In these challenging times, is anxiety, stress, or fear holding you hostage and keeping you from rest? Do you feel burdens pressing in that seem too heavy to bear? When stressful thoughts pull you in the wrong direction, and you’re struggling to find balance, the following prayer might express your thoughts and help you find relief and freedom:
Five Ways to Make Hard Times Better
When the hard times of life descend, leaving a trail of destruction, how do you deal with them? No matter who you are: blue collar or white collar, parent, grandparent, single or senior, writer or teacher, here are five ways to make hard times better:
When the World You’ve Known Keeps Changing, How Do You Respond?
Our world is changing rapidly. Pandemic fears rise and fall, depending on news reports, unemployment statistics, and confusing instructions. So many respond to our culture and all that is happening to Christian values in our world today that I rarely add my thoughts. But there are times when silence prayerfully begs for a voice.
A Prayer for Parents, Grandparents, and Their Children in Difficult Times
At times the challenges of parenthood are frightening and confusing. Prayer for parents is so important. I remember those years of parenting well, when my cries for wisdom and help stormed heaven’s gates daily. But during difficult times like these, when nothing seems normal, and so many families are struggling just to get by, I’m convinced even more of the need for prayer. Do you feel that way too?