Being a disciple of Jesus is a life-long journey of deepening intimacy with God. Strengthen your personal journey through these reflections and practices.
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When a Novo staff member had the opportunity to lead a retreat on inner healing for a group of young women, she saw how much they hungered for God’s grace and healing in the places where life had caused pain and brokenness.
Topics: inspirationpersonal development
As believers, we are told we are in a battle against the powers of darkness—a spiritual battle. As soldiers in God’s spiritual army, we have a choice about how we will respond when the battle gets heated.
Topics: supernaturalpersonal developmentfaith in life
What would happen if followers of Jesus lived every part of their life infused with the power of the Holy Spirit? Mark Thrash imagines what that might look like in the different spheres of our lives.
Topics: suffering
Look back through some of the highlights shared in our Suffering Series to find help when you encounter suffering in its various forms.
Topics: faith in lifeinspirationsuffering
The cross may be the Christian symbol, but the empty grave tells its message: Death doesn’t have the final word. Not then. And not now.
Topics: sufferingdevotional
Bill O’Byrne reflects on a time that obedience to God led to a place of feeling completely abandoned. Where is God when we feel forsaken?
Topics: sufferingfaith in lifespiritual formationpersonal development
As we encounter suffering, we can either walk through it on the path to life, or the path to death. Doralicia Gonzales shares guidance on how to choose the path to life and Kingdom fruit in suffering.
Topics: sufferingdevotional
Nowhere is our faith more tested than in seasons of loss. Connie Kennemer reflects on physical limitations and losses due to M.S. and how she’s sought God through it all.
Topics: sufferinginspirationspiritual formation
What is God up to in the dark and broken places of the world? Lindsy Wallace reflects on our need to see where God is at work and join him there—especially in the painful places of our lives.
Topics: sufferingdevotional
Norris Williams reflects on the reality of suffering he’s witnessed and experienced, and how obeying God in the midst of pain requires a faith of great depth.
Topics: sufferingspiritual formationfaith in life
When difficulties on the mission field led to an unplanned sabbatical, staff Lisa Gemmen was left with only the ashes of her dreams and plans. In the midst of those ashes, God began to do something amazingly redemptive in her heart.
Topics: sufferingdevotional
Patty Metcalf reflects on Psalm 23 and God’s extreme tenderness to her in the midst of depression.
