ARCHIVES 2016

I have been at Harvest House for a little over two years and serve as the Senior Director of Financial Operations.

Vannetta Chapman writes inspirational fiction full of grace, including romantic suspense and Amish romance novels. Chapman was a teacher for 15 years and currently writes full-time. She lives in the Texas hill country with her husband, pets, and a herd of deer.

What a magnificent promise from God to His people who reverence Him and live His way.

Rescue me when my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is distressed (Psalm 143:4).

God will keep us. He’ll help. He’ll intervene—perhaps just in the nick of time. Is that too close for comfort? Maybe. But our trust in Him was never meant

to be comfortable—only close. And the nick of time is close enough.

David Chadwick has been a pastor for almost 40 years. Along with this theological degrees, he earned a Specialist's degree in counseling.....

Enduring the refining process is not easy, but it is essential if we are to cultivate an eternal perspective.

Regardless of what we say or do, God knows what we think and feel.

But God is not like us human beings, who sometimes take sinister delight in withholding forgiveness from others.

Stormie Omartian is the bestselling author (more than 35 million books sold) of The Power of a Praying® series, plus Lead Me, Holy Spirit; Prayer Warrior; Choose Love; and Out of Darkness.

Disobedience is like swimming upstream in a raging river.

We must pray daily for God’s hand of protection to cover our grandchildren.

Elijah saw some unique answers to prayer, but his ability to pray was not unique.

There’s no such thing as a trouble-free life. To think otherwise is naive, presumptuous, and proud. Pride does this. It instills false confidence and unrealistic expectations

Money is a lover who romances us regularly.

Condemning sin is not the same as judging the sinner

Natasha Crain writes a popular Christian parenting blog at ChristianMomThoughts.com. She has an MBA from UCLA and...

The most important thing about you, the very center of your identity, is this—the God of all creation has chosen you.

How great, O Father, is Your goodness! I cannot comprehend its immensity.

I will be victorious.

Jesus will stand with you and strengthen you to accomplish the tasks he’s given you to do.

When you find yourself taking credit for an accomplishment, don’t forget who really made it possible.

Boyd Bailey is the founder of Wisdom Hunters, an Atlanta-based ministry that encourages Christians to live out God’s unchanging truth in a changing world. The author of many devotional books and e-books...

Lord, please bring me into Your peace so I can know You as my Prince of Peace.

You may never know in this life all the things that God has shielded you from.

I am the Marketing Specialist for the Mckenzie Team...

Steve Chapman and his wife, Annie, are award-winning musicians who take their message of Christ-centered family to fans all over North America. Steve’s enthusiasm for Jesus, family, hunting, and humor shine in his books...

Sometimes prayer is an excuse for inaction.

Place in my mind loving thoughts and feelings for the people in my life

You cannot find the wholeness God has for you if you don’t separate yourself from your past.

Did your teachers ever hand out pop quizzes? You’d arrive at school expecting a normal day with little or no stress, and out of nowhere a teacher would announce a pop quiz. You had to be caught up on your studies or you’d fail the quiz.

Bestselling author, speaker, and Bible teacher Sheila Walsh is author of Gigi, God’s Little Princess, the #1 bestselling line of Christian books for little girls. She is also the author of Five Minutes with Jesus and an accomplished musician...

When you find your hope in the Lord, you cannot just keep it to yourself. You have to share it with others.

A young man named Jordan wrote me his story. The first sentence said, “Hello, my name is Jordan, and I am a drug addict.”

At times we have no clue about the “why” behind God’s actions—or, more often it seems, His lack of visible action—in our circumstances.

James Merritt (PhD) is a pastor, author, and host of the Touching Lives television program, seen nationwide and in 122 countries. Previously, he served as a two-term president of America's largest Christian denomination. 

People will let us down from time to time—even the best mentors, even our favorite preachers, even the people we need the most will disappoint us.

You want to be number one? Then here is the secret: look for every opportunity you can to be number two.

Bestselling music artist Matthew West reminds you that God’s mercies are fresh every day.

Healing and body care are two different things.

I have been at Harvest House for almost 19 years and am the Implementation Solutions Supervisor.

The battle to overcome your emotional strongholds is a battle for your mind. Whoever and whatever controls your mind controls your emotions (and your actions). So if you are worrying, stressed out, and depressed, you’re probably thinking things that aren’t true. That’s why the apostle Paul tells us we don’t war against the flesh, but against Satan’s attacks on our mind.

Shay Shull is the author of the Mix and Match Mama blog. Daily, she writes about motherhood, adoption, world travel, holidays, organization, and, of course, yummy food. Passionate about coffee, traveling the world with her family, and Red Sox baseball, her greatest love is Christ.

As we pull the covers to our chins at night and settle into our pillows, one question should bring our day into the presence of God for his scrutiny. Did the life I lived today please you, God?

Have you ever needed a breakthrough in your life? Or some kind of deliverance?

Jesus took on the cross what you will have to take for all eternity if you don’t take Jesus.

I don’t know about you, but when I’ve just been hurt by someone, the last thing I want to do is pray for that person.

In The Made-from-Scratch Life, blogger and homesteader Melissa K. Norris explains practical and easy methods to help you cook from scratch, garden, preserve your own food, and see God’s fingerprint in your everyday busy life.

Wouldn’t it be great to actually see Jesus in person?