Suffering

Over the next 15 days, find reminders of His presence, promises from His Word, and ways to take small steps of healing as you move through this season. Join us on this journey to find out how walking in grief can feel purposeful, less lonely, and more hopeful. Amid your season of sorrow, we hope these thoughtful verses, devotions, and prayers refresh your spirit. 

Grief’s Unexpected Journey: 15 Comforting Devotions After Losing Someone You Love

Listen to songs from "The Worship Initiative Hymns" and read along with the stories and people that inspired them.

Worship Initiative | Hymns

“Suck it up.”
Those words empowered and encouraged me as a boy. They injured me as a man. When we talk about pain, we first think of physical pain from injury or accident. There is a masculine, internal block on the notion of our emotions or feelings being hurt. How could they be, we’re men after all!

Captive No More: Freedom From Pain, Shame and Guilt

Our God provides comfort and encouragement for people who are broken and disappointed with the circumstances and events of life. Through biblical, practical, helpful, and hopeful insights, this devotional will help you find joy when your world is falling apart. Regardless of what you are facing today, know that you are never alone, the Bible holds significant answers for you in your pain, and the God of the universe loves you!

Refined - Finding Joy in the Midst of the Fire

Grief is one of life’s toughest challenges. Yet in the midst of your deepest despair, God reveals himself and his promises for a better tomorrow. Readings in this 7-day devotional, taken from the NIV Hope in the Mourning Bible, offer inspiration and hope based in God’s Word and promises to those who have lost loved ones.

Hope In The Mourning Reading Plan

When your journey becomes rough, where do you turn for help? What do you do when your confidence is shaken as you face the harsh realities of your life? Psalms 121 is a much loved chapter Christians turn to for comfort and strength. Let us look a little more in depth at the first two verses to learn about the awesome God from whom our help comes.

Helper Beyond The Mountains

Comfort and pain are as old as the human experience. Yet, we struggle to understand their place in our life and faith. Why do I not feel God’s comfort? If He loves me, how could God let this happen? This six-day Bible Plan delves into these questions, their answers in Scripture, and God’s place in all of it.

Finding Comfort In Pain

Sometimes life’s good and the surf is pumping. Other days, life’s hard and nothing seems to go right. So when you’re caught in the closeout, or everything’s turned to mush, what do you do?
 
Join the Christian Surfers’ crew to explore how God can grow you through hard times—and how you can learn to rejoice in Him, even when life isn’t going the way you hoped.

Caught in the Closeout

We will discuss the "why" and the purpose of dry times, distractions, and other "Ds" of our daily lives in Christ, their inevitability, and how we can turn them to benefit our walk with Jesus.