Hope for the Hurting

4 Tips for Maintaining a Schedule in Summer
How can families enjoy as much of the summer as possible while also giving the attention required to maintain the household? You can enjoy the demands of daily life and summer flexibility with a little bit of planning. These 4 tips will help you maintain a schedule in summer.

5 Practical Ways to Find Evidence of God’s Abiding Presence
Have you ever wondered where God is? Or, why He has left you all alone? One thing we know for sure is that God promises He will never leave us. So, how do we know He is there? Read more as Nan Jones shares 5 practical ways to find evidence of God’s abiding presence in our suffering.

8 Tips to Unplug on Vacation
How do you let go and enjoy yourself and your family on vacation? Taking a vacation and really unplugging from the office, email and technological devices can be hard for the family provider. But, in order to really enjoy what you worked so hard to provide, it’s necessary. These 8 tips to unplug on vacation will help.

Struggling in Silence with Shame and Discouragement
Like captives in isolated dungeons, we struggle in silence with shame and discouragement, significance and identity issues. Many of us suffer attacks of our enemy while believing we do so alone. You are not alone.

When Things Seem Hopeless
When things seem hopeless, we get to choose how we will respond. How do we maintain our hope and faith when situations look hopeless? We can employ the same strategies Abraham used. God richly rewarded him for his obedience and he is now known as the father of faith.

Toxic Thinking: Take Control of Your Thoughts
Romans 12:2 and Ephesians 4:23 reminds us that we are to renew our thoughts daily. That means we need to be in control of what we’re thinking, because if we aren’t, the same toxic thoughts will be controlling our life. Kris Reece shares her 4 step process that shows you how to renew your mind and put an end to toxic thinking.

Trusting God Despite Our Feelings
Sometimes, situations do not turn out the way we hoped or prayed. Will we trust God despite our feelings? Will we trust Him through our tears? Even when we cannot see His hand at work? We all face this choice at some point in our lives.

Guard Your Heart
When you are old enough to understand the truths in God’s word, you may realize some unhealthy seeds were planted in your heart. How do you root out the unhealthy and replace with the healthy? Tanya Glanzman shares how to use truths from God’s word to guard your heart and become the boss of your thoughts.

Trust God To Be All You Need
When we’re facing major life stressors, it’s more important than ever to trust God. The first step to trusting God with more intentionality is to identify what we need, then be honest with God about it. Through this exercise, I found peace in the seven names of God.

Restoring Financial Peace: 3 Strategies to Implement
Financial concerns rate among the top stressors for adults of all ages worldwide. Shonda Whitworth shares how she and her husband learned sound financial principles and implemented strategies in their lives that restored their financial peace after a position of debt forced them into personal bankruptcy.