The Connection Corner
A daily source of encouragement and inspiration to connect your heart to hope and faith.
Daily Devotional
Hope in Life’s RiptidesAugust 6, 2026 - 7:00 am
Kindness Delivered to Your DoorAugust 5, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Greener Grass TrapAugust 4, 2026 - 7:00 am
Fireworks Fade, Freedom LastsAugust 3, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Power of a PauseAugust 2, 2026 - 7:00 am
What To Do with Unanswered PrayersAugust 1, 2026 - 7:00 am
Rescued From Life’s RiptideJuly 31, 2026 - 7:00 am
Clear Truth in an Upside-Down WorldJuly 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
Wisdom Works When You ListenJuly 29, 2026 - 7:00 am
Trusting God in the FreefallJuly 28, 2026 - 7:00 am
HEART OF THE ARTIST
Holding on Through HeartbreakJuly 5, 2026 - 7:00 am
Faith That Falls ForwardJune 18, 2026 - 7:00 am
From Dusty Bibles to Daily BreadJune 14, 2026 - 7:00 am
Leaving No SurvivorsJune 7, 2026 - 7:00 am
When Joy Fills RoomsMay 31, 2026 - 7:00 am
STORIES ABOUT SONGS
One Way Through the ChaosJuly 26, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Gospel Still Changes EverythingJuly 12, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Beauty in the Broken RoadJune 28, 2026 - 7:00 am- From Dusty Bibles to Daily BreadJune 14, 2026 - 7:00 am
- Leaving No SurvivorsJune 7, 2026 - 7:00 am
Stories About Songs
- One Way Through the ChaosJuly 26, 2026 - 7:00 am
- The Gospel Still Changes EverythingJuly 12, 2026 - 7:00 am
- The Beauty in the Broken RoadJune 28, 2026 - 7:00 am
- From Dusty Bibles to Daily BreadJune 14, 2026 - 7:00 am
- Leaving No SurvivorsJune 7, 2026 - 7:00 am
Your Story Could Change A Life
Daily Devotional, Heart of the Artist“My wife didn’t grow up in a Christian home. To this day, her parents are still not Christians.
When she was 22, a friend invited her to church, and for the first time, my wife heard the Gospel. That day, she gave her heart to Jesus. God immediately changed her life.
Overwhelmed by the beauty of God’s saving grace and the new life she had been given, my wife was admittedly mad. She was angry with her Christian friends.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” she asked them. “I’ve been struggling for so long. I’ve been completely miserable. This is such a better way to live. Why did you never tell me about Jesus?”
Evangelism is an important part of God’s plan. It’s our job as believers to look for opportunities to share the love of Jesus with the people around us.
What if the person sitting beside you in the cubicle at work doesn’t know who Jesus is? What if the waitress at your favorite restaurant needs a healing but doesn’t know the Healer? What if your next-door neighbor has never experienced the life-changing power of Christ?
You might not know what someone else is going through, but you can know with certainty that everybody’s going through something. You might not have the full story, but God does, and He can use even a short, honest conversation to change someone’s life.
As the church, it’s our job to tell somebody. You don’t have to deliver an eloquent speech. You don’t have to be a gifted public speaker. Words don’t have to be your strong suit. All you have to do is share what God’s done in your own life.
Then you’ll be living out a very important part of the plan God has for you. Watch how walking in this kind of obedience to His word will change your life and the lives of those around you!”
— Danny Gokey
God Is Always Cheering For You
Daily Devotional, Lauren Kitchens-StewardI was a Bali Ha’i girl.
Not the lead. Not even a sidekick. Just a nameless background character in my high school’s production of South Pacific, swaying in unison with a dozen other girls who had also been too nervous to audition.
It was opening night, and my parents were sitting proudly in the audience.
“Where’s Lauren? I don’t see her,” my dad whispered, scanning the stage.
Mom gasped. “You think she got sick?”
Y’all. They thought I was home with the flu. Meanwhile, I was fifteen feet away, swaying my heart out, grinning at the spotlight, and being completely, spectacularly unnoticed by the people who raised me.
After the curtain dropped, they rushed backstage to look for me.
“Lauren? Lauren?”
I turned around, makeup smeared and hair half-unpinned. They gasped.
“Oh! There you are! We thought you had the flu!”
I blinked. “You—what?”
“We couldn’t find you! But we cheered anyway.”
And cheer they did. Night after night, through every show, they clapped like I was the star. It didn’t matter that I never had a single line.
Because that’s what love does. It shows up, over and over, even when you think no one sees you. And if human parents can love like that, imagine how much more God does.
He never loses sight of you. He never mistakes you for someone else. He’s right there, front row, cheering louder than anyone else in the room.
When Hope Feels Impossible
Daily Devotional, Lisa WilliamsCourtney reached for the stuffed giraffe, waving it in front of the baby in front of her. He let out a squeal as his tiny arms reached up to grab it, fingers barely able to close around its soft body.
She laughed, brushing a curl off his forehead. “You like that one, huh?”
He giggled in response. A tube ran from his nose, looping over his chubby cheek. Another fed into his stomach, connected to the machine beside him. A year ago, the sight of it would’ve sent a lump straight to her throat.
Now?
Now she just saw him.
Her miracle boy.
She hugged him close, rocking back and forth, soaking in the warmth of him, the weight of him.
She remembered sitting in a doctor’s office, gripping her husband’s hand like it was the only thing keeping her grounded.
“Your son has a rare form of dwarfism. He will not live.”
The words landed like bricks, one after another. No hope. No future. Just impossible decisions no parent should ever have to make.
Except—something in her refused to accept that. So, she fought.
She dug into research, spent late nights scouring medical journals, and prayed like never before. And somewhere in that searching, she felt it—that quiet nudge, that voice that said, Keep going. Don’t be afraid.
After six months in the hospital, against all odds, they brought him home.
Now, here he was—laughing, playing, thriving.
Courtney knew the road ahead wouldn’t be easy. There would be more hospital visits, more scary nights, more unknowns.
But she also knew this—God had been better to them than she had ever dared to hope.
It’s easy to get caught up in the fear of what’s ahead. To wonder if you’ll have enough strength or faith to make it through.
But today, she wasn’t looking forward. She was looking back.
At every time, God had provided. At every moment, she thought they wouldn’t make it—but did. And if God had carried them this far, He wasn’t about to stop now.
Maybe that’s something we all need to remember. When fear whispers about the future, look back. Look at all He has done. And dare to believe He will still be good in the days to come.