The Connection Corner
A daily source of encouragement and inspiration to connect your heart to hope and faith.
A daily source of encouragement and inspiration to connect your heart to hope and faith.
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How Do You Spark a Movement?
Daily Devotional, Linda MeyersEmma was bone tired. Motherhood had a way of stretching her in ways she never expected. Some days, she felt like she had disappeared entirely.
So when she flipped over a box of diapers at Target and saw the gift card, she froze. A note was taped to the back.
“Hey! You deserve that special ‘you’ thing. You are amazing!”
The words unraveled something inside her. She did not even realize how badly she needed to hear that.
Tears burned her eyes. She had been giving and giving—pouring everything into her baby, her home, her family. And here, in the middle of a Target aisle, a stranger’s kindness reminded her that she was worth something too.
Days later, the moment still had not left her. She kept thinking about that stranger, about the way a small act had meant so much.
So, she decided to do it herself.
She went back to Target, but this time, she was not just running errands. She had four times the amount she had been given—gift cards, handwritten notes—and she scattered them through the baby aisle.
She shared her story on TikTok, expecting nothing—until it took off. Suddenly, people all over were recreating the moment in their own towns, leaving little gifts of encouragement behind. What started as a simple act of generosity had turned into something so much bigger.
Because that’s the thing about generosity—it doesn’t end with you. It ripples outward, turning everyday moments into something special. Someone’s kindness had changed Emma’s day, and in return, she changed dozens more.
Who could be waiting on your kindness today? The small thing you do might be the biggest thing in someone else’s story.
A Song of Hope in Fear
Afternoons with Lauren, Daily Devotional, Stories About Songs, Wow God StoriesPam e-mailed her story to us, and when I read it, I felt the weight of it—the fear, the waiting, the desperate need for something to break through the anxiety.
I know that feeling. Maybe you do, too. This is what she said:
“I had already beaten cancer once, and I thought I was done with this fight. But then the cough started.
At first, I told myself it was nothing. But when weeks passed, then months, I started to wonder. I visited the doctor, and he ordered some tests.
The X-ray was taken, but the weight of the unknown pressed heavier on my chest than any illness ever could. As I left, I climbed into my car, silent, and braced for the worst.
Then, through the radio, Lauren Daigle’s voice broke through, singing, ‘You’re going to be okay.’ Tears spilled down my face. In that moment, I wasn’t just hearing a song—I knew I was hearing directly from God.
Twenty minutes later, my phone rang. No sign of cancer! Relief washed over me, but something deeper settled in. The fear had been so real, but, I realized, so was God’s presence.
Even before I knew the results, the healing had already begun. Because in my fear, in my waiting—God was already there. And He used this station to remind me.”
Wow! Pam’s story is powerful because it’s real. And it is not just her story—it is all of ours. The fear, the anxiety, the nights spent wondering how much more we can take.
But God meets us there. And sometimes, He does it through something as simple as a song on the radio.
That is why this matters. Because of you, someone else will turn on the radio at just the right moment and hear exactly what they need.
Your generosity makes this possible. You are part of stories like Pam’s, and because of you, there will be more—more hope, more reminders that God is near, even in the fear.
Thank you for making that possible!
There is Power in the Blood
Daily Devotional, Stories About SongsLewis Edgar Jones had spent years doing all the right things. He worked hard. He was faithful to his church and prayed when he could. And yet, beneath it all, something felt … hollow.
It was not that he doubted God, but deep down, he wondered: Where is the power?
Not just talk. Not just tradition. He needed to know if faith had the power to change things. Could it really reach into the mess of his life and do something about it?
But this week, at the yearly camp meeting, he felt it.
He had not expected to weep the way he had or to feel so undone. But in the presence of Jesus, something deep within him cracked open. Hope had pressed its way back into his heart, alive in a way he had not felt since he was a boy.
But Jones knew revival was not just about what happened here. He thought of the people beyond this place—his coworkers, the folks in the town square, and the families at his church.
His heart ached for them because he knew the question they, like him, were too afraid to ask: Is this real? Can Jesus actually do something in my life?
Yes. A thousand times yes.
The blood of Jesus had changed him. It had given him a hope that no effort, no good works, no routine religion ever could.
So he reached for a scrap of paper and began to write a song. “Would you be free from the burden of sin? There’s power in the blood, power in the blood.”
That night, he sang it softly to himself. It was more than a song. It was a testimony.
Years later, crowds would sing it in unison, and today, that same power still reaches out. To you. To all who long for something real. You do not have to stay the same or figure it out on your own. Come to the One who has never lost His power.
Come to Jesus.
“There is power, power, wonder working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power, wonder working power
In the precious blood of the Lamb”