We try to absorb so much Scripture in the morning that by the time conflict shows up at noon or worry arrives that evening, we've already forgotten the truth we started the day with. In today's prayer, Valarie points out that spiritual growth isn't about how much...

Reading about forgiveness is easier than forgiving. Reading about patience is easier than practicing it with someone difficult. Reading about trusting God is easier than actually trusting Him when you don't know what's next. In today's prayer, continuing the September...

Sometimes the most uncomfortable Bible passages are the ones we need the most. We read about forgiveness while holding onto an offense, about trusting God while worrying over everything, about humility while defending our need to be right. In today's prayer,...

You sit down to read your Bible and suddenly remember everything else you need to do. Your phone buzzes, your mind starts building today's to-do list, and you finish several verses without absorbing a single one. In today's prayer, continuing the September series on...

You can read your Bible faithfully, finish the chapter, check the box, and still barely remember what it said a few hours later. Somewhere along the way, reading became a habit disconnected from actually changing. In today's prayer, opening the September series on...

As a month ends, it's easy to assume the growth ends with it: devotional closed, journal put away, on to the next thing. But spiritual transformation was never built in a month; it's built in a lifetime of continuing to seek Him. In today's prayer, closing out the...

We yearn to know God, and yet somehow prayer often becomes the thing we turn to only after everything else has already failed. In today's prayer, Valarie compares knowing God to falling in love; it takes intentional time, not leftover moments after every other option...

Sometimes life doesn't get easier after we pray. The challenges stay, the waiting continues, and quietly we start wondering if we have the strength to keep moving forward. In today's prayer, Valarie reminds us that prayer was never designed to remove every obstacle;...

Life pulls us in every direction. We wake up thinking about deadlines and go to sleep stressed about the same things, and somewhere in between, our time with God quietly gets crowded out. In today's prayer, Valarie names the trap of mistaking spiritual activity for...