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Let God love you

Gail Wade Moeller

In the midst of pain and mental chaos, this woman gets a strong message: “Let Me [God] love you.”

Image and Inspiration

“Heart of the Canyon” Upper Antelope Canyon Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park near Page, Arizona, US

Photograph by Suzanne Smedley

“Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way”

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A healing project: Understanding God’s all-power

Mark Swinney

Understanding God’s all-power is the “project” of a lifetime, and one that’s foundational to progress in every aspect of life.

Sentinel Watch

Aging gracefully? Or just not aging?

With Beth Packer

Our guest this week, Beth Packer, deals with aging-related issues in an unconventional way. She’s not focused on herself—at all. Beth keeps her focus squarely on God. Listen to her conversation with host David Brown and find out the healing effects of this approach.

Editorial

Surprise! You’re spiritual. Accept it—and really live.

Keith Wommack

“The betterment of the human condition . . . is merely an indication that a false sense of being as material and mortal is yielding to spiritual reality.”

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Blessings from the Ninth Commandment

Wendy Giersdorf

Faced with an “impossible” teaching assignment, this author leaned on the Ninth Commandment to help her, knowing, as she puts it, that “God’s law is that we bear witness only to what God knows—to spiritual reality—and this witnessing of what is true heals.”

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King penguin, South Georgia Island

Photograph by H. M. Wyeth

“Stand upright on thy feet” (Acts 14:10).

Sentinel Watch

Prayer: What's it all about? (Part one, encore)

With Bob Cochran

What’s one of the best ways to wrap up the year? We think it’s got to be learning about prayer and how to pray more effectively, so we’re revisiting this wonderful podcast with Bob Cochran from our archives. Bob shares his insights about prayer—what it means to pray and how to stick with it.

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How are we measuring time?

Monica B. Esefer Passaglia

Can we really think differently about time? In this author’s own words, “We have the opportunity to change, step by step, the way we measure our activities, tasks, and achievement of goals—from the time they take to the good accomplished.”

Editorial

Seeing the eternally original you

Lisa Rennie Sytsma

As we think about New Year’s resolutions, consider this: “The best thing to bring about whatever changes we seem to need is the spiritual improvement that enables us to see our true, timeless selfhood—to see ourselves as God made and maintains us.”