A God We Can Trust

Week 36, Tuesday Heather Platt   Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34 (esv) Have you ever been lying awake in bed at night thinking about all the things that could happen in the days or weeks ahead?…

Power of Prayer

Week 35, Weekend Crystal Schwartz   Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16 (nlt) I have a group of women that I have become best friends with over the…

A Promise of Pain

Week 35, Wednesday Crystal Schwartz   I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. John 16:33 (nlt) My first real job was working for a Christian organization. I grew up…

Not an Option

Week 35, Tuesday Crystal Schwartz   And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. Hebrews 10:25 (nlt) The writer of Hebrews is encouraging God’s people to persevere in the midst of great hardship. They were meeting…

Honest Community

Week 35, Monday Crystal Schwartz   “Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty-nine lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.” 2 Corinthians 11:24-25 (nlt) I had just started seminary, fresh out…

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