Daily Hope Devotionals - Ministry

Obedience Is the Secret to Joy

Joy is an easy thing to lose, but it’s also an easy thing to get back. Have you lost your joy? First, you need to admit to yourself that you’ve lost it. And then you … Continue reading Obedience Is the Secret to Joy

The Best Use of Your Deepest Pain

When you’re going through pain, you can choose to focus on yourself or on other people. When you choose to focus on serving other hurting people, that’s called redemptive suffering. It is the highest and … Continue reading The Best Use of Your Deepest Pain

Let Your Pain Draw You Closer to Others

Suffering changes you. It can turn you away from self-centeredness and toward caring more about other people in pain. One important way you can use your pain for good is to draw closer to others. … Continue reading Let Your Pain Draw You Closer to Others

If You Want to Live, Give Your Life Away

We’re all given the same number of minutes in a day. And we’re all given the same goal—to become more like Jesus. If I were to describe Jesus in one word, it would be this: … Continue reading If You Want to Live, Give Your Life Away

We Serve Better Together

You serve God when you serve other people. Whenever you use your talents, time, energy, and resources to help other people, that’s called ministry.   But God doesn’t want you to minister alone! Philippians 2:2 says, … Continue reading We Serve Better Together

How to Turn Suffering Into Service

Everyone is going to face problems and difficulties in life. God will give you all the grace you need to endure those hard times. But he also wants you to be willing to use your … Continue reading How to Turn Suffering Into Service

What Is Redemptive Suffering?

One of the purposes of your life is to serve others. And God can use your pain to help you serve more effectively—by making you more sensitive to other people’s pain. Pain makes you more … Continue reading What Is Redemptive Suffering?

How God Helps You in Your Grief

Everyone will experience loss. And you don’t just “get over” a loss. You can’t go under it; you can’t go around it. You’ve got to go through the grief. If you’re scared to express emotion … Continue reading How God Helps You in Your Grief

Why Showing Love at Work Matters

God wants to use your job to make you more like Jesus. But learning Christ-like qualities such as responsibility, character, and love is never easy. To learn those things, you have to respond to people … Continue reading Why Showing Love at Work Matters

God Sees, and God Rewards

Heaven probably already sounds pretty good to you. But did you know there are going to be rewards in heaven? You will be rewarded for everything you did in obedience to Jesus while on this … Continue reading God Sees, and God Rewards