JANUARY BIBLE READING CHALLENGE Hello Reader, Cultivating a happy heart has always been a part of my faith journey. Maybe yours too? Everyone wants happiness. Being happy is experiencing the emotion of happiness, but being joyful? It’s more than an emotion. Joy is both a noun and a verb. It means to experience delight from a source or to display glad feelings. It is more than a “doing” or action verb. It is “being.” In other words, joy surfaces when you possess joy, when it is part of who you...

On The Podcast Does waiting for God to move leave your prayer life feeling stuck? Join Rachel in this week’s “Questions from Hard Spaces” as she explores the challenging question: How do I keep praying when it feels like nothing is changing? Discover hope and encouragement through powerful insights from the story of Abraham and Sarah. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why persistence in prayer is about trust, not results. How waiting can shape patience, faith, and endurance. The powerful truth...

Hey Reader, It was 3 AM, and I sat on the edge of my bed, tears streaming down my face. I had prayed, begged, and pleaded with God for weeks, but the silence was deafening. I wondered if He was listening—or if He cared at all. I felt lost and alone, just like you might be feeling now. You’re not alone if you’ve ever experienced a moment like this. Feeling like God is silent can be deeply discouraging, but it’s not the end of the story. Throughout Scripture and in our lives, silence is often...