Peace

This has been a season filled with unpredictability and unknowns. Many of us might feel as though we are in the wilderness. Join in with this plan as we discover what God has to offer each of us if we Welcome the Wilderness.

Welcome the Wilderness 

Hand over your prison key to Jesus and allow Him to do what only He can do.

Freedom Is Yours

Christmas music often offers us much more than nostalgia and fuzzy feelings. In its lyrics we find a God so good that he came down from glory, took on human flesh, and lived as Immanuel—God with us.

Christmas Playlist

We live in the age of worry, especially since COVID-19 changed every part of our lives. Worry can dominate our thoughts, influence our emotions, and drain our physical resources. It’s an unwelcome guest and a disruptive intruder. But Christian counselor Dr. H. Norman Wright and Bryn Edwards help remind us how we can know freedom from worry as we center our thoughts on God in this three day reading plan.

3 Days to Break Free From Worry

We all feel anxious from time to time, but when worry gets out of control, it can have devastating effects on our lives and relationships. Though worry is a complex emotion, clinical social worker Jean Houlthaus suggests a few spiritual practices for Christians, adapted from her book Managing Worry and Anxiety, that help to get the upper hand on worry and increase peace.

Managing Worry and Anxiety By Jean Holthaus

Do you feel burnt out? Are your relationships more overwhelming and tiring than blessed and encouraging?  Do you feel you can’t say no because you’re obligated to say yes? Learn how to set boundaries and how to find deep relational rest without losing your sense of self and your unique individuality.

Set Healthy Boundaries Like Jesus

Jesus offers abundant life to those who follow him, but many Christians are stuck in the try-harder life instead. This seven-day study beckons readers into the garden and invites them to listen for the heart of God. Just as plants thrive under the care of a skilled gardener, we’ll move from surviving to thriving as we embrace God’s good gifts designed to help us flourish. 

Flourish: Creating Space to Thrive

Psalm 139:23-24 says, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” If you actually prayed what these verses say and listened for God’s response, how would it change the way you treat others?

Ever-Present Peace

The reflections in this Advent reading plan will help readers to draw close to the Lord this Christmas. As you consider Christ’s miraculous birth and the privilege of knowing Him, you will find your life, love, hope and joy renewed. Each of the five days features a Bible verse, a reflection for the day and a short prayer. 