When You Find Yourself in a Cave—Two2Grow, Tuesday, September 29 “Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name.” Psalm 142:7 NIVHave you ever felt like the circumstances of life placed you in a cave? You feel lonely, constricted, it is dark, cold, and all you hear is the echo of your own voice.I believe everyone who pursues God’s will for their life will at some point end up in a cave-l...  Read More

What to Do in the Gap Between Promise and Fulfillment—Two2Grow, Monday, September 28 “Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God.” Romans 4:20 NIVLiving in the gap between a promise from God and seeing its fulfillment can be a very trying time. We get excited as God speaks and gives us a glimpse of what is to come, pe...  Read More

Trust the Master Builder—Two2Grow, Saturday, September 26 “But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.” 2 Chronicles 15:7 NIVEurope has many large, old cathedrals made of stone. Often, they took hundreds of years to complete. The cathedral in the city where we once lived took nearly 300 years to finish. A mason could spend their entire working life building a cath...  Read More

Unstoppable Love— Two2Grow, Friday, September 25 “There is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:39 GNBThe love of people often disappoints. Even the most loving person will fail us at some point or another. But God’s love toward us is ever constant and unchanging.No matter what we are going throug...  Read More

Loving God with Your Mind— Two2Grow, Thursday, September 24 “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” Colossians 3:2 NIVPost by Josephine StenhammarI don’t know about you, but my mind likes to think about everything. Oftentimes, I overthink everything. I believe it is easy for us to get stuck in our thoughts and thinking patterns that do not always align with Jesus and his narrow ro...  Read More

God Makes No Mistakes—Two2Grow, Wednesday, September 23 “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14 NIVA post by Emelie Stenhammar, MDIf you look at yourself in the mirror and a negative thought enters your mind, you can be sure it was not from God.I want to emphasize that again: If, when looking at yourself in the mirro...  Read More

God Only Uses Strong People, Right? Wrong! —Two2Grow, Tuesday, September 22 “Yet we who have this spiritual treasure are like common clay pots, in order to show that the supreme power belongs to God, not to us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 GNBHave you ever been struck by this thought: “God can’t use me because I’m too weak”?Today’s Scripture reveals that to be a lie meant to hold us back from being used by ...  Read More

When You Don’t Know What to Pray—Two2Grow, Monday, September 21 “Lord, have mercy on my son.” Matthew 17:15aAll of us, I’m sure, have come to situations when we don’t know how to pray. It can be a personal challenge or something a family member or friend is going through. Or it can be facing conflict and having enemies working against you. How can you start praying?Probably the most common prayer ...  Read More

Unshakable —Two2Grow, Saturday, September 19 “Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.” Hebrews 12:28 NLTAnyone who has experienced an earthquake knows the feeling when literally everything around them is shaking and there is no fixed point that remains stable.The circumstances of life can sometimes make us fee...  Read More

Life under the Son—Two2Grow, Friday, September 18 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” Ecclesiastes 1:2 NIVWhen you read the book of Ecclesiastes, you might wonder, how could today’s verse really be in the Word of God? Would God ever inspire a writer to say that everything is meaningless? Obviously, God did. But why?As you read through the...  Read More

How to Respond to a Negative Report—Two2Grow, Thursday, September 17 “Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.” 2 Kings 19:14 NIVHave you ever received a letter, email, SMS, or social media post that felt like a gut punch? Perhaps from a doctor, a bank, a close friend, or a job. What do you do with a ...  Read More

Listen—Two2Grow, Wednesday, September 16 “While you were doing all these things, declares the Lord, I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; I called you, but you did not answer.” Jeremiah 7:13 NIVThere is a story I love about a young boy who passed by a house where a group of adults were outside and looked upset. The child asked what was going on and found out that the owner of the...  Read More