60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for Peaceful Minds Loving God, When our minds are set on the wrong things, and our lives are running off course, draw us back to you. Turn us away from the striving that exhausts us, and lead us into the life your Spirit gives. Root us in your love. Steady us in your peace. Where we are easily provoked, teach us patience. Where we feel empty, fill us with your presence. A...

Send us Fan Mail Finding A Healthy Mindset  “To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” — Romans 8:6 Paul describes two different mindsets— two different ways of being in the world. There is a mindset centered on the self— a way of living that relies only on its own strength, driven by its own desires, and constantly trying to secure what it cannot...

Send us Fan Mail Prayer for What Brings Us Back to Life Loving God, There are moments when life feels more than heavy— when something within us and among us feels like it has come undone. We see what has been broken, what has been scattered, what no longer seems able to come back together. And we wonder if it’s too far gone. But even here, you are present. Where we have been disconnected, draw us...

Send us Fan Mail When We Come Back to Life “I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live…” — Ezekiel 37:14 Sometimes we encounter moments when things feel so far gone we can’t see a way back. That was the vision of the dry bones— scattered, disconnected, lifeless. No flesh. No connection. No life. And yet, even then, what seemed lifeless was not without hope. The Spirit of the Lord first br...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Wonder If Things Will Ever Get Better Loving God, You know the moments when we look around at the world and wonder if anything will ever change. You see the struggles we carry, the situations that seem stuck, and the places in our lives that feel dry and lifeless. When our hope grows thin and the future feels uncertain, remind us that your Spirit is still movi...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes We Wonder If Things Will Ever Get Better Sometimes when we look at what’s going on in the world and in our own lives, we wonder if there is any hope. “He said to me, ‘Mortal, can these bones live?’ I answered, ‘O Lord GOD, you know.’ ” — Ezekiel 37:3 Looking at things strictly from a human perspective, it can be hard for us to believe that anything will ever change. Perh...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When Our Certainty Gets in the Way Loving God, You see more clearly than we ever can. Where we are confident, remind us to remain humble. Where we are certain we understand, teach us to keep listening and learning. Open our eyes to the ways we may still be blind. Help us notice the wisdom we have overlooked, the people we have misunderstood, and the truth we may have...

Send us Fan Mail When Certainty Makes Us Blind “ I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see and those who do see may become blind. ” — John 9:39 Sometimes when we are most certain that we are right, we may actually be seeing the least clearly. And sometimes when we know we are still searching, we are closer to the truth than we realize. The Greek word translated judg...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Focus on the Wrong Things Loving God, So often we become distracted by arguments, rules, and the desire to be right. In the middle of our debates and worries, we sometimes miss the good you are already doing. Open our eyes. Help us notice moments of healing and restoration, and the lives that are being changed. Give us hearts that celebrate what is good rather...

Send us Fan Mail What Happens When We Worry About the Wrong Things Sometimes we get so caught up arguing about the rules that we miss the miracle right in front of us. “I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” — John 9:25 A remarkable miracle had just happened. A person who had been blind from birth could now see. It was something no one had e...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When the Darkness Feels Overwhelming Loving God, You know the moments when the darkness around us feels overwhelming and our strength begins to wane. You see the burdens we carry, the injustices we witness, and the questions that weigh on our hearts. Remind us that the darkness is never the final word. Draw us back to your light that still shines through your love and...

Send us Fan Mail What the Darkness Cannot Overcome Daily Reflection: Sometimes the darkness around us can feel overwhelming, and we feel like giving up. “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” — John 9:5 Many of the scriptures we read were written in extremely difficult times by people who were under enormous pressure. The suffering was real. The hardship was real. The injusti...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When the Way Is Unclear Loving God, When the road before us feels uncertain, remind us that we do not have to see the whole path. Teach us to walk in the light we have today. Help us to choose what is good, what is right, and what is true. Grow within us the fruit of your Spirit— love, joy, peace, patience, and the strength to keep going. And wherever our journey lead...

Send us Fan Mail When We Are Trying to Find Our Way “Walk as children of light—for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.” — Ephesians 5:8–9 Sometimes it’s hard for us to find our path. Yes, there are some people whose gifts seem obvious and whose sense of purpose appears clear from the start. And they are truly blessed. But for most of us, the path is not so clear...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for Humble Hearts Loving God, Teach us to walk with humility. When we are tempted to believe that we already understand everything, remind us that we are still learning. Give us the courage to admit when we are wrong, the wisdom to listen to others, and the grace to keep growing. Help us seek what is pleasing to You not with pride or certainty, but with open hearts and a...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes Faith Means Admitting We’re Still Learning “Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.” — Ephesians 5:10 There is a quiet humility in this verse. It does not say we already know exactly what pleases the Lord. It simply encourages us to keep trying to discover it. Most of us are people of good will. We try to do what we believe is right. But faith asks something more o...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for Better Questions Loving God, You know how quickly our minds search for explanations when something painful happens. We want to understand. We want the world to feel orderly and fair. So we look for someone to blame. Forgive us for the moments when our questions close our hearts instead of opening them. Teach us to ask better questions. When we encounter suffering, hel...

Send us Fan Mail When We Ask the Wrong Questions “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” John 9:2 Who is to blame? Why do we fixate on that question? We like the comfort of believing that life is always fair. We want to think that if we do the right things, nothing bad will happen to us. But life doesn’t always work that way. And the thought that suffering can arrive...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for Deeper Vision Loving God, You see what we often miss. Where we notice appearances, you look into the heart. You know our intentions, our struggles, and the hopes we carry within us. Forgive us for the moments when we judge too quickly or assume we understand a life we have barely begun to know. Teach us to slow down. Give us eyes that look with compassion, hearts that...

Send us Fan Mail What God Sees That We Often Miss 1 Samuel 16:7 “For the LORD does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” It is easy to judge each other quickly. We form impressions based on what we see on the surface— race, gender, class, nationality, geography, religion, orientation, profession, hairstyle, wardrobe. From those outward thing...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for the Thirst Within Us Loving God, You know the thirst that lives within us— the longing for meaning, for peace, for a life that feels whole. You know the hopes we carry for stability, for provision, for the things that allow life to flourish. Too often we return to wells that promise satisfaction but leave us thirsty again. Turn our hearts toward the deeper source. Dra...

Send us Fan Mail When the Thirst Keeps Coming Back “Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again.’” — John 4:13 We are thirsty for something. But often we don’t quite know what it is. So we start looking for it in the places the world tells us it might be found. Maybe if we had a little more money. A little more power. A little more recognition. A little more securit...

Send us Fan Mail Prayer for When We Feel We Have to Prove Ourselves Loving God, You know how easily we fall into comparison— measuring ourselves and measuring others. We worry that we are not enough. And sometimes we make others feel that they must prove themselves too. But Your love does not work that way. You loved us long before we knew how to receive it. So steady us in that love. When we begi...

Send us Fan Mail We Don’t Have to Prove Ourselves “But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8 Sometimes we worry that we aren’t enough— not good enough, not smart enough, not talented enough, not successful enough. Paul knew that feeling well. Earlier in his life, he tried to get everything right— to be perfect, to prove to God and everyone...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for Inexhaustible Hope Loving God, You see the burdens we carry and the questions we live with. You know the moments when the road ahead feels dangerous and uncertain. Pour Your love into our hearts again— a steady presence that strengthens us to keep going. When fear tells us to give up, renew in us a hope that cannot be extinguished— a hope that is persistent, determine...