There is one prayer God will always say "yes" to, and praying it often will unlock many opportunities to see "up there" come down here.

Part of what makes God an extraordinary Father is that he is with you, wherever you are. The most amazing part? He wants to be with you, too.

Our extraordinary Father invites us to bring all of our cares and concerns to him with persistence, promising we will find the answers we need along the way.

After laying the groundwork in our lives and watching God at work around us, we jump into our part by sharing the message of Jesus. We can take heart because we know that the same Spirit who led us into this opportunity will empower us in the midst of it.

Like his disciples, Jesus sends us out to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit to make an impact in the world. When we are able to perceive spaces, places, and people where the Spirit is working, we see our potential for impact in crunch time increase.

It doesn't take a detailed examination of Jesus' life to see that people far from God mattered to him. But what made Jesus different was that they didn't just matter to him, they were of the utmost priority to him.

The first step to helping disconnected people connect to God has nothing to do with them and everything about what is happening between God and you. Practicing what we preach is the first step to God preparing new opportunities for impact.

In dark times, our hope tends to wane, which generally reveals something was deficient with our hope to begin with. When we renew our view about hope and its object, we can start to find joy even in the midst of suffering.

When we look around, we get discouraged. But when we fix our eyes in the right place, the people of God become an unstoppable force.

Jesus rose from the grave so that we might carry hope into each day of the year. Don't forget what the empty grave shows you.