60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When All We Can See Is What Is Missing Loving God, When all we can see is what is missing, help us see what is still there. When we cannot see beyond the moment, help us see beyond this day. Open our eyes to the possibilities we cannot see. Help us dream dreams we dare not imagine.  Give us hope that doesn’t cease. Amen  #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #P...

Send us Fan Mail When We Finally See What We Were Missing Sometimes all we can see is what we don’t have. Hagar and her son were alone in the wilderness. They were out of water and out of hope. All she could see was what was missing. Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. — Genesis 21:19 The phrase “opened her eyes” was as much about perception as sight. When her eyes were opened,...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When Our Situation Feels Hopeless Loving God, When we can’t see any possibilities, give us a vision. When we don’t know the way, guide our steps. When our situation seems hopeless, help us not give up. Help us trust that you hear us where we are. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #SpiritualEncouragement #SpiritualGr...

Send us Fan Mail When Our Situation Feels Hopeless, God Hears Sometimes we find ourselves in situations that feel impossible. And we can’t see a way forward. That’s where Hagar and her son found themselves—alone, abandoned, and discarded in the wilderness. Then Hagar heard these words: “Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.” — from Genesis 21:17 God heard him where...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Can Help Someone Along the Way Loving God, Help us recognize the moments when we can make someone else’s journey a little easier. Give us the wisdom to see them, and the generosity to respond. May we freely offer the care, kindness, and support that helps others on their way. Amen  #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragemen...

Send us Fan Mail When We Can Help Someone Along the Way Every so often, we find ourselves in a position to make someone else’s journey a little easier. In Genesis 18, Abraham encountered three strangers and sensed something sacred in the moment. He invited them to rest, brought water for their feet, and offered food for the journey. He didn’t know where they had come from or where they were going....

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Don’t Want To Miss The Moment Loving God, Help us recognize the important moments as they come along. Help us see your presence in them. Give us the willingness to stop what we’re doing and offer the best of who we are and what we have. Don’t let these moments pass us by. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningPrayer #Prayer #Inspiration #Encouragement #S...

Send us Fan Mail When We Don’t Want To Miss The Moment Sometimes an opportunity comes along that we don’t want to miss. In Genesis 18, Abraham looks up and sees three visitors. He seems to recognize that God is present in this encounter. So he says: “My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant.” Abraham stops what he is doing. Sarah and the household prepare the best they have t...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We’re Tired of Waiting Loving God, When it feels like we’ve been doing the right thing for a long time with nothing to show for it, give us the patience to keep going when progress is slow. Help us keep moving forward in hope, by faith, with love. And when the time is not yet right, give us the strength to keep going. Amen. #60SecondsofHope #DailyPrayer #EveningP...

Send us Fan Mail When We’re Waiting for the Right Time Sometimes it feels like we’ve been doing the right thing for a long time and still have nothing to show for it. It may have felt that way for Abraham and Sarah. They had the courage to begin a journey of uncertain length to an unknown destination because they believed God had a purpose for them. Yet they had been at it for a while and, so far,...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When Work Feels Like Just A Job Loving God, When we are not happy doing the work itself, help us find happiness in the good our work makes possible. When our work is boring and repetitive, help us see the difference it makes. When our work is difficult, complex, or challenging, help us find satisfaction in the progress we make. Help us take joy in the big things and t...

Send us Fan Mail When We Are Happy With Our Work Sometimes we work just to pay the bills. Sometimes because it’s our duty. But when we are happy with our work, our lives are better—and the work is too. “Serve the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing.” (Psalm 100:2) Not every job or task is pleasant or fulfilling in itself. But it is easier to work with gladness when we understan...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Feel the Need to Prove Ourselves Loving God, Free us from the need to prove our worth and the pressure to produce. Remind us that your love is freely given and not earned. Free us from demanding that others prove themselves before we recognize their worth. When we are tempted to measure human value by accomplishments, remind us that our worth is inherent. May...

Send us Fan Mail We Don’t Have to Prove Ourselves Sometimes we feel pressure to prove ourselves. To prove that we’re successful enough. Capable enough. Good enough. And sometimes we place that same burden on others. We expect people to earn our respect. Earn our acceptance. Earn our love. But the witness of scripture points us in a different direction. Paul reminds us that while we were still weak...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We’re Really Going Through It Loving God, When we find ourselves facing challenges that feel bigger than us, help us hope. When we feel overwhelmed by uncertainty, fear, or discouragement, help us keep going. When circumstances around us seem chaotic, help us stay centered. Help us trust that although things may not be alright, they’re going to be alright. Amen....

Send us Fan Mail When We’re Really Going Through It Sometimes we find ourselves in crisis so deep that it’s hard for us to know when or if we’re going to make it through. In these moments we are reminded to remain steady and be encouraged that we will make it through. “…But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” — from Matthew 10:22 “Endures” (ὑπομείνας / hypomeinas) here means to be stead...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When People Are Against Us Loving God, When people are against us, help us not be consumed by anger, fear, resentment, or disappointment. Free us from the cycle of revenge, retaliation, and retribution. Let our lives not be defined by who we oppose or by who opposes us. Instead, help us focus on who we are called to be and what we are called to do. Help us make the wo...

Send us Fan Mail When People Are Against Us When people are against us, and do not have our best interests at heart, we often feel angry, afraid, or simply disappointed. We’re tempted to seek revenge or retribution. Or at least to get them before they can get us. But Genesis shifts our focus away from them and back onto our purpose. “I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I w...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When There’s No Sign Things Are Getting Better Loving God, When the worst has happened, help us not give in to our despair. When there’s no sign things are going to get better soon, give us the strength to carry on. When the future feels ominous, help us trust that you are still present, still with us. Remind us that just as dawn follows every night and the spring rai...

Send us Fan Mail Faith Around And Find Out When the worst has happened, and there’s no sign things are getting better anytime soon… We are encouraged to keep going, keep working, keep trusting, and to never give in to the despair of the moment—even if it lasts for a long while. “Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We’ve Been Struggling for a Long Time Loving God, When we have been struggling for a long time, growing tired and becoming discouraged, help us not to give up. Don’t let our disappointment become despair. Don’t allow us to be defined by our problems. Give us the courage to keep showing up. Help us do what we can. Help us trust that even the smallest step forward...

Send us Fan Mail When We’ve Been Struggling for a Long Time When we’ve been struggling for a long time, it can be easy to lose hope. We begin to wonder if anything will ever change. We grow tired of trying. And sometimes we start to see ourselves as others do. Matthew tells us, “Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fr...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for What We Leave Behind Loving God, Help us not be so focused on where we are going that we forget what we are leaving behind. Help us create opportunity and space for others. Space to contribute. Space to participate. Space to offer the gifts they have been given. May what remains after us not simply reflect what we accomplished, but also how we helped others bring good...

Send us Fan Mail What Are We Leaving Behind? Sometimes we spend so much time thinking about where we’re going and what’s ahead of us that we forget to consider what we’re leaving behind. Even as Abram continued a journey of uncertain length toward an unknown destination, he repeatedly paused to leave something behind. More than once, Genesis tells us: “He built there an altar to the Lord.” (Genesi...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Try to Do It All Alone Loving God, When we are tempted to believe that we can do it all on our own, remind us of our need for one another. Teach us to invest in one another. Help us build relationships that are rooted in love, mutual care, and support. Help us create communities where we can grow, learn, and flourish together. Give us the wisdom to receive sup...