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enCourage Patience – Part 2

He has all the time in the world. Have you ever noticed that God’s timing is not the same as yours? It can be hard to understand why our prayers aren’t answered in visible ways the moment we send them up. After all, it’s no problem for God to get you a new job, or spouse, or baby. He has all the…

enCourage Joy – Part 3

Did he get up each morning wondering if that would be the day? Hope deferred makes the heart sick. And longing fulfilled is like a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12). We all know what it feels like to wait for a promise to be fulfilled. Some are small, such as when our spouse says, “I promise to pick up the groceries on…

enCourage Joy – Part 1

The joyful ones let go of what was to embrace what could be. Some of the older men wept as they watched the foundation of the new building being laid. These guys had been around to see the splendor of Solomon’s temple, and they must have wondered if the new one would live up to memory. They could remember the good old…

Bob’s Story

I had never had a tattoo before and didn’t know if I would ever get one either. After my cancer treatment and all of the incredible events that happened during and after my treatment I felt very compelled to have my “faith” in the Lord ever present for me. I came across a tattoo design that had a cross and a cancer…

Chris Matthew’s Story

After graduating from high school and leaving for college, I slowly began drifting away from my faith. Distractions like school and work took priority over God. Many of the habits I’d built up—reading the Word, praying regularly and engaging in community with other believers—had faded away. I was left feeling lonely and confused. My overall attitude had changed completely. I became shorter…

Trisha’s Story

There was a time not so long ago when life at home was marked by one traumatic crisis after another. Throughout their childhood, both of our children had been active in church youth groups but somehow, that all fell away when low self-esteem and peer pressure entered the scene. They stopped attending and instead gravitated to fringe groups in school, and were…