Depression

If you feel hopeless, or you've experienced self-harm or suicidal thoughts, you need to know there's a God who loves you, has a purpose for you, and who's with you now. This six-day Life.Church Bible plan will help you understand who God says you are and empower your journey to healing. ***If you're in an emergency, please reach out to someone. Resources are included with each day's devotional.

Overcoming Thoughts of Suicide and Self-Harm

Feeling numb is different from feeling sad. Numb is when your heart goes quiet — not because you don’t care, but because you’ve carried too much for too long. 

It’s often how men survive pressure, disappointment, burnout, or unresolved pain. But numbness isn’t where God wants you to live.  Our goal is to wake your heart up through honesty, truth, and connection with Jesus.

I’m Just a Guy: Who Feels Numb

Following themes from her book, The Boat That Wouldn't Sink, Stacee Goetzinger shares Scriptures God has used to communicate his love, mercy, and hope to her heart in some of her darkest days. Each day's devotional is a vulnerable look into Stacee's experience of living with chronic mental illness. You're invited into a journey of hope as God shapes your life into a "boat that doesn't sink" regardless of the storms you may be facing. ﻿﻿**NOTICE:** This content includes sensitive themes that some readers may find difficult: Self-Harm & Suicide. Please take care as you read.

The Boat That Wouldn't Sink: Shaped by Trauma but Rescued by Hope

Burnout, impostor syndrome, and stress aren’t just problems to manage - they are signals; inviting you to rest, realignment and a healthier life.

This 5-day devotional helps you recognize these inner tensions not as failures, but as gentle prompts pointing toward God’s wisdom. Through Scripture, reflection, and prayer, you’ll learn to pause, listen, and cross the “divide” from striving to alignment. 

Anchored in Jesus’ invitation in Matthew 11:28, it encourages preventive wellness, addressing challenges at the root rather than enduring them silently.

If you’re tired, overwhelmed, or questioning your place, this plan guides you to clarity, peace, and purpose.

On the Other Side of the Divide

Phones aren’t evil… are they? The enemy loves anything that slowly steals our attention, dulls our discipline, and replaces real life with a digital counterfeit. Most guys haven’t even considered the impact their phones are having on their testimony—and enough is enough.

Often, these habits creep in quietly… until one day you realize you’ve been handing your best focus, best energy, and best time to a screen. It’s time to take our attention back and put it where it belongs—honoring and glorifying the King of Kings.

I’m Just a Guy: Addicted to My Phone

We scroll for connection, affirmation, and meaning—often without realizing what it’s shaping us into. Scrolling for Significance is a journey into reclaiming your attention, identity, and peace in a distracted world. This devotional invites you to examine your digital habits, confront comparison and FOMO, and rediscover who you are becoming when your eyes are fixed on God.

Scrolling for Significance

Lent is a season of waiting and heart preparation, where faith is strengthened through silence and trust in God’s timing. This 7-day plan invites you to walk through moments of weariness and uncertainty, learning to rest in the promise that God always comes at the perfect time. If you are facing affliction today, this journey is for you—He will come. Wait for Him.

Between the Cross and the Waiting: He Will Come

Ever notice that spiritual growth often triggers unexpected resistance? This six-day plan explores an ancient word—"acedia"—and why following Jesus faithfully can suddenly feel difficult, empty, or pointless. Discover biblical strategies to overcome spiritual resistance, remember your true identity, and keep moving forward when faith feels hard. You're not crazy. You're not alone. And there's hope ahead!

Spiritual Resistance: Why Progress Gets Harder When You're on the Right Path

If you find yourself in this devotional as a single mom, it’s likely the weight is heavy, right now. Does anybody hear me? Does anybody see me? You may be wondering. Are you desperate for true freedom – the freedom that restores your joy, offers fresh hope, removes the weight of the past, and lifts the burden? What are you bound to? Comparison? Bitterness? Unforgiveness? Fear? I know those feelings very well. As you read, may there be deep revelation, may every chain fall.   