by Rainer Bantau | Jan 20, 2026 | Devotions
Looking Toward 2026: A New Year, a New Invitation What are you looking forward to with great anticipation in 2026? What hopes stir quietly in your heart?What goals, aspirations, ambitions, and expectations are you carrying into the coming year? For many of us, this...
by Tom Vander Well | Jan 20, 2026 | Inspiration
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (NIV) As my family’s unofficial historian and pastor, I’ve become a repository for old family bibles....
by J.D. Greear | Jan 19, 2026 | Inspiration
Have you ever felt like God called you to something, and you started doing it, only to find that everything got a lot harder once you started obeying him? It made you ask, “God, what’s going on? It feels like things are going the opposite of how I expected them to go!...
by Peter Caligiuri | Jan 19, 2026 | Devotions
Milk Eggs and Worry in the New Year That is why I say to you, don’t worry about living—wondering what you are going to eat or drink, or what you are going to wear. Surely life is more important than food, and the body more important than the clothes you wear. Look at...
by Russell Gehrlein | Jan 19, 2026 | Inspiration
“God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it’” (Gen. 1:28) In a brief conversation with one of my teammates, I was reminded about something I had not thought about much. It was related to my observation...