The Connection Corner
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Daily Devotional
The Sound Of PerseveranceOctober 6, 2026 - 7:00 am
Taco Soup for the SoulOctober 5, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Night Love Went to WorkOctober 4, 2026 - 7:00 am
Gathered and Growing TogetherOctober 3, 2026 - 7:00 am
When Prayer Goes to WorkOctober 2, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Revival Brewing NearbyOctober 1, 2026 - 7:00 am
What If You Choose Wrong?September 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
Put Me In CoachSeptember 29, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Best Part of a Bad DaySeptember 28, 2026 - 7:00 am
Because Somebody PrayedSeptember 27, 2026 - 7:00 am
HEART OF THE ARTIST
- Because Somebody PrayedSeptember 27, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Secret to Being BlessedSeptember 6, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Hardest HallelujahAugust 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
Meet Me in the ValleyAugust 9, 2026 - 7:00 am
Holding on Through HeartbreakJuly 5, 2026 - 7:00 am
STORIES ABOUT SONGS
Stuck Is Not Your StorySeptember 20, 2026 - 9:30 am
Come As You AreSeptember 13, 2026 - 7:00 am- The Hardest HallelujahAugust 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Fight Nobody SeesAugust 23, 2026 - 7:00 am
One Way Through the ChaosJuly 26, 2026 - 7:00 am
Stories About Songs
- Stuck Is Not Your StorySeptember 20, 2026 - 9:30 am
- Come As You AreSeptember 13, 2026 - 7:00 am
- The Hardest HallelujahAugust 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
- The Fight Nobody SeesAugust 23, 2026 - 7:00 am
- One Way Through the ChaosJuly 26, 2026 - 7:00 am
What To Do with Unanswered Prayers
Daily Devotional, David HallDo you ever have days where reality taps you on the shoulder before your first cup of coffee? You still have prayers without answers, things you can’t make right, and people you don’t know how to help.
That’s probably why Lauren Daigle’s song “O’ Lord” gets me every time.
It doesn’t pretend life is easy. It doesn’t deny the hurt or rush past the waiting. Instead, it makes one steady declaration: “I know You hear my cry… You’ll take all that is wrong and make it right.”
I need that reminder because my first instinct is usually to try fixing what’s broken. I want to solve the problem, rescue the person, or carry the weight myself. But there are moments when we discover our greatest strength isn’t having all the answers. It’s knowing where to bring the questions.
The psalmist looked at God’s faithfulness and declared that His righteousness reaches to the highest heavens. Then he asked, “Who can compare with You, O God?” The implied answer is simple: no one.
That’s where hope begins.
The size of your hope is often determined by the size of your view of God.
So maybe nothing changes by sunset today. The diagnosis may still be there. The relationship may still need healing. The prayer may still feel unanswered. But whatever you’re facing isn’t bigger than the God you’re facing it with.
Today, tell God exactly what feels wrong. Then leave it in His hands. Just like Daigle’s song reminds us, trust the One whose goodness reaches higher than you can imagine. He is still writing the story, and He has a way of making things right.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
L Y R I C S:
Though times it seems
Like I’m coming undone
This walk can often feel lonely
No matter what until this race is won
I will stand my ground where hope can be found
I will stand my ground where hope can be found
Oh, O’Lord O’Lord I know You hear my cry
Your love is lifting me above all the lies
No matter what I face this I know in time
You’ll take all that is wrong and make it right
You’ll take all that is wrong and make it right
Your strength is found
At the end of my road
Your grace it reaches to the hurting
Still through the tears and the questioning why
I will stand my ground where hope can be found
I will stand my ground where hope can be found
Oh, O’Lord O’Lord I know You hear my cry
Your love is lifting me above all the lies
No matter what I face This I know in time
You’ll take all that is wrong and make it right
You’ll take all that is wrong and make it right
(Right, so right)
Make it right
(Right, so right)
Make it right, right
I will stand my ground
I will stand my ground
I will stand my ground where hope can be found
I will stand my ground where hope can be found
Oh! O’Lord O’Lord I know You hear my cry
Your love is lifting me above all the lies
No matter what I face this I know in time
You’ll take all that is wrong and make it right (take all what is wrong)
You’ll take all that is wrong and make it right
(Right, so right)
Make it right
(Right, so right)
Make it right, right
Rescued From Life’s Riptide
Daily Devotional, Denise PaganoWhen you’re swimming, lifeguards are there for one reason: they see what you can’t.
If there’s danger, they move fast. If someone’s struggling, they jump in. I’m so thankful that last summer there were lifeguards on the beach when my son got caught in a riptide.
He’s a pretty good swimmer, but he said he couldn’t catch his breath and kept getting pulled under. I’m so thankful an alert lifeguard was there to bring him to safety.
Honestly, that’s such a picture of God.
There are moments in life when you feel like you’re drowning emotionally with stress, heartbreak, loneliness, or regret. Sometimes you don’t even have the strength to ask for help.
But God is a watchful Rescuer.
He sees the panic before anyone else notices. He sees the tears before they fall. And His Word reminds us that He is close to the brokenhearted. He draws near, not after we’ve recovered, but right in the middle of the pain.
He’s close.
Not distant.
Not annoyed.
Not waiting for you to clean yourself up first.
Close.
Jesus isn’t standing far away shouting instructions from the shore. He steps into our mess with us.
When the current is strongest, His presence is often the closest.
So, if life feels deep right now, don’t focus on how far you’re being pulled. Look to the One who walks on water.
The same Savior who rules the waves is still near to the brokenhearted, and He is still rescuing people every day.
Maybe today is a good day to stop fighting the current alone and simply call out to Him.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
Clear Truth in an Upside-Down World
Daily Devotional, Tammi ArenderMy pastor, Greg Clark, recently preached a series called Living Right Side Up in an Upside-Down World.
It really challenged me. He said, “Do you know we’re actually born upside-down? Most babies enter the world headfirst. We spend the rest of our lives trying to get right side up.”
That got me thinking about how upside-down life can feel sometimes.
The world says, “Look out for yourself.” Jesus says, “Serve others.”
The world says, “Get even.” Jesus says, “Forgive.”
The world says, “Chase more stuff.” Jesus says, “Store up treasures in heaven.”
Maybe that’s why living for Christ can feel uncomfortable. We’re swimming against the current. We’re choosing God’s way in a world that often chooses its own.
But I think that’s the point.
The life we naturally reach for isn’t the life we’re ultimately looking for.
Jesus invites us to let go of the life centered on ourselves so we can discover the life only He can give. That’s exactly what He meant when He said, “If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.”
When we surrender what we can’t keep, we find what we could never lose.
So today, before you follow the crowd, choose to follow Christ. When the world seems upside down, His way is the only way to stay right side up.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT