After God has done everything necessary to save his people, build his family, and nourish his body, God’s grace still overflows in care for individual believers. God is not too tired from the work of redemption to care for you in particular, personal ways.

His providential guidance is as much in the mundane and ordinary as it is in the spectacular.

My struggles have not disqualified me. They’ve made me a witness. 

The Ascension does not remove us from the long middle of discipleship. It anchors us within it, giving us hope, assuring us that above every weary step there is a reigning Christ, and from his throne flows grace enough to carry us all the way home.

If we suffer because of Christlike faith and obedience, we can praise God for the privilege to represent our Lord.

As a Christian, you should do things that reflect who you are, but know that you are in Jesus because of what he has done.

Our faith hangs upon an extravagant, world-bending hope for that which we cannot yet see; therefore, Christians of all people should excel at stretching the boundaries of our present reality in every possible direction.

The wonder of preaching is that God is at work. The Father has ordained this ordinary event to be the place where he meets his people.

In this excerpt from Free to Weep, author Brittany Allen reminds readers of the comforting truth that God is not afraid of our tears. He walks with us and in Christ has wept over the suffering we experience as well.

Those who look to him in faith will find a fountain of forgiveness waiting for them.

Jesus calls us to do what may seem small: Feed the hungry; offer a drink to those who thirst; show hospitality to one another; clothe and care for those exposed to the elements; visit the sick and friends in prison.

Tim Shorey, one of our staff writers, is journaling through his struggle with stage 4 cancer. In this entry, God is always doing more than we can perceive from the outside.