Cross Your Heart
July 3, 2025 by Cheri Cowell
Filed under Daily Devotions, Worship
“Cross your heart?” my friends and I would ask each other after making a promise. Somehow saying cross my heart was enough to ensure the validity of the promise. If the promise was broken we would decry, “But you crossed your heart!”
The Forgiveness Revolution
July 1, 2025 by Bruce Hebel
Filed under Daily Devotions, Personal Growth
What if I told you that you could be a part of a revolution that can radically rescue people from a life filled with torture? What if I told you the people you woul be setting free live all around you? Would you be interested?
The Learning Curve of Marriage
June 30, 2025 by Sharon Autry
Filed under Daily Devotions, Family
When my husband and I said, “I Do,” we had all the answers. He was a mature 28 year-old and I had listened to Focus on the Family since I was 9! Besides, my maiden name was Lovejoy: our home would be filled with love and joy! We were experts!
I Didn’t Know
June 29, 2025 by Kathy Carlton Willis
Filed under Daily Devotions, Humorous
I asked one of my students to be in a skit for an upcoming youth service for our church.
“Oh no. I’d be too scared.” Kara looked down.
“Do you get stage fright?” I sensed her timidity.
Setting Sarah Free
June 26, 2025 by Bruce Hebel
Filed under Daily Devotions, Life Topics
I met Sarah for the first time when I walked into the office of a pastor friend. Tom asked me if I would help her work through her forgiveness issue. At 59, Sarah’s furrowed brow and grooved frown lines flashed pain like neon lights—she had been hurting for a very long time. I introduced myself and assured her I was there to help. I told her that nothing she said would shock me or affect what I thought of her. It would, however, affect how I helped her. With that she relaxed and began to open up and tell her story.
