Today’s Reflection Fear stops our ears from hearing God’s voice, blinds us to the grace in front of us, and robs us of this present moment. Yet God consistently works to free us. —Amy Oden, “ Free For Abundant Life,” in The Upper Room Disciplines 2026 (Upper Room Books, 2025) Today’s Question Which of your fears does God most want you to release? Join the conversation . Today’s Scripture The more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians

Today’s Reflection Yes, suffering and struggle can put up walls and barriers to seeing the fruit of God’s labor around us, but no matter how bad it is in the world and in our own souls, that suffering is not entitled to access and diminish our hope. —Bruce Reyes-Chow, “ Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet,” in The Upper Room Disciplines 2026 (Upper Room Books, 2025) Today’s Question What fruits of God’s labor can you already see in your life? Join the conversation . Today’s Scrip

Today’s Reflection Loss often leads us into the wilderness; letting go of what we have lost allows us to rely on God to lead us through and out on the other side. We are forced to see ourselves and everything around us differently, to let die what was so that something new might emerge. —Caroline Vogel, “ In the Gap,” in   The Upper Room Disciplines 2026  (Upper Room Books, 2025) Today’s Question What do you need to let go of for God to do something new in you? Join the conv

Today’s Reflection Sometimes we can only wait in hope on the provision of a holy energy that seems beyond our own to give us the lift for which we hunger. —Susan Carol Scott, Still Praying After All These Years: Meditations for Later Life (Upper Room Books, 2019) Today’s Question When have you sensed a need for the divine provision of strength beyond your known resources? How did that provision come? Join the conversation . Today’s Scripture He gives power to the faint,and s

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