The Connection Corner
A daily source of encouragement and inspiration to connect your heart to hope and faith.
Daily Devotional
- Faith Is Meant to MoveApril 23, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Where You Cannot Be ReplacedApril 22, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Love That Does Not Hold BackApril 21, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Running Toward HopeApril 20, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Trying to Stop the UnstoppableApril 19, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Healing At His TableApril 18, 2025 - 6:30 am
- When The Lights Went OutApril 17, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Still Wanted, Still LovedApril 16, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Changed By God’s PresenceApril 15, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Layers of LoveApril 14, 2025 - 6:30 am
Heart of the Artist
- Where You Cannot Be ReplacedApril 22, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Your Story Could Change A LifeApril 11, 2025 - 6:30 am
- The Road Back To PeaceApril 7, 2025 - 6:30 am
- God Never Lets GoApril 1, 2025 - 6:30 am
- God Believes in YouMarch 26, 2025 - 6:30 am
Stories About Songs
- From Hardship to HopeApril 6, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Hope and Victory in JesusMarch 30, 2025 - 6:30 am
- A Deeper Experience of GodMarch 23, 2025 - 6:30 am
- Turning Pain into HopeMarch 16, 2025 - 6:30 am
- A Song of Hope in FearMarch 10, 2025 - 6:30 am
God Speaks, We Follow
Daily Devotional, David HallI can still remember the way my heart pounded in my chest.
“Hey, I don’t know why, but I just feel like I’m supposed to ask … Can I pray for you?”
My manager barely looked up at me. “No, I’m fine.”
So, I nodded, said something nice, and walked away feeling embarrassed. Maybe I had misunderstood God. For a while after that, I questioned if I had just imagined it.
Life moved on, and if I am honest, I stopped stepping out in faith like that. Years passed. Then one day, out of nowhere, a message appeared on my phone screen.
“David, I don’t think I ever told you, but thank you. The last time we talked, I told you no. What I didn’t tell you was that I was badly addicted to meth at the time. I lied to you. I was not okay! But you told me that God loved me, that He had a plan for me, and that He would make a way out.
A couple of weeks later, I hit rock bottom and called my parents. Things did not go the way I expected, but somehow, I ended up in Chicago, and I have been clean ever since. Three weeks after getting sober, I found out I was pregnant. My daughter could have suffered from all the choices I made, but by some miracle, she was born completely healthy.”
I sat there, staring at the screen, completely undone. All those years, I had believed that moment was a failure. That I had missed it.
But God does not miss it.
He never does.
How many times since then had I ignored His voice, assuming it would not matter? How many moments had I let slip by because I was afraid of looking foolish?
Not anymore.
God is speaking. He is moving. And if He is nudging you today—don’t ignore it. You have no idea what He might be setting into motion.
God is Still with You
Daily Devotional, Mornings with LisaThere are people in your life who make you stop and think, How does she do it? Sarah is one of those people for me.
Three kids with special needs, a life that never slows down, and a faith deep enough to carry it all. I have watched her handle things that would have leveled me. But today, as we sat across from each other, I saw something different in her eyes.
She stirred her coffee and said, “I’ve been trying to put the last few years into words, and I finally figured it out.” She glanced up. “It has been a hurricane.”
I frowned. “A hurricane?”
She nodded. “For so long, I was just trying to survive. Holding on, keeping my kids safe, and fighting to keep everything from falling apart.”
My chest ached at the honesty in her voice.
“And then one day, it was over. The storm passed. Life was … calmer.” She hesitated. “I should’ve felt relieved.”
I waited.
“But instead, I finally looked around and realized—things were broken. My marriage had cracks I didn’t see before. Some friendships didn’t make it. And my own heart?” She exhaled. “I wasn’t the same either.”
She met my eyes. “I thought the miracle was that God got me through. But the real miracle is that He’s still here. He’s standing in the wreckage with me, showing me what’s worth saving and what needs healing. He doesn’t just rescue us—He restores us.”
I sat there, her words pressing into places in my own heart I hadn’t even realized were aching.
We talk about God parting the sea. Calming the storm. Delivering us. But we don’t always talk about the God who kneels beside us afterward, helping us pick up the pieces.
If you’re looking at what life has left behind and wondering how to move forward, listen—God is still here. He’s not done with you.
The storm may have passed. But the rebuilding? You don’t have to do it alone.
Let Him be more than the one who saved you.
Let Him be the one who stays.
Faith Moves Mountains
Afternoons with Lauren, Daily DevotionalIt is easy to believe in miracles until the door slams shut in front of you.
Sitting in that embassy office, I felt crushed under the weight of disappointment. Everything for the adoption had seemed perfectly aligned—the paperwork, the planning, the prayers. And yet, here I was, immobile and speechless as the dude behind the desk shared these words:
”You will never bring these children home!”
As I left, grief threatened to overwhelm me. But in the middle of despair, I found myself saying words to another grieving mother as she sobbed leaving the embassy: “Let me tell you something! If these children are meant to be ours, the Lord will move, and nothing can stop Him.”
The words were not just for Karyn, the other mother—they were a lifeline for my own heart. Though the path ahead was unclear, we chose to trust that God’s plan was still unfolding.
Now, years later, I look at my teenage daughter, Channing, and marvel at what God has done. Every tear, every delay, and every heartbreak brought us to this moment—a beautiful soul growing into the person she was meant to be.
Dear one, if you are staring at an impossible situation, do not let fear convince you that God has forgotten you. He is still moving, still working, and still making a way. Keep trusting. Keep standing firm. The story is not over yet.