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June 30, 2017

Wisdom Hunters Podcast Episode 8 – Guest Shana Schutte Returns

Hosted by Boyd Bailey and Tripp Prince, this podcast will let you in on the inspiration behind many of our best-loved devotionals, as well as recommend wisdom resources, Q&A from readers, and much more! Here’s a preview of Episode 8: Special guest Shana Shute returns to the show to discuss the enduring legacy of devotional [...]

May 24, 2017

Life Lessons I Learned From S. Truett Cathy’s Funeral

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 24, 2017 A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. Proverbs 22:1 I was honored and blessed to be one of several thousand who attended Truett’s funeral on September 10, 2014. I arrived two hours early [...]

April 3, 2017

Trusting in Talent or Trusting in the Lord

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 3, 2017 One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the Lord is with him.” 1 [...]

March 8, 2017

Pity Party

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – March 8, 2017 Elijah was afraid… and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. 1 Kings 19:3a, 4b We can feel sorry for ourselves when our faith has been frazzled and fear intimidates us. I sometimes exclaim, ‘Lord I’ve had enough!’ I [...]

March 7, 2017

Learning From Our Failures

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – March 7, 2017 By Shana Schutte But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 A few years ago when I was forty-six, I strapped on skis for the first time. And, last week [...]

January 14, 2016

God our Refuge

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 14, 2016 By Tripp Prince. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 36:7 Of all the images in my mind from this past year, the most vivid are those of refugee children. If a picture [...]

January 7, 2016

Total Devotion

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 7, 2016 By Tripp Prince. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29 For most of us, we [...]

January 3, 2016

God-Sized Goals

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 3, 2016 Jesus replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.” Luke 18:27 God-sized goals are meant to challenge our thinking and further our faith. These Holy Spirit-inspired big ideas are crafted by our Creator to spur us on to good works and transformational living. [...]

November 20, 2015

Dressed for Success

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 20, 2015 All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time. 1 Peter 5:5-6 [...]

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