Daily Hope Devotionals - Health

Surrender What You Can’t Control

If you want to come through a crisis like a global pandemic with your emotional health intact, you’ll need to learn to control what’s controllable in your life and trust God for the rest. God … Continue reading Surrender What You Can’t Control

Grace Is Needed Now More Than Ever

To make it through the extraordinary crisis of a pandemic and social unrest, you need to treat yourself and other people the way God treats you: with grace, mercy, and forgiveness. Grace means that God … Continue reading Grace Is Needed Now More Than Ever

Emotional Health Leads to Healthy Relationships

When you need to be physically recharged, your body gives you various signs. If your stomach growls, it’s time to eat. If your eyelids get heavy, it’s time to sleep. We tend to notice those … Continue reading Emotional Health Leads to Healthy Relationships

Are You Too Tired to Love Others Well?

It’s hard to love when you’re tired. That’s right: Your physical condition has a strong impact on your relationships. Being energetic makes a big difference! What happens to your relationships when you’re run-down? Things that … Continue reading Are You Too Tired to Love Others Well?

You Don’t Have to Be Happy All the Time

Life is tough. Would you agree with that? Because of Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden, the world is broken and nothing works perfectly. Your body doesn’t work perfectly, the weather doesn’t work perfectly, … Continue reading You Don’t Have to Be Happy All the Time

Four Habits to Rest in God’s Goodness

How do you rest in God’s goodness? How do you experience the abundant life he has for you? Here are four daily habits that will help move you from overwhelmed to overflowing. Stay connected to … Continue reading Four Habits to Rest in God’s Goodness

Are You Fasting or Feasting on God’s Word?

After my wife Kay and I got engaged, we did something unusual: We moved to opposite sides of the world. She moved to Birmingham, Alabama, to work in an inner-city church, and I moved to … Continue reading Are You Fasting or Feasting on God’s Word?

You’ve Got to Let Yourself Grieve

Every change we experience in life includes loss, because you give up something old to get something new. And there’s no loss without pain, and there is no pain without grief. Grief is not bad. … Continue reading You’ve Got to Let Yourself Grieve

God Wants You to Rest

Are you always in a hurry? Is your to-do list unrealistically long? Has more than one person ever told you to slow down? Do you feel guilty when you relax? Do you have to get … Continue reading God Wants You to Rest

You Don’t Have It All Together, and That’s Okay

The first and greatest barrier to change in any area of your life is pride. The fact is, nobody has it all together. I don’t have it all together. You don’t have it all together. … Continue reading You Don’t Have It All Together, and That’s Okay