Hope for tomorrow Archives

Doomed if you do. Doomed if you don’t.

March 18, 2020 Janet Morris Grimes Break the Chains, Fire Starters, Hope for tomorrow, inspire a fire, Relationships, Relationships

Dear God, You okay up there? By all appearances, your world has gone mad. Panicked in a way I’ve never seen. Our nightly television screens remind us how we’ve declined so quickly. Grocery store shelves

The Mystery Of Gentleness and Perfect Powerful Peace

March 13, 2020 Joann Claypoole Blog, Culture, Devotions, Faith, Family, Featured, Fire Starters, God's Glory, hope, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Prayer, Relationships

Perfect Father My dad had a way of warming hearts with his smile. If he were here today, my twenty-one-year-old son might say, “Pop’s authentic,” but, Noah never met him. My husband and three older

Please Stop Telling My Daughter She is Enough

March 4, 2020 Jean Wilund Blog, Break the Chains, Devotions, discipleship, Faith, Fire Starters, Freedom in Christ, Hope for tomorrow, inspire a fire, The Hope of God

Please Stop Telling My Daughter She's Enough by Jean Wilund

We tell our daughters they are enough, but one day they’ll learn they are not. May they also learn that Jesus is. He is more than enough for all we need.

With All His Heart

February 29, 2020 Joann Claypoole Blog, Culture, Devotions, Faith, Family, Featured, Fire Starters, God's Glory, Greatfulness, hope, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Love, Marriage, praise, Prayer, Relationships, Relationships, Thankfulness, Trust, Valentine's Day, Worship

A love of a lifetime… I remember the vow my husband and I made to love each other until, when old and gray, death would part us. It wasn’t something I’d ever dwell on. Death

The warmth of winter and all its wonders

January 10, 2020 Joann Claypoole Blog, Culture, Devotions, Faith, Family, Featured, Fire Starters, Greatfulness, hope, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Love, parenting, Relationships, Rest, Thankfulness

Stories by the fireside… We didn’t have a fireplace in our New York City apartment, although my dad continued his fireside storytelling tradition throughout the winter months—minus the crackling fire of course. I remember many

Ghosts of Golden Autumns Past

November 8, 2019 Joann Claypoole Blog, Culture, Devotions, Faith, Family, Featured, Fire Starters, Greatfulness, Holiday, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Love, Relationships, Relationships, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

Autumn 2008 ~ Western North Carolina. A whispering wind shook the trees as if to announce her arrival. Amber, orange, and crimson leaves glided down and carpeted the ground. Autumn had arrived in all her

Where He Leads Me

October 11, 2019 Joann Claypoole Blog, Culture, Devotions, Faith, Featured, Fire Starters, God's Glory, Greatfulness, hope, Hope for tomorrow, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Joann Claypoole, Leadership, Love, Prayer, Relationships, Thankfulness

Consider the called… With blind trust, goosebumps, and heart-stopping moments, a motley crew faced obstacles and their worst fears along the way to lifelong friendships and brotherhood. Jesus had called them onward to feed multitudes

Is Your Heart In the Safest Place?

October 2, 2019 Jean Wilund Blog, Dying to Self, Fire Starters, God's Glory, hope, Hope for tomorrow, inspire a fire, Worship

Is your heart unsettled, longing for safety? It took me two planes and an Uber ride, but I discovered the Truths that led me into the safety of God’s will and into true joy and rest in Christ. by Jean Wilund

Is your heart unsettled, longing for the safest place? It took me two planes and an Uber ride, but I discovered the Truths that led me into the safety of God’s will and into true joy and rest in Him through worship.

10 ways to parent our kids toward a hopeful future

September 21, 2019 Kim Harms Fire Starters, Hope for tomorrow, parenting

Sometimes I fail as a mom. Sometimes I triumph. Sometimes I cry with my boys. Sometimes I laugh with them. And sometimes I am at such a loss for what to do that I just

Prisoner of Hope

September 16, 2019 Ava Pennington Fire Starters, Hope for tomorrow

Why do some people seem to be a “prisoner of hope,” while others are mired in hopelessness? The subject came up during a recent lunch with a friend. She asked me how to become a