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Seeking the Kingdom
- Hannah’s Heart – Testimonies of God’s graceGod saw Hannah’s pain; He saw her heart in its distress and answered her prayer.
- Elijah’s Corner – Celebrating life with JesusElijah – The Lord is my God!
- Christian Poems – Inspiring faith for life’s strugglesGod often speaks to me in poem form. I believe it’s the cadence. The rhythmic rise and fall allows me to hear the truth of the words without being consumed by the emotional depth of His presence. The intimacy of God is beautiful but it can be an overwhelming experience at times.
- Christian Devotionals, Poems, & Testimonies – Full List
- Because She Believed – A Story of Faith and Hope
- Because She Believed – Audio Series
Discipleship Series – Walk by Faith
- Because She Believed – A Story of Faith and HopeOn Easter Sunday 2016, God broke my heart when He answered my prayer. My prayer to God had been, “Please God, show me your heart!” His answer broke my heart and inspired my soul. He answered my prayer with a vision of my oldest daughter that challenged my faith. Over the next two months, God and I wrestled over His answer. In the end, I committed my daughter to His care and watched the testimony of her faith spread to thousands across the world.
- Because She Believed – Audio Series
- From Struggle to Surrender – A Journey of GraceTogether, these five reflections trace a deeply personal journey through struggle, surrender, and shared grief. Beginning with a father’s prayer to know God’s heart, the series explores how God meets us in our hardest questions, gives us grace to release what we cannot control, and leads us to share our burdens with those who love us.It offers hope that peace and grief can coexist, that honest faith makes room for wrestling, and that God’s grace enables us to keep walking—together.
- “SPEAK!” Life, Hope, Truth, Love, Faith…1. “SPEAK” – 5 Part Series The series reflects on five poems; Life, Hope, Truth, Love, Faith. Each part takes one word and asks: what does it mean to speak it when Jesus is more than a Savior when He is the Life, the Hope, the Truth we speak? Speak Life – Kristen’s John 11:25-26 tweet as a spoken confession: “Do you believe this?” (Elijah’s Corner) Speak Hope – hope beyond circumstances and peace within them Speak Truth – “complacency is a poison, taken one drop at a time” Speak Love – “we must not be silent thru doubt or thru fear” Speak Faith – “it is our faith that speaks” in the valle ↓
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Clay Vessels – It’s not the vessel, but what the vessel holds⚱️

In May 2016, our daughter was struck by a car while crossing the street after a festival in a nearby city. She went home with the Lord early the next morning. In the days that followed, I began to share about my struggle with God during the two months preceding Read more

By Elijah, 4 weeksSeptember 11, 2026 ago