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Author and speaker Christine Caine says it’s important to realize that God is loving, so when it seems like He’s not allowing you to fulfill a specific calling in your life, that’s not actually the case. He might just be fulfilling it in His timing, not yours. “Some of you today are feeling like, ‘God,

Pastor Michael Todd says God is going to bring good things out of the COVID-19 pandemic, even miracles. But we have to be willing to surrender everything to Him first—that’s one of the best ways to utilize this time in quarantine. Pray and ask God what He wants you to let go in order to

Just like the Israelites who were begging God to bring them back to Egypt after He rescued them from slavery (see Ex. 14), “some of the stuff you’re praying for right now is the same stuff you were praying away two months ago,” says Pastor Steven Furtick. Many of us who were complaining about our

Pastor Ben Prescott of Free Chapel church says it’s important to wear an attitude of gratitude while waiting for the coronavirus pandemic to pass. God is working to make things right. “In lockdown, we’re waiting to see when this thing is going to lift, we’re waiting to see what’s going to happen with my job,

Pastors Todd and Karen Smith believe the cessationist view of the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit is false. “I think that believers have just thought either, That’s not my responsibility or I’m not expected to do those things, like heal the sick and see them recover, cast out demons, pray for people, minister to

Author and speaker Sarah Jakes Roberts says it’s important to prophesy for obstacles to move out of the path toward our calling. But at the same time, we have to recognize that we can’t fully walk in our purpose without experiencing suffering. We’ll actually get stuck without suffering; suffering allows growth. “Sometimes you’ve got to

Author and speaker Sarah Jakes Roberts says we need to be bold prayer warriors, like some of the nurses and doctors who prayed to God amid this COVID-19 pandemic. “I was looking at nurses and doctors praying in the hospital, praying in the place where it says illness is king, praying in the place where

Michael Cochren from Cochren & Co. says the COVID-19 pandemic has increased his worry and anxiety. But he’s turning to the Word of God and finding comfort there. “This doesn’t surprise God,” Cochren says. “It doesn’t catch Him off guard. It doesn’t upend His plans. … No matter what it looks like, no matter what

Bethel worship leader Kalley Heiligenthal, whose 2-year-old daughter passed away in December, spoke a powerful word about walking boldly through the deepest valleys of pain. “Sometimes my most bold stances of faith have looked like being sad and finding a Shepherd there, ready to hold me,” Heiligenthal says. “A comforter who’s comfortable with pain, who

Author Tim Keller says it’s very dangerous to believe that just because you’re a Christian, God won’t let anything bad happen to you. Rather, we must rest in the fact that God works all things out for our good (Rom. 8:28). “If the devil can get a Christian to believe that now that I’m a

Author and speaker Joyce Meyer says we need to be careful not to dwell on too many negative thoughts during this time. God will give us strength to press on. Even when we don’t know what’s going to happen, we know God is in control and things won’t be like this forever. “I know that

Christian rapper Fernando Miranda, known for his role in the Social Club Misfits duo, discussed how he left church and went to jail. Three days later, his parents brought him back, and he ran after God. But Martin Santiago, the other half of the duo, left his church for a different reason: The pastor got

Singer/songwriter Michael W. Smith video chatted with the Brentwood Baptist Choir and recorded a cover of the song “Waymaker.” Watch over 100 choir members sing harmonies while Smith leads. To see the entire video, click here.

Author and speaker Priscilla Shirer says that during this period of quarantine, we may encounter the most difficult mission field of all: our own homes. “Sometimes the hardest mission field is our house,” Shirer says. “It’s actually just being committed to the purposes of God, to the people that we actually live with. … He