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Day 117 | April 26: Courage Comes With Strength From God

Courage is not always a dramatic advance. Sometimes it is an honest confession, a patient refusal to retaliate, or a request for help. Ps...

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Day 116 | April 25: Pray the Short Prayer, “Lord, Help Me”

The Canaanite woman's plea was brief, but her encounter with Jesus asks substantial questions about mercy, belonging, and the people we a...

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Day 115 | April 24: God Is Not Reluctant to Help You

Do you approach prayer as though God's patience has nearly run out? Jesus invites us to ask the Father for good things, challenging both ...

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Day 114 | April 23: Your Help Comes From the Creator

Does help seem less spiritual when it arrives through ordinary people? The Creator's care does not make wise counsel, medical treatment, ...

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Day 113 | April 22: God Notices Small Steps of Faith

A small beginning need not become impressive before it matters. Hebrews 6 encourages persevering love, inviting us to receive grace, serv...

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Day 112 | April 21: Look Up, Not Down

Discouragement can make the nearest problem look like the whole horizon. Psalm 121 directs us beyond the hills to their Maker, while the ...

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Day 111 | April 20: Cast Your Burden on the Lord

You can entrust a burden to God without pretending it no longer hurts. Psalm 55 meets us within betrayal and distress, inviting honest pr...

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Day 110 | April 19: Jesus Understands Your Struggle

You do not have to hide your need until you are strong enough to approach Christ. Hebrews presents a sinless Savior who truly entered hum...

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Day 109 | April 18: The Lord Is Your Shepherd

Psalm 23 does not describe a life without valleys. It describes belonging to the Shepherd within them. Explore rest, righteous guidance, ...

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Day 108 | April 17: Begin With This Truth: God Is for You

God's saving love is not reluctant, and it is not permission to excuse wrongdoing. Romans 8 invites believers to begin from Christ's fini...

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Day 107 | April 16: No Promise of God Is Too Good to Be True

Disappointment can make us suspicious of every assurance, including God's. Learn to distinguish a promise He actually gave from a claim m...

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Day 106 | April 15: Peace Is the Presence of Christ

Jesus gave His promise of peace before the cross, not after every danger disappeared. Discover peace as His gift, grounded in reconciliat...

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From the Word

Day 117 | April 26: Courage Comes With Strength From God

Day 116 | April 25: Pray the Short Prayer, “Lord, Help Me”

Day 115 | April 24: God Is Not Reluctant to Help You

Day 114 | April 23: Your Help Comes From the Creator

Day 113 | April 22: God Notices Small Steps of Faith

Day 112 | April 21: Look Up, Not Down

Day 111 | April 20: Cast Your Burden on the Lord

Day 110 | April 19: Jesus Understands Your Struggle

Day 109 | April 18: The Lord Is Your Shepherd

Day 108 | April 17: Begin With This Truth: God Is for You

Day 107 | April 16: No Promise of God Is Too Good to Be True

Day 106 | April 15: Peace Is the Presence of Christ

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