Faith Archives

What Good Can Come of Hardship?

Why it’s important to let God help you with stress.

The sun shines through a cathedral's stained glass

The Light of His Love

“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.”—Isaiah 42:6–7 (NIV)

A man stands, arms raised, on a path through a bamboo forest at sunrise

Give God Your Worry List

“Therefore, I tell you, do not worry
about your life, what you will eat or
drink, or about your body, what you
will wear. Is not life more than food
and the body more than clothes?”—Matthew 6:25 (NIV)

Sufficient in His Hands

“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”—Matthew 15:34 (NIV)

A woman sits quietly in a pew in an empty church sanctuary

When You Don’t Want to Go to Church

By julia-attaway2 min read

Finding that worship can soften a hard heart

A man stands upon a rock while water rushes by on both sides.

Trapped to Triumphant

Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away…—Joshua 3:15–16 (NIV)