Hope

The Bible is a book of redemption, freedom, and hope. Within its pages are characters dynamic and full of grit—broken men and women looking for answers. In a way, they’re a lot like the current and former prisoners who authored the devotionals you’re about to read. We hope you are encouraged and inspired by voices from the church behind bars. May their testimony set us all free.

I Surrender: Inspirational Devotions Written by Prisoners

Care to give temptation a knock-out punch? Discover how as you understand five foundational truths about temptation through New York Times best-selling author Bruce Wilkinson's powerful insights.

Five Truths About Temptation

Like a mother who holds her toddler’s hand as he crosses the street, God is with us in the walk of life. Although the world says, "Do it alone," God says, "Let’s do it together, daughter.” This plan reminds us that we are never alone and that when we walk with Him, life is infinitely more full. Read along and be encouraged to tune into His voice this week.

Love Unchanging // He Never Lets Go

Let’s face it - life can be confusing! Wouldn’t it be nice to know where to find a spark of hope – a ray of light? Thankfully, God has a plan so that what we journey through can be illuminated by the radiance of His glory. Explore that plan with us in this devotional through the first two chapters of Hebrews.

Illuminated: Hebrews 1-2

And....End Scene! The end of our study in Exodus. The final chapters of Exodus are the final scenes of an epic story of freedom, promise, covenant, details 
and ultimately God’s unconditional love for His people. As we finish our study on Exodus (see previous editions of the Real Hope devotional) our hope is 
that you will not only reflect on all you have learnt as we have journeyed through this amazing book of the Bible, but that you will also see God’s heart for His people, and His heart for you.

Real Hope: A Study in Exodus

Prayer is an essential part to our relationship with God. It's a part of how we interact with Him and share our thoughts, concerns, and allow space for Him to work in our lives. A great outline for prayer is in the word ACTS: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication. In this plan, you will be given four short, daily readings from the Bible that highlights these four aspects of prayer.

A.C.T.S. Prayer Bible Reading

Christmas is a time of vision, a time to consider the landscape of human life, what it means, and why it’s valuable. The mental image of Christmas is the Nativity, the crude circumstances that surrounded the moment when God reinforced the dignity of Humanity by clothing Himself as a human. But He did not stop there. Christmas brings into focus the only two sacred things in this world—God and People. Christmas is about Life. The Author of Life. Your Life. My Life. And the Life of the world.

This 12-day Plan celebrates Life.

Christmas - That We Might Have Life

We see and hear about evil in our world on a daily basis. We often ask the question, "where is the good in all of this bad?" The answer is in the Scriptures. The Word of God reveals to us not only the things God has done for us in the past, but also his goodness for today and tomorrow.

God's Goodness

May the true testimony of how God spared me from taking my life be a source of hope and encouragement.  Here I am, decades later, hoping to be a light for Jesus in the darkness of someone’s world.  According to Global Suicide Stats, an estimated 703,000 people die by suicide worldwide annually.   Never do something permanent over a temporary situation.  This is the first in a series.