60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When Hard Work Isn’t Enough Loving God, When our hard work delivers poor results, keep us from becoming discouraged. Help us find the soil where our seeds can thrive and our efforts bear fruit. Help us keep going until we do. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Faith #Hope #Fa...

Send us Fan Mail When Hard Work Isn’t Enough Sometimes we work really hard without seeing results. But sometimes our seed, like the sower’s in the parable, falls on good soil. “Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain…” — from Matthew 13:8 A poor harvest doesn’t necessarily mean the sower is poor or the seed is bad. Sometimes our work simply needs receptive soil. Like the sower, our c...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When It’s Hard to Live With What We’ve Done Loving God, When we feel overwhelmed by our mistakes, help us feel your presence. Help us receive your love and grace. Help us share love and grace with each other. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Faith #Hope #FaithandLife #HopeF...

Send us Fan Mail When It’s Hard to Live With What We’ve Done Sometimes it’s hard for us to live with what we have done. “When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us…” — from Psalm 65:3 It is the love and grace we receive and give that sustain and carry us through. The Psalms say God does not abandon us. And the Gospels say we should not abandon each other. I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope....

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Hear But Don’t Listen Loving God, Help us listen, and not just hear. Help us receive, and not just respond. Let the words change us, and impact us, before we try to change anyone else. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Faith #Hope #FaithandLife #HopeForToday Support...

Send us Fan Mail When We Hear, But Don’t Listen  Sometimes we hear the words, but we don’t really listen. “If you have ears, hear!” — from Matthew 13:9 Sometimes the invitation is not for us to do or to be. Sometimes the invitation is simply to receive. To listen not to respond, but to understand; to consider, to learn, to grow. To let the words change us. Let all of us who have ears, hear. I’m Ho...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When Our Minds Wander Loving God, When our thoughts are consumed with anger and bitterness, return our minds to kindness and compassion. When they drift into guilt and shame, return them to repair and restoration. When they become stuck in fear and uncertainty, return them to hope and love. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encou...

Send us Fan Mail When Our Minds Wander Into Dark Places  Some thoughts drag us deeper into fear and anger, guilt and shame. When our minds wander into these places, we don’t have to stay. But refocusing the mind leads to life and peace. — from Romans 8:6 Life and peace begin not only when our circumstances change, but when we learn to refocus our thoughts. When we keep returning our minds to what...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Feel the Weight of Responsibility  Loving God, When we feel the weight of responsibility, Help us remember that our responsibility is to love. And may your love for us and ours for each other help us carry our responsibilities well. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #...

Send us Fan Mail When We Feel the Weight of Responsibility Sometimes we feel the full weight of our responsibilities. As the psalmist said, “I hold my life in my hand continually…” — from Psalm 119. But what made that weight bearable and those responsibilities manageable was that the psalmist never forgot their purpose—God’s law, as they put it. There is no escaping responsibility for our responsi...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When We’re Carrying Too Much Loving God, Help us lay down what isn’t ours to carry. Free us from guilt, shame, and regret; anger, bitterness, and fear; other people’s expectations; and our excessive pride. Help us carry only what we need. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Fa...

Send us Fan Mail When We’re Carrying Too Much Not everything we’re carrying belongs to us. Putting down what isn’t ours lets us move. “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” — Matthew 11:30. Some burdens— guilt, shame, regret… anger, bitterness, fear… other people’s expectations… excessive pride… These were never meant to travel with us. Dropping these dead weights allows us to carry the li...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When Life Is Good  Loving God, Help us notice the good. When our health is good, our relationships are strong, and our work is meaningful, help us recognize it, appreciate it, and celebrate it. Let us embrace our summers.  Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Faith #Hope #Faith...

Send us Fan Mail When Life Is Good  When good things happen, we are invited to notice them. “For now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.” — from Song of Solomon 2:11 Our lives have hard winters, uncertain springs, and long autumns drifting into winter. But sometimes, it’s summer. Health is good. Relationships are strong. Work is meaningful. We have enough. And hope comes a little more e...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When We Stumble Loving God, Catch us when we stumble. When others stumble, Help us catch them too. Help us not be afraid of falling. Help us move without fear. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Faith #Hope #FaithandLife #HopeForToday Support the show

Send us Fan Mail When We Stumble Sometimes we trip and stumble. But we don’t have to be afraid of falling. “The LORD upholds all who are falling…” — from Psalm 145:14 None of us are perfect. We all make mistakes. We all get tripped up sometimes. But God catches us. We catch each other and help put each other back on steady feet. So let us move without fear. I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When We Need To Get Out Of A Bad Place Loving God, When we feel stuck and can’t seem to get out of our own way, Help us see the patterns that hold us back. Help us accept the help of others. Help us trust that you will help us change, and love us even when we don’t. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncour...

Send us Fan Mail When We Need To Get Out Of A Bad Place Sometimes we feel stuck and can’t seem to get out of our own way. The Apostle Paul once cried out, “Who will rescue me from this body of death?” — from Romans 7:24. For him, the first step was recognizing the patterns of his thoughts and actions. Then he reached out to good people and a community that welcomed him, even allowing himself to be...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Are Criticized  Loving God, When we are criticized unfairly, Keep us centered in our identity and purpose. Give us the wisdom and humility to learn from what is valid, and the confidence and conviction to let go of what is not. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Faith...

Send us Fan Mail When We Are Criticized Unfairly Sometimes we are criticized unfairly. John the Baptist was criticized because he didn’t eat and drink with others. Jesus was called “a glutton and a drunkard” because he did. — from Matthew 11:18–19 Neither of them let unfair criticism change the way they lived or the way they worked. They each knew who they were and what they were committed to do....

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We’re Carrying Too Much Loving God, When we’re carrying too much, give us the wisdom to know what is ours to carry, and the strength and determination to carry not one pound more, and not one pound less. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Faith #Hope #FaithandLife #HopeF...

Send us Fan Mail When We’re Carrying Too Much When we’re tired from carrying all the things we carry, the Gospel invites us: “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” — from Matthew 11:29 We find peace when we carry what is ours to carry— not one pound more, and not one pound less. I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Are Tired Loving God, When we are worn down and worn out, Help us rest. Help us trust that you are at work through others, even when we no longer have the strength to keep going. Restore our strength and renew our hope. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Faith #Hope #...

Send us Fan Mail When We Are Tired Sometimes we feel worn down and worn out. The Gospel invites us to rest. “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” — from Matthew 11:28 Rest is more than stopping. It is letting go of what we were never meant to carry alone. It is trusting that God is at work through others, even when we no longer have the stren...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer of Hope Loving God, When we feel overwhelmed by all that is wrong in the world, Help us hope. Give us the tenacity and courage to do the work. Make our lives declarations of hope. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGrowth #Faith #Hope #FaithandLife #HopeForToday Support the show