Anxiety

We all have a tendency to hide things in our lives. And the more serious something is, the more likely we are to keep it hidden. One of those things for many high schoolers is suicidal thoughts. This week, instead of keeping suicidal thoughts hidden, we’ll discover how bringing them to light by telling someone can be the first step toward healing. 

I Have Questions: Suicide

The apostle Paul wrote the majority of the New Testament. His leadership, influence, and legacy shaped the early Church and our understanding of the Gospel. In this study, you’ll read Paul’s letters to the churches and church leaders he loved and did ministry with. Paul reminds his church family over and over to remember who they are in Christ — chosen, loved, forgiven, and free.

Letters of Paul: 30-Day Reading Plan

Fear is NOT your friend.  Fear invites all types of EVIL into your life.  Ask Job (Job 3:25). It’s NOT your Father’s plan for you. Meditating or thinking about the truths in God’s word will dislodge and dissolve fear-filled thoughts -replacing them with new thoughts and reality of FREEDOM, SAFETY, and SECURITY.  Nope – we’re not making this up. That’s what our Lord Jesus says in John 15:7. 

Freedom From Fear, Part 1

Sometimes, no matter which direction we look, it all just seems like too much. Pressures push in on us from every side. Though it’s hard to see, our God is with us even then. In the moments when we need to sit in a dark room, curl into a ball and weep, he is there with us, and he has some surprisingly comforting things to speak into our hearts. 

Overcome.

Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.”  That is the theme of these guided audio meditations: shining light into darkness.  Your first meditation will help you center on the light of God within you.  In the second meditation, you will become more mindful of God’s light shining out.  Finally, a meditation on God choosing you to light the world around you.

Shining Light Into Darkness

Have you ever been struck with fear, anxiety, or the need to control everything? Call on the name of the Lord. His power is not just around us but WITHIN US. How can we even grasp that?! Read along with Elle Limebear as God's goodness in unraveled through all our feelings and in all situations. 

Call on Your Name by Elle Limebear

In this 5-day devotional, Kara Lawler will show you how to embrace the sacred in the everyday so that you can see the holy and the beautiful - and in the process, discover yourself. 

Everywhere Holy by Kara Lawler

Troubling times raise questions: Why are we in this situation? Will we get out? How? What is God's place in all this? Does he really care? Throughout the Bible, people faced calamity, fear, anxiety, and doubt. They besieged heaven and found the God who answers in crisis. Guided by brothers and sisters from Africa, let's follow these biblical examples, trusting as we seek answers for our questioning hearts.

Trusting God in Times of Crisis

Do you ever feel like waves are always smashing your world?  You seem to be continually pulled into foolish, wasteful conversations and miss some of life’s most significant and beautiful discoveries?  These guided audio meditations will help you set aside time to recognize what’s foolish to pursue what is righteous — moving from the folly of the world to the glory and good gifts of God.