- Seeking Him
- May 6, 2019
God's grace is sufficient for every tough circumstance in my life. Read or Listen →
Radiant in a Dungeon
- Seeking Him
- May 1, 2019
Place and position have next to nothing to do with happiness. We can be wretched in a palace, radiant in a dungeon. Read or Listen →
This Is Not the End of the Story
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 26, 2019
Does it feel like the world is falling apart? Like extremism and terrorism will never end? Nancy reminds us about the ultimate end of the story. Read or Listen →
A Whole Different Prayer
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 25, 2019
Nancy walks you through the much-loved and the horrible-sounding parts of Psalm 137 and shows how it points us to the gospel. Read or Listen →
Courage in a Foreign Land
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 24, 2019
Imagine owning a business and receiving a big order, but the order came from Planned Parenthood, a major provider of abortions. Would you fulfill the order? Read or Listen →
Setting Your Eyes Toward Home
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 23, 2019
When you’re in the middle of a painful situation, do you feel you can’t sing? Nancy tells of believers who sang when it seemed there was no earthly reason. Read or Listen →
Pain That Points to a Glorious Future
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 22, 2019
How do you sing the songs of Zion when you’re living in Babylon? Read or Listen →
The Lament of Jesus
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 19, 2019
Jesus knew what it meant to grieve deeply. Whatever pain you go through, He knows what it feels like. Mark Vroegop will explore the lament of Jesus. Read or Listen →
Sorrow Mixed with Light
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 18, 2019
Believers in Jesus are called to be joyful. But when you go through something tragic, it’s okay to be honest and okay to grieve. Read or Listen →
The Right Way to Complain
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 17, 2019
The New Testament tells us to do all things without grumbling or complaining. Yet the psalmist and many other biblical characters complained. Which is correct? Read or Listen →
Learning the Language of Biblical Lament
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 16, 2019
We’re not supposed to lament, right? Isn’t that wrong? Aren’t we supposed to be joyful all the time? Pastor Mark Vroegop will address these questions. Read or Listen →
Thriving in a Painful World
- Revive Our Hearts
- February 19, 2019
If you complain about your circumstances, you’ll be complaining a lot. Our circumstances will never be perfect this side of eternity. Read or Listen →
400 Years of Silence Broken
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 14, 2019
Everybody knows what it’s like to deal with disappointment. How can you take your delayed hopes and dreams and turn them over to God to use for His glory? Read or Listen →
Helping Me Breathe Again: Katie Laitkep's Story
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 7, 2018
As a teenager, Katie Laitkep experienced debilitating migraines, joint pain, fatigue, depression. She wondered if God was really good. Read or Listen →
With Both Hands
- Seeking Him
- November 28, 2018
When suffering comes into my life, I don’t always accept it with both hands. Read or Listen →
Responding with Humility
- Seeking Him
- November 27, 2018
Sometimes God allows tough things in our lives so we can be healed of a hard heart. Read or Listen →
Jennie's Words
- Seeking Him
- November 26, 2018
Jennie wrote these words three months after her husband died of leukemia. Read or Listen →
Encouragement for Black Friday
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 23, 2018
Nancy helps counsel your heart with the truth about post-holiday letdown or any other time you feel down. Read or Listen →
In the Middle of Your Struggle
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 30, 2018
Kelly Needham married a Christian singer and was ready for a new, exciting adventure. A few weeks later she realized how difficult life can be on the road. Read or Listen →
What to Do When Your Plot Twists
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 17, 2018
Nancy addresses allowing God to use your circumstances to grow your faith. Read or Listen →
Remembering God’s Past Protection
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 16, 2018
Nancy addresses choosing to worship when circumstances change for the worse and it appears God is not paying attention. Read or Listen →
Bread in the Desert
- Seeking Him
- September 26, 2018
Are you taking comfort and finding rest in God? Read or Listen →
An Angel Opened the Door
- Seeking Him
- September 17, 2018
Do you feel locked up in a difficult situation? Read or Listen →
The Pruning Shears
- Seeking Him
- September 11, 2018
If we want to bear fruit, we need to accept God’s chastening hand in our lives. Read or Listen →
God’s Faithfulness in Life’s Storms
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 6, 2018
Nancy says you’re likely either in a storm right now, coming out of a storm, or heading into one. Thankfully, we have a God who walks with us through the storm. Read or Listen →
Poured Out
- Seeking Him
- September 4, 2018
Will you accept the process God uses to help you become more like Christ? Read or Listen →
The End of the Story
- Seeking Him
- August 31, 2018
Remember that God knows the end of your story. Read or Listen →
He Is God
- Seeking Him
- July 17, 2018
As you wonder how to give thanks in the midst of your trials, remember that your Creator takes care of His creation. Read or Listen →
Perspective
- Seeking Him
- June 21, 2018
God will never let our suffering go on longer than needed. Read or Listen →
Perspective on Suffering
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 4, 2018
Suffering is inevitable in a fallen world. Nancy helps you handle suffering in a way that brings God glory. Read or Listen →
This Is a Test
- Seeking Him
- May 30, 2018
God wants to show us what’s really in our hearts. Read or Listen →
Willing to Be Used by God
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 22, 2018
A fifteen-year-old named Jen asked God to use her life in a powerful way and wrote that prayer in a journal. Hear how God answered her prayer. Read or Listen →
Watching Her Daughter Fight for Life
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 21, 2018
When a drunk driver hit the Barricks' family car at eighty mph, all four family members were injured and sent to different hospitals. Read or Listen →
Misreading God's Signals
- Seeking Him
- May 17, 2018
The next time you face a trial, don’t resent it. Read or Listen →
For Our Good
- Seeking Him
- May 15, 2018
God can use suffering in powerful ways to make us more like Jesus. Read or Listen →
Endurance in the Desert
- Seeking Him
- May 11, 2018
We can learn endurance in the desert experiences. Read or Listen →
Stars in the Desert
- Seeking Him
- April 24, 2018
There’s a certain kind of beauty that’s found only in the desert. Read or Listen →
Build on the Rock
- Seeking Him
- March 16, 2018
Trials and troubles will come to your life. Read or Listen →
Humility and Deliverance
- Seeking Him
- February 14, 2018
What crisis are you facing? Read or Listen →
Responsible
- Seeking Him
- January 31, 2018
You’re responsible for how you respond. Read or Listen →
A Flood and a River
- Seeking Him
- January 12, 2018
Are there troubled waters in your life? Read or Listen →
Rebellion in the Desert
- Seeking Him
- November 29, 2017
Trust God and follow Him. He’ll lead you out of the desert at just the right time. Read or Listen →
Endurance Produces Character
- Seeking Him
- November 27, 2017
Are you resisting some circumstance God’s brought into your life? Read or Listen →
The World Goes Quiet
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 27, 2017
As a deaf girl growing up in a world of sound, Sue Thomas faced a lot of challenges. Read or Listen →
Hope When It Hurts, Day 3
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 22, 2017
Kristen Wetherell and Sarah Walton have experienced debilitating pain. But they say the physical suffering isn’t their biggest problem. Read or Listen →
Hope When It Hurts, Day 2
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 21, 2017
Because she’s suffering from Lyme’s disease, sometimes Kristen Wetherell finds it difficult to even function. Read or Listen →
Hope When It Hurts, Day 1
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 20, 2017
Sarah Walton knew something was wrong with her young son. She’ll tell the story and give you hope when life hurts. Read or Listen →
What It Means to Truly Conquer
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 10, 2017
Is there some habit or temptation you’d like to conquer? Look to the example of the ultimate conqueror, Jesus. Read or Listen →
Practical Hope
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 19, 2017
Do you find yourself thinking of the Second Coming of Christ as a mysterious event far off into the future? Read or Listen →
Free from Problems
- Seeking Him
- August 29, 2017
God doesn’t wrap us up in some kind of cocoon to protect us from every problem. Read or Listen →
Raising Strong Children
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 24, 2017
How can you prepare your children for suffering and persecution? Read or Listen →
Meeting God in the Middle of Suffering
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 23, 2017
If you are suffering through some tough issue today, you might be ready to see God in a new way. Read or Listen →
Revelation Part 3, Day 3
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 22, 2017
Suffering has a limit. God won’t allow more than is needed for your good and His glory. If you feel like you’re at that limit, get some encouragement. Read or Listen →
Spiritually Rich
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 21, 2017
If someone wanted to give you an incredibly huge gift, you wouldn’t ignore them. But someone does want to give you an incredibly huge gift. Read or Listen →
Jesus Knows Your Suffering
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 18, 2017
Does it ever feel like no one understands what you’re going through? There is one person who knows exactly what you’re feeling. Read or Listen →
Take Up the Cross
- Seeking Him
- August 15, 2017
God will use trials as a means to bless you and make you more like His Son. Read or Listen →
A Blip on the Screen
- Seeking Him
- July 31, 2017
No matter how long your suffering may continue, God’s Word assures us that it will not last forever. Read or Listen →
Come Away and Rest, Day 3
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 26, 2017
Did you know you can receive suffering as a gift? We’ll hear from two women who have undergone very difficult medical treatments. Read or Listen →
The Spirit Drove Him
- Seeking Him
- July 25, 2017
We may enter a difficult time so that God’s good purposes can be fulfilled. Read or Listen →
Circumstances and Excuses
- Seeking Him
- June 30, 2017
Our circumstances don’t make us what we are; they reveal what we are. Read or Listen →
Prepared in the Desert
- Seeking Him
- April 27, 2017
Do you feel like you're in a desert? Read or Listen →
On Every Word
- Seeking Him
- April 10, 2017
Is there an area where you feel dry and needy? Read or Listen →
A Father's Discipline
- Seeking Him
- April 7, 2017
If you’re facing something difficult, let me encourage you—that means God loves you. Read or Listen →
How to Sing in a Foreign Land, Day ...
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 11, 2016
When you’re in the middle of a painful situation, do you feel you can’t sing? Nancy tells of believers who sang when it seemed there was no earthly reason. Read or Listen →
The Blessing of Thorns, Day 5 with Lauren ...
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 27, 2015
Lauren Chandler will never forget the Thanksgiving she spent at the hospital with her husband Matt. It was an opportunity to trust God at a whole new level. Read or Listen →
The Blessing of Thorns, Day 3
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 25, 2015
If you could choose any problem to be removed from your life, what would it be? Why doesn’t God just remove it? Read or Listen →
The Blessing of Thorns, Day 2
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 24, 2015
There may be a big obstacle to joy in your path today. How do you get past it? Read or Listen →
The Blessing of Thorns, Day 1
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 23, 2015
You’ve heard the adage, "Stop and smell the roses." But when was the last time you stopped to appreciate the thorns? Read or Listen →
Cancer and Contentment, Part 4
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 23, 2015
As Scott and Karen Melby walked through cancer treatments, they realized the most difficult situation in life provided some amazing opportunities. Read or Listen →
Cancer and Contentment, Part 3
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 22, 2015
Scott Melby has been so affected by cancer that he’s been on the verge of death. He says he wouldn’t trade the experience if he could. Read or Listen →
Thanks for Saving My Life
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 21, 2015
Karen Melby watched her husband go through painful treatments for leukemia. Along the way, she learned something powerful about the gospel. Read or Listen →
Cancer and Contentment, Part 1
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 20, 2015
Scott Melby was in a hospital room in intense pain facing a life-threatening disease. In that moment he chose to worship. How do you make that choice? Read or Listen →
Don’t Squander Your Trial
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 15, 2015
When stress and trouble seem overwhelming, you have a great opportunity. It’s your chance to learn to lean on the Lord and experience significant growth. Read or Listen →
Accusations, Machinations, and Exaggerations
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 14, 2015
When you’re in a mix of worry, grief, and need, where do you turn? Do you criticize those in leadership? Here’s something that’s far more powerful. Read or Listen →
Our Long-Suffering Lord
- Seeking Him
- July 28, 2015
You’re never more like Jesus than when you suffer long for the sake of God’s glory. Read or Listen →
Joy in the Morning
- Seeking Him
- April 2, 2015
In light of eternity, our troubles are really only momentary. Read or Listen →
Why You Should Expect Suffering
- Revive Our Hearts
- February 4, 2015
It’s natural to avoid suffering, but Nancy says we should expect suffering in the future. She’ll help you develop godly approaches to suffering. Read or Listen →
Fruitful in the Place of Affliction
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 11, 2014
When you need deliverance from trouble, you can take comfort in knowing this—you’ve already actually been delivered. Read or Listen →
He’s with You in the Storm
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 10, 2014
His Love Endures Forever
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 9, 2014
You can’t fix every problem. Nancy shows you why you don’t have to try to manipulate, fix or rescue yourself from trouble. Read or Listen →
God Is in Your Most Desperate Situation
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 9, 2014
What’s the most difficult issue in your life right now? Ney Bailey shows you some practical steps to transform the way you approach your challenges. Read or Listen →
Holiness and Suffering
- Seeking Him
- September 5, 2014
Affliction has a way of stripping away selfishness. Read or Listen →
Hope in God
- Seeking Him
- September 1, 2014
Sometimes physical and emotional suffering is a result from our own choices. Read or Listen →
Getting Past Your Obstacles
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 22, 2014
What obstacles are blocking your goals? Is there any way to get through them? Join in today as Nancy shows you how. Read or Listen →
Engaging in Battle
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 5, 2014
God has a role for each person. There are those who pray and those who send. And there are those who actually go into the battle and fight. Read or Listen →
Your Battle is the Lord's
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 4, 2014
If there’s some big task looming over your day, take a few minutes to listen to Nancy. Read or Listen →
Your Greatest Opportunity
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 1, 2014
Over the last six months, the word “crisis” has been used many times to describe our world. Do you know how many great opportunities there are in a crisis? Read or Listen →
Good-Bye to Me
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 21, 2014
Believers in Jesus are called to follow His lead, pick up their cross, and die to themselves. Damaris Carbaugh describes what it’s like to die to yourself. Read or Listen →
Hope Is a Person
- Revive Our Hearts
- February 21, 2014
Jesus cares for you even in the middle of the storm. You’ve probably heard that. But Paul David Tripp says sometimes the storm itself is what you need. Read or Listen →
When Grace Sends You into the Storm
- Revive Our Hearts
- February 20, 2014
When you enter a difficult storm of life that stretches you, do you know what’s happening? It might be that God is showing you His incredible grace. Read or Listen →
Who Meets Your Deepest Needs?
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 21, 2013
If there’s anything we Christians should be known for, it’s joy—even when our season of life, the circumstances we’re going through are difficult. Read or Listen →
The Stakes Are Higher than You Think
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 15, 2013
Joni has been a model for trusting God through adversity. Being diagnosed with cancer, it would have been easy to ask why she had to face a new suffering. Read or Listen →
In the Midst of the Storm
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 31, 2013
The Bible tells us that God will be a refuge in times of trouble. Nancy explains how God acts as a refuge, even while allowing the storm to blow around you. Read or Listen →
Be Still!
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 30, 2013
“Be still and know that I am God” gets said in hushed tones in many churches. But Nancy says that phrase was probably delivered in strong, commanding tones. Read or Listen →
Things That Stop the Heart
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 29, 2013
Do you ever feel uncomfortable reading stories about the judgment of God? But the desolations God brings upon the earth can actually be a source of comfort. Read or Listen →
Why Do the Nations Rage?
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 28, 2013
Does it seem like enemies of the gospel have so much strength that they’re invincible? Nancy will give you some new perspective that will give you hope. Read or Listen →
The River of God
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 24, 2013
Here’s one of the most amazing themes throughout Scripture: God dwells among His people. Why is this so amazing? Nancy will explain. Read or Listen →
When You are Battered by Fear
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 23, 2013
This year our world has been shaken by floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes. and a tsunami. Nancy opens Psalm 46 for a life shaken by storms of life. Read or Listen →
Are You in Trouble?
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 22, 2013
Trouble will always be with us. You’ll never escape it in a fallen world, but there is a refuge you can run to during times of trouble. Read or Listen →
Held in the Everlasting Arms: A Message From ...
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 28, 2013
Can you trust God even when nothing in life makes sense? Elisabeth Elliot shows you how your suffering is an opportunity to show what you believe about God. Read or Listen →
Let Me Be Your Warning
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 22, 2013
When Joni Eareckson Tada looks back on the diving accident that left her paralyzed, she says, “God permits what He hates to accomplish what He loves.” Read or Listen →
Hard is Not Always Bad
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 6, 2013
Nine months into her pregnancy, Sarah Vroegop woke up and felt like something was wrong. It would change what she believed about God’s goodness. Read or Listen →
How Much Pain is Enough?
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 12, 2013
After spending several decades in a wheelchair, Joni Eareckson Tada heard the diagnosis "cancer." Why would one person go through so much suffering? Read or Listen →
Squeezing the Lemon
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 11, 2013
Joni Tada has prayed for God's physical healing. Those prayers haven't been answered. Joni helps you deal with the unanswered prayers in your life. Read or Listen →
The Hope of Eternity
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 27, 2012
Your current suffering may seem unbearable, but when you reach your eternal home, you’ll have a whole different perspective. Read or Listen →
God’s Goodness and Our Suffering
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 26, 2012
If God is good, why does He allow us to suffer? Nancy talks with Deborah Howard about finding God in the most difficult circumstances of life. Read or Listen →
God's Jewels
- Revive Our Hearts
- May 25, 2012
If you feel discouraged or weary doing the activity God has called you to, listen to Joni Eareckson Tada. Read or Listen →
When You Feel Alone
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 4, 2012
Does it ever feel like no one can help you? Jesus knows that feeling. Nancy will explore this aspect of His suffering Read or Listen →
When God Doesn't Seem to Answer
- Revive Our Hearts
- April 2, 2012
Sometimes it seems like God is ignoring you. If you feel that way, you’re in good company. Jesus Himself felt abandoned. Read or Listen →
The Eyes of the Lord
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 25, 2012
How was conflict handled in your home when you were growing up? With screaming or withdrawing? Few have learned how to deal with conflict God’s way. Read or Listen →
When Marriages Hurt
- Revive Our Hearts
- January 24, 2012
When someone speaks cruel words, it’s like they’re lighting a match. Your response can either put the fire out or toss on some fuel. Read or Listen →
The Gift of Suffering, with Bunny Wilson
- Revive Our Hearts
- November 4, 2011
Guest Bunny Wilson knows a lot about physical suffering and the hope that you can experience in the midst of the darkest hour. Read or Listen →
The Other Side of the Cross
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 21, 2011
When we go through suffering, it’s an opportunity to think about what Christ went through on the cross. Read or Listen →
A Testing Ground for Heaven
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 20, 2011
What is the most difficult thing you have to endure? It might be a tough job or a difficult marriage or physical pain. Read or Listen →
How Firm a Foundation
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 19, 2011
Your friend receives the diagnosis of cancer. What do you say? How can you best help them when you feel so helpless? Read or Listen →
The Image of His Son
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- October 18, 2011
When Margaret Ashmore was diagnosed with breast cancer, she realized that surviving wasn’t the ultimate goal--becoming like Christ was. Read or Listen →
A Pathway to the Heart of God
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- October 17, 2011
Doctors say one-in-nine women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Find out how to approach this disease from a medical and spiritual point of view. Read or Listen →
Whatever it Takes
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- October 4, 2011
When someone we love is suffering, we want to step in and stop the pain. But if God is using suffering to draw a lost soul to Himself, we need to let God work. Read or Listen →
Prone to Wander
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- October 3, 2011
Sometimes it’s hard to notice how prone we are to wander. But when we recognize our sin, there is hope. Read or Listen →
Surviving the Desert
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- September 23, 2011
Could you survive in the desert? You could, if someone taught you how and helped you prepare. The same is true for spiritual deserts. Read or Listen →
Demands in the Desert
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- September 22, 2011
There’s a big difference between asking God for what you need and demanding what you want. Today, Nancy teaches you to recognize the difference. Read or Listen →
Equipped in the Desert
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- September 21, 2011
When trouble comes into your life, maybe you just see--trouble. But God sees an opportunity to teach you something new. Get some hope for facing problems. Read or Listen →
Tested in the Desert
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- September 20, 2011
How did you feel in school when your teacher announced a pop quiz? Tests and quizzes don’t end when you leave school. In fact, you might be in one now. Read or Listen →
Discipline in the Desert
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- September 19, 2011
When parents discipline their children, it demonstrates their love for them. Today, find out why God sometimes disciplines His children. Read or Listen →
"I Can't Do This!"
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- September 16, 2011
If you had to leave a nice house to live somewhere full of mud and rats, how would you respond? A woman who experienced just this had a surprising discovery. Read or Listen →
Handling Hardships
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- September 15, 2011
When you’re in a season of God doing great things through you, be careful. The time right afterward might bring a lot of temptation. Read or Listen →
Surprised in the Desert
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- September 14, 2011
When you feel especially close to God--like He’s using you in powerful ways--expect to go through some times that are less emotional and less fulfilling. Read or Listen →
Valley Reality
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- September 13, 2011
Regardless of how this person appears, everyone spends time in life’s valleys. Read or Listen →
Ten Years of Encouraging Hearts
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- September 9, 2011
This weekend, our nation will mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. You can approach this anniversary with hope and peace in your heart. Read or Listen →
No Situation Is Hopeless
- Revive Our Hearts
- August 19, 2011
Do you want to watch God change what seems to be a hopeless situation? Sharon Jaynes says, "Don’t be impatient and run away from the hopeless situation." Read or Listen →
Our Confidence
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- May 12, 2011
Here's good news about adversity: It shows you what's in your heart. So when your finances, your patience, or your ability is being squeezed where do you focus? Read or Listen →
Facing the Future with Faith
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- May 11, 2011
This year our world has witnessed a major earthquake, a tsunami followed by a nuclear emergency, and more. What occupies your mind during a crisis? Read or Listen →
Waiting
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- November 4, 2010
Imagine reading an advice column that offered questions but no answers. Today's program addresses approaching God with questions and trusting Him for answers. Read or Listen →
Blessed Be The Name
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- October 29, 2010
Blessed be the name of the Lord. That isn’t just a song lyric. It’s a statement of faith delivered by a biblical character undergoing incredible suffering. Read or Listen →
Trials that Reveal Your Heart
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- October 28, 2010
When you wean a child off a pacifier, the first few days can be a real trial, but a necessary one. Nancy explains how trials in our lives can be necessary too. Read or Listen →
Wait
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- October 27, 2010
It seems all of us are waiting on something. Waiting slows down our plans, hopes, and dreams. Nancy reveals why that might be a good thing. Read or Listen →
Fear and Trembling
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- October 26, 2010
Many worship songs ask God to send His glory, yet the Bible is full of stories about people who fell down terrified when they encountered God. Read or Listen →
Unexpected Answers
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- October 8, 2010
Have you ever asked God to answer your prayer, only to be surprised when the answer came? Habakkuk was begging God for answers, and was still surprised. Read or Listen →
Have You Prayed About It?
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- October 4, 2010
Is it okay to ask God why and to tell him when you’re displeased? The prophet Habakkuk did both. Find out what we can learn from his honest prayer life. Read or Listen →
Why Is Life So Hard?
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- July 7, 2010
Do you ever wonder why life is so hard? When things are difficult, we tend to assume that something's wrong that needs to be fixed. Read or Listen →
Squeezed by Suffering
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- July 6, 2010
When you're under pressure, what comes out of your mouth? Joni Eareckson Tada says pressure is very helpful because it squeezes out sin so God can change you. Read or Listen →
God's Choicest Tool
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- July 5, 2010
For a year after her diving accident, Joni Eareckson Tada had no hope. Every night she wished she could take her own life. But God had other plans. Read or Listen →
You Can Develop More Self-Control
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- January 15, 2010
What do you look forward to in 2010? Are you looking forward to trials? No one hopes for trials and difficulties, but everyone should expect them. Read or Listen →
Good News Is Better than Wishful Thinking
- Revive Our Hearts
- December 30, 2009
Over the last year and a half, good news has been a rare commodity. The solution to bad news isn’t just wishful thinking. Read or Listen →
How to Find Comfort in God's Strength
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- December 28, 2009
It seems like everyone is looking for comfort. Just consider advertising for food, hotels, and bedding. But these things will never bring you lasting comfort. Read or Listen →
Purposeful Suffering
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- September 25, 2009
Suffering has a limit. God won’t allow more than is needed for your good and His glory. If you feel like you’re at that limit, get some encouragement. Read or Listen →
You Anoint My Head with Oil
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- August 10, 2009
What is the biggest problem you’re facing right now? It’s hard to believe, but that problem could become a great source of joy. Read or Listen →
The Dark Valley
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- August 6, 2009
Sometimes we leave the Good Shepherd and end up in a dangerous place; it’s our own fault. Read or Listen →
The Squeeze
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- January 10, 2008
Imagine a friend laughing at you after you tell her about one of your deepest struggles. Nancy tells of a woman from the Old Testament in that position. Read or Listen →
Bitterness
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- July 6, 2007
Do you ever wish you had a rich relative who could make all your financial problems go away? Nancy reminds us that we have someone infinitely better. Read or Listen →
Commitment Over Comfort
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- July 5, 2007
Imagine that your husband took you to a foreign country, and while you were there, he and your family died. Read or Listen →
Returning Home
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- July 4, 2007
We are grateful for independence, but when we try to gain independence from God, free to do things our own way, it causes a lot of trouble. Read or Listen →
Asking the Wrong Questions
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- July 3, 2007
We tend to hope we will somehow stumble upon the right answers to our spiritual concerns. Read or Listen →
A Shortcut
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- July 2, 2007
It’s hard enough to suffer consequences for our own wrongdoing, but when we face hardship through no fault of our own, we can easily become discouraged. Read or Listen →
The Valley of Deep Darkness
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- June 8, 2007
Sometimes we leave the Good Shepherd and end up in a dangerous place. Other times, we end up in a difficult place as part of the Shepherd’s plan. Read or Listen →
A Good Giver
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- June 7, 2007
What happens when you think you know all the right answers, but reality rears its ugly head to prove otherwise? Read or Listen →
Grace
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- June 6, 2007
After losing two sons to a genetic disease, Molly Veldt was ready to move on into the process of adoption and onto the mission field. Read or Listen →
God's Loving Hands
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- June 5, 2007
A sacred moment. That’s how Molly Veldt described watching her young son die. Find out what Molly learned concerning trust and eternity. Read or Listen →
Inward Renewal
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- June 4, 2007
As a young wife who grew up going to church, Molly Veldt expected God to lead her new family down a smooth, easy path. Read or Listen →
Praising Through Tears
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- November 23, 2006
If you were to watch your child grow more and more rebellious and ultimately get arrested for murder, do you think you’d be able to praise God? Read or Listen →
A Son's Perspective
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- January 6, 2006
If your father had been brutally murdered when you were just a child, would it be difficult for you to forgive those who killed him? Read or Listen →
Is It Worth It?
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- January 5, 2006
We’re all passionate about something. Read or Listen →
Relational Endurance
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- January 4, 2006
Relationships have their ups and downs, but God wants us to endure no matter what the circumstances! Read or Listen →
An Unconditional "Yes" to God
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- January 3, 2006
Saying yes can be easy, or it can be very costly, depending what the question is. Read or Listen →
What Do You Live For?
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- January 2, 2006
What do you do when life throws you for a loop? How do you survive those most difficult moments? Read or Listen →
Never Done
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- June 30, 2005
Evelyn Christenson has learned a lot of things over a life filled with both joy and suffering. Read or Listen →
Losing My Life for Christ's Sake
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- June 29, 2005
As you get older, it becomes time to relax, right? Not necessarily! Read or Listen →
When Prayers Seem to Go Unanswered
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- June 27, 2005
When a prayer isn't answered the way we asked for it to be, does that mean God isn't listening? Read or Listen →
Persistence in Crying Out
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- June 24, 2005
Scripture is full of examples of God answering prayer. But why does it seem as though sometimes He doesn't answer? Read or Listen →
Crying Out in Thanksgiving
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- June 23, 2005
When trouble comes we need to cry out to God for help. Read or Listen →
During Temptation
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- June 22, 2005
When you're tempted to sin, where do you turn first? To your will power? A godly friend? Or to God? Read or Listen →
Racing to the Scene
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- June 21, 2005
Emergency workers are quick to spring into action, but they have to be called first! God is wiser and more powerful than any firefighter. Read or Listen →
An Expression of Faith
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- June 20, 2005
A mom knows the difference between her child's cry for help due to injury vs a simple complaint. Read or Listen →
The Father's Arms
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- April 22, 2005
Here's a question to ponder: Where's the safest place for you to be? Read or Listen →
True Shelter
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- April 21, 2005
God is a shelter we can always turn to, no matter what the situation. Read or Listen →
God Will Use This in Some Way
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- October 10, 2003
Hear how God used a tragic loss in the life of Dr. Bill Hogan today on Revive Our Hearts. Read or Listen →
Peace Comes in Knowing Who God Is
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- November 1, 2002
If you had to articulate your theology, what would you say? Today on Revive Our Hearts, a guest tells us her three-cord theology. Read or Listen →
God Is Sovereign in the Storm
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- October 31, 2002
What have the storm's of life taught one woman? You'll hear her story today on Revive Our Hearts. Read or Listen →
Storms: A Means to Glorify God
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- October 30, 2002
Are you focusing on God and His glory? Today on Revive Our Hearts, Nancy helps us regain a proper perspective. Read or Listen →
When It Seems the Storm Will Never End
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- October 29, 2002
What will the power of praise accomplish in the midst of your storm? Find out on today's Revive Our Hearts. Read or Listen →
Worship in the Midst of Storms
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- October 28, 2002
Would you like to be able to defeat Satan? Learn one way on today's Revive Our Hearts. Read or Listen →
Our Theology is Tested During Storms
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- October 25, 2002
Why is your theology important? Nancy Leigh DeMoss answers that question on today's Revive Our Hearts. Read or Listen →
Cry Out to God in the Storm
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- October 24, 2002
King David was a man after God's own heart--Learn how he handled the storms in his life on today's Revive Our Hearts. Read or Listen →
Will You Love God, Even If
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- October 23, 2002
On Revive Our Hearts today, Nancy speaks with a woman who is dealing daily with her husband's depression. Find out how she has learned to a Read or Listen →
God Provides a Refuge
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- October 22, 2002
Where do you run when you encounter a difficult situation in life? Join us on Revive Our Hearts today as Nancy Leigh DeMoss continues discu Read or Listen →
Trusting God in the Storms of Life
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- October 21, 2002
Are you struggling through a difficult situation? Nancy Leigh DeMoss begins a series on finding safety and strength in God's arms. Read or Listen →
Lies Women Believe About Themselves, Part 7
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- February 5, 2002
What should we do when we don't understand why God has allowed pain in our life? Read or Listen →
A Biblical Response to America's Tragedy, Part 5
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 5, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss discusses how we can respond to recent tragic events. Read or Listen →
A Biblical Response to America's Tragedy, Part 4
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 4, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss reminds us that sin is a reality in today's world. Read or Listen →
A Biblical Response to America's Tragedy, Part 3
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 3, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss looks at the Scriptures to help us deal with the questions we ask when faced with tragedy. Read or Listen →
A Biblical Response to America's Tragedy, Part 2
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 2, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss talks about our source of trust during uncertain times. Read or Listen →
A Biblical Response to America's Tragedy, Part 1
- Revive Our Hearts
- October 1, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss addresses the need to trust God during times of uncertainty and relates her comments especially to the 9-11. Read or Listen →
Finding God in the Desert, Part 7
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 14, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss helps us to see ways we can survive in the desert. Read or Listen →
Finding God in the Desert, Part 6
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 13, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss shows biblical responses to difficult circumstances. Read or Listen →
Finding God in the Desert, Part 5
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 12, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss encourages us to be faithful in the desert. Read or Listen →
Finding God in the Desert, Part 4
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 11, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss looks at the importance of tests to our faith. Read or Listen →
Finding God in the Desert, Part 3
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 10, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss looks at the reasons we might find ourselves in the desert. Read or Listen →
Finding God in the Desert, Part 2
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 7, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss teaches on how to handle temptation in the desert. Read or Listen →
Finding God in the Desert, Part 1
- Revive Our Hearts
- September 6, 2001
Nancy Leigh DeMoss gives encouragement that God is there to help even in our desert experiences. Read or Listen →
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God knows Mother's Day is the hardest day in the year for some of you . . . Continue Reading …
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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 …
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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 …
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Suffering can leave us looking at others and wanting what they have. But in Christ . . . we have all we'll ever need. Continue Reading …
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How does a season of waiting reveal where you’ve placed your hope? Continue Reading …
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Not content to enjoy freedom for only herself, Harriet Tubman worked tirelessly to help others escape their own bondage. Continue Reading …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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Last year, I smuggled Bibles into a closed country . . . Continue Reading …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
Unplanned pregnancy, a child’s near-fatal illness, and genetic defects at birth—these can’t thwart God’s plan. Read these stories of Providence from our readers in today’s post. Continue Reading …
You are welcome here. You are part of what God is going to do here. Continue Reading …
Or are they an invitation to something more? Continue Reading …
Consider Him and take heart. Continue Reading …
How to avoid platitudes and use Scripture in context to comfort. Continue Reading …
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
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 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.