When you discipline your children, it shows that you love them. It’s not loving to let them do whatever they want and learn bad habits. Does that help you understand why God sometimes disciplines you?

If you had to leave a nice house and live somewhere full of mud and rats, how would you respond? We’ll hear from a woman who experienced it, and didn’t think she could handle it. Hear about the surprising discovery she made.

When you’re in a season of God doing great things through you, be careful. The time right afterward might bring a lot of temptation.

If you ever feel especially close to God—like He’s using you in powerful ways—you can expect to go through some times that are less emotional and less fulfilling. Learn to prepare for desert experiences.

Do you know someone who always seems to be perfectly in touch with the Lord? Always on a spiritual high or a mountaintop experience? No matter what it looks like, they aren’t always there. Everyone spends time in the valley and needs to prepare.

How do you heal from the pain of fatherlessness? Well, it’s not always a linear process, but Blair Linne offers some practical steps women can take. Listen as she shares what God’s Word says about adoption, forgiveness, and spiritual family.

The pain of fatherlessness is an all-too-common experience. But Blair Linne says the Christian woman can live victoriously—even as she navigates her father’s absence. Consider how the gospel helps us cling to our heavenly Father, to begin to heal.

When facing a terminal diagnosis, despair is a natural response. But Colleen Chao has learned that when she focuses on heaven, she experiences hope and joy instead. Colleen casts a vision of the glory and goodness that awaits the suffering saint.

Eventually, every follower of Jesus will encounter grief. When we’re standing face to face with sorrow, what do we do? Ignore it? Get angry? Pastor Paul Tautges says there’s a better way. Learn to process through lament and hope in God’s promises.

Have you wrestled with anxiety or panic? If so, you’re not alone. Today, we’re hearing from a pastor whose anxiety became so severe he was diagnosed with “broken-heart syndrome.” He offers us honest counsel based on Scripture and his own experience.