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A Prayer for When Stress Makes Us Forget the Good

2

A Prayer For The Work In Front Of Us Today

3

When Will Things Finally Change

4

A Prayer For The Power To Keep Loving

5

The Power To Keep Loving

6

A Prayer for When We Just Want Answers but Their Not Coming

7

When We Just Want Answers

8

A Prayer For When We Lose Connection

9

The Things We Feed Eventually Take Hold Of Us

10

A Prayer For When We Forget That Love Reveals The Truth

11

How We Find The Truth Through Love

12

A Prayer For When We Feel Alone

13

When We Forget We’re Not Alone

14

A Prayer For When We Are Tired Of Struggling

15

When Doing The Right Thing Still Gets Hard

16

A Prayer For When We Don’t Know What To Do Next

17

When We Don’t Know What To Do Next

18

A Prayer For When We Just Don’t Like Someone

19

When We Are Around People We Don’t Connect With

20

A Prayer For When It Feels Like This Is All There Is

21

When It Feels Like This Is How It’s Always Going To Be

22

A Prayer For When The Path We Chose Gets Hard

23

Sometimes We Still Have To Go Through It

24

A Prayer For When Faith Feels Like Pressure

25

When Faith Isn’t About Pressure

26

A Prayer For What Salvation Means

27

When Salvation Isn’t What We Thought

28

A Prayer For When We Don’t Know The Way

29

When We Don’t Know The Way

30

A Prayer For When Faith Feels Like Something To Carry

31

How We Respond When Things Get Hard

32

A Prayer for When We Feel the Distance Between Us

33

What Brings Us Together

34

A Prayer for When We Almost Ask for Help

35

When We Almost Ask For Help

36

When We’re There and Something Isn’t Right | A Prayer

37

When We See Something We Know Isn’t Right

38

A Prayer for When Things Aren’t Right

39

How We Can Be At Our Best When Things Are Their Worst

40

When What’s Happening Doesn’t Change | A Prayer

41

When What’s Happening Doesn’t Change - But We Do

42

When We Don’t Want To Hear It | A Prayer

43

When We Don’t Want It To Be True

44

When Ordinary Moments Don’t Feel Spiritual | A Prayer

45

When It Feels Like Only Certain Moments Count As Faith

46

A Prayer for When Something Isn’t as It Should Be

47

When Something Isn’t As It Should Be

48

A Prayer For Finding Our Way Through

49

When We’re Trying to Find Our Way Through

50

A Prayer For Recognizing The Voice

51

We Already Know The Voice

52

A Prayer For When We Face Unfair Hardship

53

When We Suffer Unfairly

54

A Prayer For Widened Circles

55

When We Widen Our Circles

56

A Prayer For When We Don’t Make Time For Each Other

57

When Taking Time For Fellowship Matters

58

A Prayer For When We Can’t Quite See What’s Happening

59

When We Can’t Quite See What’s Going On

60

A Prayer For When We Feel Like Giving Up

61

When We Feel Like Giving Up

62

A Prayer For When We Begin To Notice Peace

63

When We Are In A Good Place

64

A Prayer For When It Feels Like What We Do Isn’t Enough

65

When A Little Is Enough

66

A Prayer For When We Wonder If It’s Worth It

67

When Our Sacrifices Are Worth It

68

A Prayer For When It’s Hard to Trust Change

69

When It’s Hard To Believe Things Can Be Different

70

A Prayer For Seeing What’s On Front of Us

71

What Keeps Us From Seeing

72

A Prayer For When It Feels Like It’s Over

73

When It Feels Like Our Stories Are Over

74

A Prayer For Noticing The Good

75

What Gratitude Begins To Change

76

A Prayer For When We’re Moving Through Times Of Change

77

Don’t Forget To Eat

78

A Prayer For When The Darkness Feels Heavy

79

We Are Meant To Be Light

80

A Prayer For When It Feels Like The Darkness Is Closing In

81

When It Feels Like The Darkness Is Closing In

82

A Prayer For When We’re Not As Okay As We Say

83

When We’re Not As Okay As We Say

84

When We’re Not Seeing Results | A Prayer

85

When It Feels Like Our Efforts Don’t Matter

86

When We’re Desperate For A Change | A Prayer

87

When We’re Desperate For A Change

88

When We Are Too Tired | A Prayer

89

When We Are Too Tired

90

When It Feels Like All Too Much | A Prayer

91

Sometimes It Feels Like Just Too Much

92

A Prayer For When It Might Be Us

93

When It’s Good To Question Ourselves

94

Prayer - When We’ve Been Discounted And Dismissed

95

When We’ve Been Discounted And Dismissed

96

A Prayer For When We Can’t Forgive Ourselves

97

When We’ve Let Ourselves Down

98

A Prayer For When We Want To Encourage Others

99

When We Want To Encourage Others

100

A Prayer For When Hope Is Lost

101

What Faith Looks Like When Hope Is Gone

102

A Prayer For When We Wonder If What We Do Matters

103

Does Anything We Do Matter?

104

A Prayer For A Fresh Start

105

When We Are Ready For A Fresh Start

106

A Prayer For The Power Of Our Words

107

When We Speak Words Of Hope

108

A Prayer For Peaceful Minds

109

Finding A Healthy Mindset

110

A Prayer For What Brings Us Back To Life

111

When We Come Back To Life

112

A Prayer For When We Wonder If Things Will Ever Get Better

113

Sometimes We Wonder If Things Will Ever Get Better

114

A Prayer For When Certainty Gets In The Way

115

When Certainty Makes Us Blind

116

A Prayer For When We Focus On The Wrong Things

117

What Happens When We Worry About The Wrong Things

118

A Prayer For When The Darkness Feels Overwhelming

119

What The Darkness Cannot Overcome

120

A Prayer For When The Way Is Unclear

121

When We Are Trying To Find Our Way

122

A Prayer For Humble Hearts

123

Sometimes Faith Means Admitting We’re Still Learning

124

A Prayer for Better Questions

125

When We Ask The Wrong Questions

126

A Prayer For Deeper Vision

127

What God Sees That We Often Miss

128

A Prayer for the Thirst Within Us

129

When The Thirst Keeps Coming Back

130

Prayer for When We Feel We Have to Prove Ourselves

131

We Don’t Have To Prove Ourselves

132

A Prayer For Inexhaustible Hope

133

Inexhaustible Hope

134

Prayer: When Hope Is Being Formed

135

How Hope Becomes A Part of Who We Are

136

A Prayer To Keep Our Hearts Tender

137

When Hard Times Harden The Heart

138

A Prayer For When We Wonder Where You Are

139

When We Wonder Where God Is

140

A Prayer For When We Only See What’s Missing

141

When What’s Missing Is All We See

142

A Prayer for When We’re Not There Yet

143

We Get There In Stages

144

A Prayer For Holy Audacity

145

The Audacity To Believe

146

A Prayer For Lives That Lift Others

147

The Purpose of Our Success

148

A Prayer To Become A Blessing

149

Called To Bless

150

A Prayer for the Courage to Begin

151

Becoming Who We Are Meant To Be

152

A Prayer for Recognizing Our Fruit

153

Do We Recognize Ourselves?

154

A Prayer for Release

155

When Debts Remain

156

A Prayer for What Matters

157

When We Pursue What Matters

158

A Prayer for When a Little Isn’t Enough

159

When We Can’t Get Enough

160

Prayer: Uprooting Anger

161

Letting Go Of Anger

162

Prayer: Built From The Inside Out

163

Don’t Do It For Status

164

Prayer: When Contempt Sets In

165

When Dismissal Hardens Into Contempt

166

A Prayer Against Dismissiveness

167

Raca: The Danger of Dismissiveness

168

Prayer: Take The First Step

169

Reconciliation Is Worship

170

Prayer: Steady in Love

171

A Verse Few People Believe

172

Prayer For A Generous Posture

173

Reflection: Shifting The Question

174

Prayer: Loving Beyond Transaction

175

Loving Beyond Transaction

176

A Prayer For A Non-Anxious Heart

177

A Non-Anxious Posture

178

Evening Prayer: Growing Into Wholeness

179

Reflection: What Wholeness Looks Like

180

Evening Prayer: A Light That Rests In Love

181

Living As Light That Points Beyond Us

182

Prayer: Brought to Fullness

183

Fulfilled in Love

184

Prayer: A Light For This House

185

Lighting the Room We’re In

186

A Prayer For The Cities We Are Building

187

Light of the Hill

188

A Prayer to Preserve What Matters

189

A Salt That Preserves

190

A Prayer for Joy While We Wait

191

Rejoicing Before the Promise Is Complete

192

A Prayer for Integrity Under Fire

193

Living So Well It Isn’t True

194

A Prayer for Deeper Blessing

195

Blessed Beyond Comfort

196

A Prayer for Shalom-Making

197

Blessed Are The Peacemakers

198

A Prayer For Clear Vision

199

Seeing God Clearly

200

Prayer: Mercy That Keeps Us Human

201

Mercy Keeps Us Human

202

We Shall Be Satisfied

203

Through the Pain

204

What Is Poor In Spirit?

205

Prepare Us for the Kingdom: A Prayer

206

What It Means To Be “Meek “

207

Live Together or Die Apart

208

Reaching for Agreement - A Prayer

209

Reaching for Agreement - Part 4 How Unity is Practiced

210

Reaching for Agreement - Part 3 What Pulls Us Apart

211

Reaching for Agreement- Part 2 The Same Mind and Purpose

212

Reaching For Agreement- Part 1 Remembering Who We Are

213

Keep Moving Forward! - MLK Day

214

What Is The Content Of Our Character?

215

60 Seconds of Hope- A Prayer For MLK Day

216

When We Feel Discouraged

217

We Have Every Gift We Need

218

Partners In Love

219

Strong Enough To Win

220

A Prayer For Hearts That Build ( An Early MLK Day Prayer)

221

What Matters To Us?

222

Built With Love, Or Not At All

223

The Cup That Cannot Satisfy

224

It’s Never Too Late To Start Again

225

From Every Tribe And Nation

226

Beyond Tribe and Nation: A World-Sized Love

227

Acceptance And Community

228

Becoming Living Stones Of Hope

229

Say Amen And Get To Work

230

Faith: New Year, New World: Kwanzaa Day 7, Life Day Eternal

231

Creativity: Kwanzaa Day 6

232

Purpose: Kwanzaa Day 5 (and a personal update)

233

Cooperative Economics: Kwanzaa Day 4

234

Collective Responsibility And Work: Kwanzaa Day 3

235

Self-Determination: Kwanzaa Day 2

236

Unity (Kwanzaa Day 1)

237

The Darkness Shall Not Overtake Us

238

While We Wait For Christmas

239

Holding Treasure In Our Hearts

240

If It’s Not Good News For Everyone…

241

Waiting For Delivery

242

Let Us Embrace Our True Identities

243

Saved From Our Sins For Love

244

Wake Up And Get To Work

245

When It Feels Like God Is Angry…

246

When Our Purpose Is Bigger Than Our “Face”

247

Do Not Blame And Shame

248

What Are We Looking For?

249

Are We Part Of The Solution?

250

We All Have Our Issues

251

What Should Be Seen And Heard In Us?

252

Patience Isn’t Passive

253

Do Not Be Afraid

254

Our Lives Shall Blossom

255

None Of Us Are Chaff

256

The Baptism Of Fire And Spirit

257

It’s Not About Our Religion (Advent 11)

258

Remember Who You Are (Advent 10)

259

Acknowledge, Learn, And Grow (Advent 9)

260

How Do We Prepare The Way?

261

Turn Around And Look For It

262

Hope Is Not A Passive Activity

263

Hope Sunday, Advent 2025: Three Things To Trust (full sermon)

264

Look For The Holy Moments (Advent 5)

265

What Would Someone Notice In Us? (Advent 4)

266

Give Thanks For Three Spiritual Truths

267

Practicing Humility And Curiosity (Advent 3)

268

We Don’t Need To Push Our Religion On Anyone (Advent 2)

269

Advent 1: Let Our Vision Be As Big As God’s Is For Us

270

How We Show Up Is How God Shows Up

271

God Don’t Like Ugly

272

Peace Is An Active Lifestyle

273

If We Believe In God’s Love…

274

Joyful Endurance

275

We Are The Shepherds That God Is Raising

276

Serve With Hope And Without Fear

277

The Joy Of God’s Immanence

278

Justice, Wellbeing, And Healing Flow From Reverence

279

Never Get Too Tired To Do The Right Thing

280

Let Our Tests Become Our Testimonies

281

We Don’t Need To Be Defensive

282

God Answers The Prayers We Do Not Know To Pray

283

These Troubles Will Soon Be Forgotten

284

Do We Trust That Our Redeemer Lives?

285

Strength Comes From The Heart

286

The Secret Of Happiness

287

Don’t Let It Shake You

288

If Our Hearts Were Put On Trial Today

289

Take Courage And Do The Work

290

May We See The Deeds Of The Lord In Our Lifetime

291

Write Down Your Vision

292

True Worship Happens Outside Of Church

293

When Salvation Comes

294

God Always Welcomes And Invites

295

Separate And Climb

296

Let’s Stop Blocking The View

297

Time To Stop Assuming The Worst About Other Folks

298

How To Move From Strength To Strength

299

Give From Love And Gratitude Not Greed

300

When We Are Overwhelmed By Evil

301

Trust That Our Blessings Are On The Way

302

Trust That God Is For Everyone

303

Trust In God’s Deliverance

304

Trust In God’s Provision

305

What’s Going On? How Can We Help?

306

God’s Love Is Forever. How About Ours?

307

We Find What We Look For. Focus On The Positive.

308

Prayer Helps Us Be Ok When It’s Not Ok

309

Acceptance Is More Than Tolerance

310

We All Belong To God (all of us)

311

Surround Yourself With Good People

312

Take Hold of Life

313

How We Fight The Good Fight

314

It’s Not That Kind Of Test

315

God Is Faithful To Us Even When We Are Not

316

A Faith That Heals

317

Be Faithful To The Process

318

From Misery And Despair To Contentment And Wellbeing

319

Let Us Focus On Living Our Lives Well

320

Don’t Be A Coward

321

Be Faithful And Ask The Hard Questions

322

From Anger And Worry To Empowered Action

323

What Does The Heart Desire?

324

It’s Ok To Name Our Pain

325

Our Wellbeing Comes From Trusting That…

326

Be Faithful With Dirty Money (and it’s all dirty)

327

Never Accept Injustice As The Norm

328

Called To Care

329

How To Live Faithfully In An Unfaithful World

330

Who Are The People Outside Our Walls?

331

Start Preparing For When Things Get Better

332

A Short Prayer of Faithfulness and Devotion

333

Practice Gratitude 24/7/365

334

How To Pray For People In Power

335

When Facing Hard Times

336

The Difference Between Forgiveness and Reconciliation

337

Be Street-smart And Gentle At The Same Time

338

Who Are We Serving?

339

When We Don’t Feel Supported

340

What Does It Mean To Believe?

341

How Successful Will Jesus Be?

342

Show The World Something Different

343

How To Change Our Toxic Environments

344

Life Giving Foolishness

345

When We Become Discouraged

346

It Was Worth It

347

Finding Right When Everything Around You Is Wrong

348

Learning To Be Effective In Broken Systems

349

100% of the Royalties for “How to Pray” are going to flood relief in Pakistan

350

I Am Wonderful

351

Choose The Paths That Lead To Life

352

Don’t Be A Scoffer

353

We Are Works In Progress

354

When Is The Resurrection?

355

How To Be Steady

356

Not Everyone Is Going To Cheer

357

How We Become Fearless

358

How Are We Any Better Off?

359

How To Shine

360

What Pleases God?

361

A Morning Prayer For Anytime

362

Recognizing The Voice Of God: If It’s Not Love, It’s Not God

363

Repairers Of The Breach

364

If We Want To See A Brighter World

365

A Prayer For Refuge And Deliverance

366

Time To Stop Criticizing And Start Helping

367

Don’t Doubt Yourself

368

How To Distinguish The Voice Of God

369

Faith Is Having A Dream That Is Worth The Sacrifice

370

A New Me, A New You, A New Us, A New World

371

What Weight Do We Need To Drop?

372

When Family Can’t Come First

373

All Peace Ain’t Good Peace

374

Let Us Burn With Holy Fire

375

What Are Our Convictions? What Is Our Faith?

376

It’s OK Not To Know

377

The Difference Between The Faithful And The Unfaithful

378

When God Serves Us

379

Stay Ready

380

What Do We Value?

381

God Wants To See Us Flourish

382

Always Seek A Higher Purpose

383

God Doesn’t Come In Wrath

384

From Meaninglessness To Hope

385

Our Daily Prayer

386

Trust In God’s Care: Prayer Part 9

387

Put Everything Into It: Prayer Part 8

388

Stop Cheering For The Apocalypse: Prayer Part 7

389

The Forgiving Everyone Part: Prayer Part 6

390

Forgive Us Our Collective Debt: Prayer Part 5 (90 Seconds)

391

Forgive Us Our Sins: Prayer Part 4

392

Give Us All, Our Daily Bread: Prayer Part 3

393

Maybe It’s Crazy, But It’s Not Too Late

394

Longing For A Better World: Prayer Part 2

395

Every Place Sacred, Everything Holy: Prayer Part 1

396

How To Thrive!

397

There Is No Nationalism In Christianity

398

Pass Me Not: Inviting The Presence of God

399

In Due Season

400

Love Is Not A Liability

401

What Do We Really Need?

402

When It’s Good To Be Unapologetic

403

Prioritize What Matters. Let The Rest Go.

404

How Do We Know If We Are Doing The Right Things?

405

How to Live Joyfully

406

Let Us Learn How To Live

407

A Prayer For A Different Kind Of Power

408

By Loving, Not Believing Correctly

409

Who Are The Gods?

410

We Don’t Have To Be Dead To Experience Eternal Life

411

When We Feel Like God Is Angry With Us

412

Hope, Humility, Time, and Consistency

413

How To Be An Influencer

414

Sometimes It’s Not Hard. We Just Don’t Want To.

415

Clothed with Gladness

416

How We Come to Take Pride in Ourselves

417

How Do We Know We Are Being Spirit Led?

418

There’s More Than One Pie

419

From Love and Joy to Peace

420

Be Sure to Read the Middle Part Too

421

Set Your Face and Keep Moving Forward

422

Don’t Let Your Religion Stop You from Kind

423

For Love, From Love, With Love

424

Live An Ordinary Life Extraordinarily Well

425

Don’t Get Comfortable with Your Demons

426

How to Get Unstuck

427

Life Under the Reign of God

428

Finding Safety in the Wilderness

429

A Good Rest and A Good Meal

430

Listen for the Silence

431

The Difference Between Honoring and Obeying

432

Dominion to Care and Serve not Use and Exploit

433

You Are Amazing!

434

We Don’t Know

435

We Are Seen

436

Love Makes Hope Possible

437

How We Overcome Hardship

438

Not Everyone Will Believe In You

439

Why Are We Building?

440

We Are Family

441

Don’t Be Slaves to Fear

442

The Power of We

443

Holy Fire: How We Lead Lives of Passion and Purpose

444

Don’t Let Anyone Weaponize Your Religion

445

My Daily Prayer

446

Understanding and Being Understood: The Gift of the Spirit

447

Why Love is the Greatest Spiritual Gift

448

Not Every Disaster Leads to Disaster

449

What Did They Sing? What Did They Pray?

450

What Do We Need to Remember? What Do We Need to Learn?

451

Turn Around and Let Go!

452

Seeing Through the Eyes of Our Hearts

453

Life’s Not a Competition

454

Finding Peace by Asking, Seeking, and Trusting

455

Every Day Sacred, Everywhere Holy

456

The Holy Spirit: The Voice that Speaks for Us

457

We Have to Try!

458

Some Things We Just Have to Carry

459

What Do We Really Want?

460

The Holy Spirit Heals Division

461

Two Interpretations of Revelation

462

What Should Our Love Look Like?

463

Yes, Even Them!

464

Be Servants not Judges

465

Recognizing the Gifts of Yourselves and Others

466

Watch, Wait, and Work for the Vision of Revelation

467

The Defeat of Cynicism, Indifference, and Division

468

The Revolution of Revelation

469

Whose Voice Are We Following?

470

Nothing Can Snatch Us Away from God’s Love

471

Safety in an Unsafe World

472

Let Our Actions Do the Talking

473

Care for My Sheep

474

They Followed Him Anyway

475

Bring What You Have

476

God Has Prepared a Meal for Us

477

The Truth Will Set Us Free

478

The Truth We Dare Not Speak

479

When We Come Up Empty

480

Accountable to Grow

481

We’re Going to Have a Story to Tell

482

God Isn’t Angry with Us

483

Rejoice in the Moment

484

God Doesn’t Make Us

485

Remember Who Sent You

486

The First Gift of the Spirit

487

Why We Don’t See God

488

How to Celebrate Easter

489

Get Ready. Be Ready. Stay Ready.

490

Time to Bury the Past

491

Every Day is a Gift

492

Why We Don’t Have Peace

493

Who Does God Accept?

494

Affirmed by God

495

Not My Will, But Yours

496

The Lies We Tell Ourselves

497

When Shouts Prevail

498

You Don’t Have to Go Along with It

499

The World’s Most Famous Protest March

500

The Comfort of Friends

501

Jesus’s Prayer for Us

502

Follow Your Calling

503

Do You See It?

504

A Way Out of No Way

505

Balancing Self Care with Self Sacrifice

506

Remember the Dream

507

Putting the Past Behind Us

508

Sharing the Cross

509

When We Come to Our Senses

510

Delivered from the Trouble We Made

511

Make Ripples of Love

512

Living in the New Creation

513

God Embraces Us

514

Love Instinctually

515

Nothing is Impossible with God

516

Break the Wheels of Injustice

517

Have the Courage to Say Yes

518

Spread Love Everywhere You Go!

519

Don’t Give Up

520

It’s me. It’s me.

521

Becoming Witnesses of Hope

522

Learn New Ways

523

Made for Goodness

524

Chase the Things That Matter

525

Love Listens

526

Be People of Mercy and Grace

527

Love Friend and Stranger

528

Stay Self Aware and Humble

529

God’s Unshakable Love

530

Human Suffering Isn’t God’s Punishment

531

Interconnected and Interdependent

532

When Our Best Isn’t Enough

533

Our Three Prayers

534

What Example Do People See in Us

535

God Loves Us- Period.

536

Learn a New Way

537

The Necessity of Love and Compassion

538

How We Wait for God

539

Spring Cleaning for the Heart

540

Our Constant Prayer

541

Walk Where You Can Walk in Love

542

God’s Love Sets Us Free

543

A Faith Statement and A Mission Statement

544

Acknowledge Your Pain. Ask for Help.

545

Let God’s Dream Be Ours

546

A New World Is Within Our Reach

547

What Are We Ready For?

548

This Season Will Pass

549

Establish Justice. It Just May Save Us.

550

When we understand that we are God’s beloved…

551

Love is Your Job Description

552

How Do We Meet Our Needs?

553

There’s Still Time for Love to Save Us

554

Practicing True Spirituality

555

Let’s Give Up Injustice for Lent

556

How Are We Showing Up in the World?

557

We Just Have to Love

558

God’s Love is Bigger than That

559

Grow Deeper Roots

560

Give to Everyone: Stop Practicing Selective Compassion

561

A Prayer of Liberation, Salvation, and Deliverance

562

What Kind of Progress Do We Want?

563

Don’t Give Up on Yourself

564

See How Good You Can Be

565

Be Grateful for What You Have

566

Lift People Up

567

Now Is The Time

568

Love the Immigrant

569

Love Comes More Naturally Than Hate

570

Panting for Deliverance

571

Becoming Rooted and Grounded in Love

572

Freedom Is a Never Ending Struggle

573

God Supplies the Love

574

Dissent from Indifference

575

Faith Is Love in Action

576

God Intends Us to Be Free

577

Everyone Who Loves is Born of God

578

May God Remove All Our Fear

579

Become a Carrier of Love

580

If It Ain’t Love, It Ain’t God

581

Love and Sympathy, Not Theology and Dogma

582

Cherish One Another

583

Loving God Means Loving People

584

Stop Making Excuses

585

Love the Prisoner

586

What Do We Need to Face?

587

Show Us How to Love

588

What Do We Believe In?

589

God’s Love is Deeper Yet!

590

Reject Your Own Negative Self Stereotypes

591

Let Your Life Be a Love Letter

592

The Power of Getting Tired

593

Choose Love Today

594

With the Courage and Tenacity of Our Forebears

595

Let Us Know that We Are Loved

596

The Power of God Lives Within

597

Be Patient, Kind, Humble, and Happy for Others

598

Look for Beauty

599

Let Love Show in Everything We Say and Do

600

Stand for Right

601

Nothing Can Separate Us From The Love of God

602

Emancipate Your Hearts and Minds

603

Do What You Can. Start Now.

604

Never Be Diminished by Your Circumstances

605

May We Always Care

606

Help Free Someone Else

607

Love Through the Defeats

608

Don’t Let Anyone Try To Limit Your Potential

609

Love is its own reward

610

Take the First Step

611

God Loves Us. God Loves Us. God Loves Us!

612

How Change Comes

613

Teach Us What Justice Means

614

What is being fulfilled through us?

615

Love Empowers Us to Overcome

616

Stay in the Fight!

617

What Does Love Look Like?

618

We don’t know God, but God knows us.

619

May We Love Each Other and Everyone Else

620

In Whom Do We Trust?

621

Give Us the Courage to Love

622

Compassion Heals Both Us and Them

623

Strive for Goodness in Each Moment

624

Be Grateful

625

Strengthened and Emboldened by Love

626

Time to Live It. Time to Love.

627

But What About God’s Wrath?

628

A Little Help, A Little Hope, and Someone Who Believes

629

Let Our Love Cover Their “Sins”

630

Love Does It Well

631

What Does It Mean to Love Our Enemies?

632

Get Up On Purpose

633

Practice Small Acts of Love

634

Don’t Keep Quiet

635

You Deserve Love

636

Keep Fighting

637

Love Unconditionally

638

We Are in the Same Boat

639

Love is a Verb!

640

Don’t Hide Who You Are

641

Developing the Capacity to Forgive

642

We All Have a Gift. Use It for Good.

643

Love Will Have the Final Word

644

How Do We Measure Success?

645

Stick with Love

646

When the Wine Runs Out

647

Faith is Only Expressed in Love

648

Don’t Stop Believing

649

Embrace the Love of Friends

650

From Father to Son: Don’t Stress too Much. You’re Going to Be Ok

651

You Are Loved. You Are Enough.

652

Love as Unselfishly as You Can

653

Have the Courage to Continue

654

Love is Listening

655

We All Have A Gift. We All Have A Need.

656

A Life That Makes A Difference

657

How to Follow Jesus

658

Love God by Loving People

659

How We Put The Past Behind Us

660

The Earth is Full of God’s Love

661

Live a Life Worth Living

662

Shattering the Lens of Fear

663

How to Stay Present and Awake

664

Let Love Show Us What to Do

665

What Do You Love? Go Do That!

666

God is Love: 60 Second Love Devotion, Day 4

667

Enjoy Your Life, Including Your Work

668

Receiving Love: 60 Second Love Devotional Day 3

669

Love is Now in Season

670

Love is the Best Meal - 60 Second Love Devotion Day 1

671

60 Seconds of Hope for 2025

672

366 Days of Love Devotional- Day 1

673

For Whomever Needs to Hear This…

674

Find Your Climate and Your Soil

675

Our Lives Are Like Leaves

676

Where Do We Want To Be More Loving?

677

Where Did We Show Love?

678

Where Did I Feel Loved?

679

Follow Nascent Hope into the World

680

You Have to Love It!

681

Speak to Yourself with Compassion

682

And Be Patient with Them All

683

Let Our Lives Be Our Offerings

684

Be Led Like Joseph: How We Make It Through

685

What Are We Giving Back?

686

Show Us How to Reflect Your Light

687

It’s up to us to be among the few…

688

Surround Yourself with People Who Bring Out Your Best.

689

What is the Word of God?

690

Submit to One Another: The Biblical Push Towards Radical Equality

691

Salvation Means No Longer Living in Fear

692

Someone, Everywhere: We All Share the Same Struggles

693

It’s Time To Be About It

694

“Start where you are. Use what you have…”

695

Advent Means Not Consulting Our Fears

696

Be Sure to Dance a Little Bit Today!

697

Don’t Become the Monster You’re Fighting

698

Listen for the Voice of Beauty

699

Some People Won’t Understand. Fly Anyway!

700

The Harvest Is Worth It!

701

There’s Danger in Our Comfort Zones!

702

God Sings for Us. Let Us Sing with God

703

We Have to Work Like We Believe It!

704

It Takes Love to Know What Matters

705

Don’t Let Worry Get You Down!

706

Do We Have Any Room for God in Our Lives?

707

Stop Trying to Be God’s Bouncer

708

A Daily Prayer for Advent and Beyond

709

The Power of Thanksgiving: How Prayer and Gratitude Set Us Free

710

How Long? Not Long!

711

What is Faith? How Does it Shield Us?

712

God Wants Everyone to Thrive. Do We?

713

Be Content but Never Satisfied. Your Best is Yet to Come

714

Keep a Forgiving Attitude

715

Let Our Hope Be Infinite

716

One Success Beats a Thousand Failures

717

Seek and Follow Good Advice

718

Peaceful Hearts, Peaceful Minds, Peaceful Actions

719

Guard Your Hearts

720

Stay Centered in the Truth of Love

721

60 Seconds of Hope: The Possibility Thinker’s Creed

722

Embrace the Sweat

723

Experience Defeat, But Don’t Be Defeated

724

Stick With It and Don’t Give Up

725

Keep On Standing

726

Keep Your Minds on Liberation

727

Don’t Hate the Person in Front of You

728

Let Our Lives Be Our Offering (Advent 2024)

729

Deliverance through Belonging, Purpose, and Hope (Advent 2024)

730

You Don’t Have to Pretend to Be Okay… (Advent 2024)

731

Honesty, Gratitude, and Trust Equals Peace (Advent 2024)

732

What Now? (Advent 2024)

733

Putting Away Our Sorrows (Advent 2024)

734

It Won’t Be Easy, But Don’t Be Afraid (Advent 2024)

735

We will become our best selves. (Advent 2024)

736

Dawn is Coming (Advent 2024)

737

May We Learn to Love Everyone

738

Unbinding Our Neighbors

739

Come Out Your Grave!

740

Delivered from Fear

741

We Have a Role to Play

742

The Second Coming Happens Every Day (Advent 30)

743

Better Days Are Ahead: Job in the Face of Evil

744

Humility Leads to Growth (Advent 29)

745

Speak-up for Yourself

746

Live in Faith not Fear (Advent 28)

747

Some Doors Are Closed. Trust God to Open New Ones (Advent 27)

748

If we want to help, we first listen.

749

Remember the Good and Hope for Tomorrow (Advent 26)

750

Advent Means Good News for the Poor (Advent 25)

751

Do You Believe in Love (Advent 24)

752

Say Yes to Your Calling (Advent 23)

753

We Shall Build Again (Advent 22)

754

The Magnificat: Celebrating the Vision (Advent 21)

755

Choose Trust (Advent 20)

756

Always Be Grateful (Advent 19)

757

Cry, But Don’t Stop Sowing (Advent 18)

758

Be Comfortable Being Who You Are (Advent 17)

759

Jesus Skipped the Revenge and We Should Too (Advent 16)

760

Hold on to the Good (Advent 15)

761

Strong Enough To Be Gentle (Advent 14)

762

Don’t celebrate people getting the bad they deserve. (Advent 13)

763

Sharing God’s Love through Justice and Decency (Advent 12)

764

Prepare the Way for Others (Advent 11)

765

How to get and stay on P.O.I.N.T. (Advent 10)

766

What kind of people should we be? (Advent 9)

767

When Justice and Peace Come Together (Advent 8)

768

Stop Beating Yourself Up! (Advent 7)

769

Strength to Finish the Job (Advent 6)

770

Christ is Coming Today (Advent 5)

771

When God Seems Absent or Indifferent, Call Anyway (Advent 4)

772

We Can Grow and Change (Advent 3)

773

We Are Called into Partnership with Christ (Advent 2)

774

Something’s Got to Change (Advent 1)

775

Overcoming Ourselves is the Greatest Gift

776

Forget Work Life Balance

777

Count Your Blessings- Not Someone Else’s

778

We have peace when we understand that God is preserving us.

779

Keep Some Salt Inside Yourself

780

How to Open the Right Doors

781

We become what we value.

782

Better Days Start With Better Affirmations

783

Amaze Yourself!

784

Embrace Your Inner Child

785

Keep a grateful state of mind!

786

Shifted During Flight

787

Be honest with yourself about where you are.

788

Let Your Life Be Your Testimony

789

Maintaining Calm in the Midst of Chaos

790

Seek Healthy Environments

791

Learn, Grow, and Move On!

792

God loves the world, and we should too.

793

Guard your hearts.

794

Believe the best about yourself.

795

Recognizing our toxicity is the first step toward healing it.

796

Stand up for yourself and others.

797

If we want different, we have to change.

798

What’s it to you?

799

Just do what you do!

800

Answer the critics and haters with your own “Silly Love Song”.

801

Have a vision that is big enough to inspire you.

802

Live with Urgency

803

Empty Words Hold No Power

804

The Secret of Success

805

See yourself becoming who you’re meant to be!

806

Discipline Your Tongue

807

Never lose the thrill of being alive.

808

Now Go Do It!

809

Take the first steps.

810

What was my part in it?

811

Focus on the Light

812

Check Yourself

813

Be careful how you speak to yourself.

814

Heaven Begins Today

815

Life’s not fair, but God is good.

816

We are pregnant with possibility and purpose.

817

Make Your Choice

818

It’s Not Too Late!

819

Get Away from Toxic

820

Walk in your gifting.

821

Do something, even if it’s wrong.

822

Make today your personal best!

823

Life is short. Make the most of it.

824

Be a Blessing

825

Sing, Sing, Sing!

826

Serendipity is found along the extra mile.

827

Live what you believe.

828

I am not afraid.

829

God is on the journey too.

830

Be Kind. Just Be Kind.

831

Get angry, but don’t let the anger get you.

832

Putting Away Our Anger

833

Don’t go around dropping “truth bombs”.

834

Embrace Joy not Gloom

835

Just Keep Scrolling

836

Freedom in Every Circumstance

837

Take heart. God is with us.

838

What is worthy of our calling?

839

No really, we are all children of God

840

Go for it now!

841

The Power Within

842

The Love Prayer

843

Prayer’s purpose is to make us feel loved.

844

We are all children of the same God.

845

If I Am…

846

Go Catch Excellence!

847

Take Time to Enjoy Life

848

Forgive Everyone, Including Yourself

849

Forgiving Empowers the Forgiver

850

And We Are All God’s People

851

Take the Journey with Me

852

A Prayer for Peace

853

Let Me Sow Love!

854

Prepare, Prepare, Prepare!

855

Does our religion bring joy?

856

Your past is not your future.

857

What’s Your Vision?

858

Let your purpose be bigger than your obstacles!

859

Embrace Joy

860

It’s who we are when we get there that matters.

861

Believe that you are worthy!

862

Live in hope, not hurt.

863

Be passionate about it!

864

How many apples in a seed?

865

Do not listen to your fears.

866

Surround yourself with people who believe in you.

867

It’s ok. Not everyone is going to like you.

868

Yea are gods

869

What is Faith

870

Struggle to Connect

871

The Sabbath Was Made for Us…

872

The Boating Disciples

873

Soar Like Eagles

874

Balancing Self Care and Generosity

875

Climb by yourself if you have to.

876

Avoid Extremes

877

Seek Peace Over Wealth and Status

878

How to not lose heart

879

Living in Harmony

880

Tell Your Story of Hope

881

Life Is Not Always Fair

882

Knowing Our Seasons

883

Throw Off that Yoke: A Father’s Blessing

884

Eat, Drink, Be Merry, and Grateful

885

Love is its own reward!

886

What if we believed we could…

887

It’s ok to want more.

888

Only God Sees What’s Inside

889

What Speaks to the Heart?

890

Develop a Mountain Mindset

891

Our external circumstances need not dictate our internal state.

892

When you find your path, keep running.

893

What it means to live by faith.

894

Don’t Suffer in Silence

895

Shine Bright! Become Your Best Self

896

Be still. Take time to watch, wait, listen and feel.

897

Our Lives Have Meaning and Purpose

898

God’s Love Is Ultimate

899

Coming back from the pit.

900

Let their faith be our faith as well.

901

Put in the work!

902

Let the past be the past.

903

With Hope As Our Anchor

904

Finding Our Rest

905

Practicing Defiant Gratitude

906

Believe we can be a part of changing the world.

907

Our transformation begins with appreciation

908

Want to love your work? Love your why.

909

Keep your eyes on the goal

910

Hope from the Inside Out

911

Admit your mistakes and move on quickly.

912

We shall not be afraid.

913

Let us have cheerful hearts.

914

Our best days are yet to be written!

915

Take Heart and Overcome

916

Don’t wait. Make the change now!

917

Focus on Today!

918

Let’s give it everything we’ve got

919

Both/And not Either/Or

920

Do the Work and Give God the Credit

921

Be Afraid. But Do the Right Thing Anyway.

922

Believe our voices matter.

923

Let Your Light Shine

924

Am I on the right road?

925

Focus, Focus, Focus

926

God’s love is bigger.

927

Trust that things will be ok and keep going.

928

Get a larger perspective.

929

Affirm yourself and others.

930

Walk with power, love, and self-discipline.

931

Relentlessly pursue excellence!

932

Change is hard. Not changing is harder.

933

Overcoming Suffering

934

Never Give Up!

935

What do we want?

936

Let us do what we can today

937

Unbound and Unharmed

938

Even if Not: Doing the right thing even if it doesn’t work out.

939

What needs to be pruned in our lives?

940

We have to hold each other up.

941

Use what you have and get moving.

942

Letting go of good for better.

943

Let go of what was…

944

May our actions match our words.

945

Gratitude not Envy

946

Don’t worry about the haters.

947

Goodness and mercy show up when we show up

948

Our Whole Lives Long

949

Sent with peace to love.

950

Stop comparing struggles.

951

Do your best and stop being afraid.

952

We can’t be certain, but it’s good to believe.

953

Walking in the light brings us into fellowship with each other.

954

What does it mean to walk in the light?

955

Owning Our Own Shortcomings

956

Forgiving is up to us.

957

Raised from the Graves of Poverty

958

The First Easter Sermon

959

Help Carry the Cross

960

Our Turn to Run the Race

961

Our Roots Are Still Alive (Holy Week Day 4)

962

Boldly Use Your Influence for Good

963

Be Our Refuge, Oh God!

964

Practicing Extravagant Care

965

Beating Anxiousness with Clarity, Gratitude, and Trust (Part 4/final)

966

Beating Anxiousness with Clarity, Gratitude, and Trust (Part 3)

967

Beating Anxiousness with Clarity, Gratitude, and Trust (Part 2)

968

Beating Anxiousness with Clarity, Gratitude, and Trust (part1)

969

Reject Rejection

970

Until Everyone Is Free

971

Be Driven by Compassion not Anger

972

The Strength to Fight

973

Remember Past Victories in Present Troubles

974

Don’t Let Yesterday Steal Tomorrow

975

Be Compassionate with Yourself

976

How Freedom Grows

977

Right Here. Right Now.

978

How We Become Family

979

Dare to Believe that We Are Beloved

980

Be the Light for Someone!

981

Be Guided by Love in Our Hearts

982

From Prayer to Action

983

Build Each Other Up

984

I Am Because We Are

985

What Are We Doing About It?

986

Use Your Gifts for Good

987

Remaining the Same Is Its Own Punishment (John 3:14-21)

988

Only Love Can Cover Some Sins

989

Not from Fear. Not for Reward. But for Love

990

The Truth of Who We Are

991

Becoming an Overcomer

992

Chop, Chop, Chop

993

Good News for All. Especially for Those Who Embrace It

994

Speak, Listen, Always Give Respect

995

Plant the Tree Anyway

996

The Divine Paradox

997

Don’t Go Tiptoeing through Life

998

Affirm Yourself

999

The Religion God Wants

1000

Surround Yourself with Good and Capable People

1001

Nothing Without Hope and Confidence

1002

Your Light Will Rise in the Darkness

1003

Moving Through Life With Hope

1004

Keep Pumping Until the Water Flows

1005

Lent Always Ends in Hope

1006

Don’t Accept Everything Offered

1007

Live Like a Shooting Star

1008

Don’t Be Perfect. Be Better Consistently

1009

Stay Out of the Ditches

1010

If You Can See It

1011

Look for the Trailing Beauty

1012

You’ll Be Free or Die

1013

Optimism is a Force Multiplier

1014

No Vision. No Hope. No Future.

1015

Be a Rainbow of Hope

1016

Hope is Our Oxygen

1017

Dreams Carry New Possibilities

1018

Hope Doesn’t Back Down

1019

When Love Pours In Hope Flows Out

1020

Called to One Hope

1021

Doing the Impossible

1022

Sow Now. Reap Later.

1023

By the Seeds We Plant

1024

Always Dream. Always Strive.

1025

Let Hope Shape Our Futures

1026

Get Moving

1027

Stand Firm in Hope

1028

Good Will Come

1029

We Are Each Other’s Hope

1030

Called to Hope

1031

Hope Springs from Gratitude

1032

What Do You Hope For?

1033

The Stars Are Always Present

1034

Finite Disappointment, Infinite Hope

1035

Disciplined Noncomformists

1036

Sustained not Consumed

1037

Stand the Fire

1038

Hope Makes Us Bold

1039

Fortress of Hope

1040

Astound Yourself!

1041

Plant the Tree

1042

Never Say Hopeless

1043

Making the Most of What’s Left

1044

Stubborn Hope

1045

Developing a Vision

1046

Leave the Comfortable Behind

1047

Focus on the Positive