The Connection Corner
A daily source of encouragement and inspiration to connect your heart to hope and faith.
Daily Devotional
Stuck In Your Head Again?August 26, 2026 - 7:00 am
When Jesus Rewrites Your StoryAugust 25, 2026 - 7:00 am
Dare To Dream AgainAugust 24, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Fight Nobody SeesAugust 23, 2026 - 7:00 am
Still Breathing, Still CalledAugust 22, 2026 - 7:00 am
Look How Far You’ve ComeAugust 21, 2026 - 7:00 am
Don’t Let Them Stop YouAugust 20, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Seeds You Never SeeAugust 19, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Secret to Spiritual GrowthAugust 18, 2026 - 7:00 am
Change Is Here, Now What?August 17, 2026 - 7:00 am
HEART OF THE ARTIST
Meet Me in the ValleyAugust 9, 2026 - 7:00 am
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
STORIES ABOUT SONGS
- The Fight Nobody SeesAugust 23, 2026 - 7:00 am
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
Stories About Songs
- The Fight Nobody SeesAugust 23, 2026 - 7:00 am
- 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
The Power of a Pause
Brenda Price, Daily DevotionalHave you ever responded to someone’s bad attitude and then just felt bad for the words you said?
They say to speak the truth in love. Well… I tried that the other day, and afterward I thought, I definitely spoke the truth, but I didn’t speak it with love.
I had to make amends and apologize.
Looking back, I wish I had paused before I responded because a deep breath can protect a relationship way better than a quick reaction.
Later on, I was reading a devotional called “Responding to Hostility,” and it reminded me that the writers of the New Testament were often encouraging believers who were living in a hostile culture. They were being attacked from every side, yet they weren’t told to answer hostility with more hostility. They were called to keep pursuing peace and not let bitterness take root.
That reminded me that following Jesus means choosing humility over pride, gentleness over harshness, patience over reaction, and making every effort to protect the unity He’s given us. Unity isn’t built by winning arguments; it’s built by extending grace.
The only reason I can offer grace is because I’ve already received it from Jesus. Grace isn’t just something we receive from God. It’s something we reveal because of God.
So today, before you answer that text… before you fire back with the perfect comeback… before you say the thing you’ll wish you could take back…
Take one deep breath.
Then let grace speak first.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
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