Loss

Are you struggling with heartache, doubt, or doubting God's goodness through a life storm? Are you experiencing apathy or distraction in your spiritual walk? This 7-Day reading plan will help to reveal any doubt you may hold in your heart and will help you to use doubt as a signal to grow closer to God's heart.

Grief Bites: Doubt Revealed

I had no idea how hard it would be to lose someone you love - in stages. It tore me apart when my dear mom was put on hospice. Watching her decline steadily was heartbreaking and the gradual goodbye was physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausting. Here are some helpful and encouraging things I learned as I walked with her through that deep valley, led by our Good Shepherd and Savior.


To Those Losing a Loved One: The Gradual Goodbye

When you wake up and realize that happily ever after is not happening, you may be tempted to pull the covers over your head and go back to sleep. Sometimes life can be very painful, but there's good news. You are not alone! There is hope! Welby O'Brien helps us see that true spiritual self-care—in the way our loving Creator designed—is a privilege. And it is totally possible. 

Spiritual Self-Care in Times of Trauma, Stress, and Loss 

Mental illness and symptoms of mental illness are an ever-growing phenomenon in our society. How can we discover a healthy way of dealing with mental health? What concrete approaches does God give us? How do I deal with depression?

Mental Health

Just what does the Bible say about heaven? David Oliver explores both present Heaven and our final destination, the eternal destination of the new Heaven and new earth, after the return of Jesus Christ.

What The Bible Says About Heaven

Natural disasters—such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, fires, tornadoes, even pandemics—often strike without warning.  The shock, fear and sense of outrage can be overwhelming, leaving you feeling completely helpless and abandoned.  In the midst of devastation and loss, be assured that God is with you—loving you and caring for you, “always ready to help in times of trouble” (Psalm 46:1).

God Is Our Shelter And Strength

Weakness does not disqualify you from inclusion in the kingdom of God—instead, it is your invitation to enter. Our week together of studying God’s Word will also serve as a personal exploration of what it means to be “poor in spirit.”  I believe that sharing vulnerability in a safe place allows communion to happen and hope to grow again. What if weakness is one of our greatest strengths?

Glorious Weakness By Alia Joy

7 Days of Praying Through Loss is a special 7-Day campaign designed to strengthen your spirit and encourage your heart. Each day includes a biblical passage specific to that day’s prayer and a prayer for you to pray or use as the basis for your own prayer concerning that day’s topic of recovering from loss. During these 7 days you will find hope in the Word of God and encouragement in knowing that His love and comfort are yours in any situation.

7 Days Of Praying Through Loss

Life after a husband’s death is full of grief, uncertainty, and loneliness. These 14 prayers will help you express what it feels like to be caught in the unsought solitude of widowhood. Each prayer is accompanied by a verse from Scripture that grounds the prayer not in self-pity, but in an awareness of the boundless care of the God of all comfort, inviting you to trust in Him.