Keep moving towards gratitude and pausing upon it today. You’ll find yourself all the richer with every thanks, for you’ll discover yourself both humbled and dearly loved. 

Did you catch that? God specifically gives us insight into his will, and right there in his will is this simple phrase: “give thanks in all circumstances.”

In this excerpt from All Things Together, pastor and author Heath Hardesty shows readers how Jesus reshapes our imagination to make us his faithful apprentices.

Church music on Sunday mornings is not performance but participation. God, in his mercy, designed worship so that every praise directed toward him would lift our spirits in the process. 

The good news is we don’t rescue ourselves from the current; Christ does. He’s the lifeline, the shore, and the rest your soul’s been searching for.

In this excerpt from When Life Feels Empty, pastor and author Isaac Serrano shows readers that gathering with God’s people is one of the ways he reveals meaning to us.

We come again and again, hungry for mercy, weary for rest, ready for direction. Every day, he invites. Every day we decide.

The voices that influence us most must do more than say beautiful things. They should be from people who live beautiful lives.

In this excerpt from Living Beyond Offense, Yana Jenay Conner shows readers that one can truly forgive sin even when it may be impossible to completely forget that sin.

Our wasting away is indisputable; these earthly tents will perish. But our hope is not in this life but the next, not this body but our glorified one.

As we imitate Christ, we pray that our children do the same. Not from shame. Not from guilt. But for the glory of God.

In this excerpt from Your Wilderness Is Not a Waste, Dustin Crowe reminds readers that God is providing for all their needs even in the most barren places.