I turned 32 in January and I have fought my own share of battles. Battles that people ten years older will quake at the magnitude of what I have been through. Sometimes I tease myself, calling myself an old soul. There have been moments I have told God that I was too...

It is easy to listen to the world’s words, for we are constantly surrounded by them. Even subconsciously, without knowing, we all find ourselves internalizing the culture’s views and labeling them as truth. I have found myself adopting the world’s definition of beauty...

“Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.” Job 13:15 Job was a faithful servant of God, but God allowed Satan to take all of Job’s possessions, his children, and even his health. Job was crushed, as all of us would be in the...

“We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus...

Recently I found myself reading Matthew 26. If you’re familiar with that passage you know that before Jesus went to the cross, He went to a garden. And in that garden, He got on His knees and begged God to let the cup of suffering pass before Him. He begged God for...

My whole life all I’ve ever wanted to be was a wife and a mother. In my mind, I’d meet some great guy in college, get engaged and get married the summer after graduation. Then a couple years later we would start our family and live happily ever after. That’s not how...

Last year I went to a museum in our city to see an art exhibition of eighteen portraits of different people who had been affected by The Troubles—a difficult period in the history of Northern Ireland, the place where I live. It was fascinating to see how a very...

Have you ever walked through a season of long suffering, of crying out in pain? Have you ever felt as if your life was defined by sorrow? If so, you are not alone. I, too, have walked through much loss, grief, and disappointment. It really does bring a familiar...

In seasons of suffering, hope can be a difficult thing to hold on to and be fully convinced of. Seasons of hopefulness can turn into seasons of weariness, grief, doubt, and despair as suffering lingers.  For years my husband and I have hoped to grow our family. But...

“But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.” Hebrews 11:16 I became a Christian at the sweet age of seventeen. Since then, I have walked through a...

When my now-husband proposed to me, we were on the front porch of my parent’s home and I was not making it easy. I was in sweatpants, ready for a comfortable evening with family. Instead we were outside on the swing, in the cold. He couldn’t seem to get the words out...

HOPE. Isn’t it such a lovely word? An English dictionary definition tells me it’s a feeling of expectation, a desire for something to happen. But, oh, how it is so much more. As I’ve been thinking of hope recently, I’ve realized how much I use this word in...

Last year I lost two dear friends within three months of each other. One passed away after a years-long battle with cancer, leaving behind his wife and four children. My other friend passed away suddenly in a tragic car accident, leaving behind his wife and two young...

Is it just me, or does loss come in threes? Or maybe fours? It seems that whenever I’ve experienced a significant loss, it’s not long until another one follows. Loss has a way of cutting us deep, of sucking our hope and our joy and any excitement for the future. And...

“Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord.” –Psalm 31:24 Do you have a telephone voice? Maybe you talk differently to different people, depending on who it is or where you are. When I lived in London, the people I lived with knew when I was talking to...

I have noticed myself succumbing to patterns of apathy recently. Feeling like I have been walking through life to the hums of this world, letting anxiety affect my personhood and my purpose. I miss witnessing the truth wage war and win against the lies and gloom. I...

I sat at my sister in law’s table with great anticipation. That afternoon, she showed me the bountiful harvest of blackberries that had grown in her garden that year. Now I was about to sample the sweet fruit in a cobbler that she had lovingly prepared and placed in...

Every Love God Greatly study highlights one of the languages we serve - our new study, Enduring Hope, includes the highlight of our Portuguese branch!Join us in prayer for Phoenix, her team, and the women of her language and nation as you read her story, and help us...

“Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given...

Our newest Bible study, Enduring Hope, begins on Monday! We would LOVE to have you join us!!! Grab your journal here and dive into our introduction below! Hope can be a tricky thing. It can give us great joy, or we can experience great disappointment when it is not...

Friends, our new study translations are ready! We have the incredible privilege of announcing that our Enduring Hope study is now available in TWENTY-FOUR languages, with more in the works!!! And our Enduring Hope for Kids is available in FIFTEEN languages with more...