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Enjoy Any or All of These Free Email Devotionals as You Staycation or Vacation!

Here are four free email devotionals from Bible Gateway for your summer reading pleasure. At least one of them is sure to capture your particular interest. To subscribe to any or all of them, click one of the titles that links to the signup page. Tell your friends! Anchor Devotional This devotional guide by HAVEN […]

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The NIV Teen Study Bible Helps Teenagers Discern Today’s Issues

Full of study features that will help today’s teens learn more about God, the Bible, and how God’s Word relates to their lives, the NIV Teen Study Bible (Zondervan, 2022) will help them keep in step with all God has done, is doing, and will do in the world. The included reference sections in this […]

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Safely Raising Fearless Kids in a Fearful World

By Amy Elizabeth Olrick Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. —Proverbs 22:6 So many things in life are beyond our control and even beyond our imagination. I think about that whenever I read an article about a tragedy involving a […]

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How to Make a 5-Minute Plan for Any Emergency

By Kathi Lipp The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. —Proverbs 22:3 When is the worst time to decide what to do in an emergency? When the emergency hits. As someone who watches all kinds of “emergency” shows on TV—ER, Chicago Med, Hill Street Blues, Grey’s […]

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Fear God and Do Not Fear: An Interview with Michael Horton

How does cultivating a healthy fear of God liberate us from our fear of others, our fear of the future, and even our fear of death itself? What does the Bible mean when it says “fear God and do not be afraid”? How can we live with a fear of God that drives out the […]

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God Can Use a Person Whose Heart Is Like This

By Craig Groeschel I heard the voice of the LORD saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” Isaiah 6:8 Years ago, I heard a pastor tell a story that I’ll never forget. This seasoned preacher described how each week, after the Sunday service, […]

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Prayers of Faith to Move Your Mountains

By Michael Klassen and Thomas Freiling Have you ever faced a mountain that seemed impossible to overcome? Perhaps you encountered a dilemma that required more than you could give. Is there a battle right around the corner that has you feeling ill-equipped? The various mountains we face— difficult relationships destructive and sinful habits work situations […]

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Explore the Many Ways Bible Gateway Helps You Study the Bible

Bookmark this page to help you comprehensively and regularly study the Bible. FREE RESOURCES Bible References Dozens of Bible Translations in Dozens of Languages in Bible Gateway’s Online Library, All Free to Read and Search. Advanced Bible Search Functions The Bible Table of Contents and Video Introductions to Each Book of the Bible Bible Gateway […]

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The Practice of Praying to a God Who Listens

By Bunmi Laditan If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’re a parent, a grandparent, an uncle, an aunt, a caregiver in these wild and crazy times. And you need a little (or maybe a lot of) extra help. Raising and pouring love into a child is an amazing calling. But let’s be honest: it’s […]

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Finding Hope During Hard Times

By Henri Nouwen Healing begins with our taking our pain out of its diabolic isolation and seeing that whatever we suffer, we suffer it in communion with all of humanity, and yes, all of creation. In so doing, we become participants in the great battle against the powers of darkness. Our little lives participate in […]

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