60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Send us Fan Mail No One Makes the Journey Alone Most of us can name the person who gets the credit. We rarely remember everyone who helped make it possible. When we think about Abram’s journey, we usually think about Abram. But Genesis 12:5 tells us that Abram and Sarai left Haran with “all the possessions that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran.” The Hebrew phrase...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For Staying Encouraged When Progress Is Slow Loving God, When progress feels slow, help us stay encouraged. Give us patience for the journey before us. Help us recognize the next step and when it is time to take it. When we are tempted to give up because we have not yet arrived, remind us that progress usually comes step by step, one stage at a time. Help us recognize the...

Send us Fan Mail When We Want It All At Once Sometimes we want things to happen faster than they do. We want the answer now. We want the change now. We want the breakthrough now. But much of life unfolds in stages. Learning a skill. Paying off debt. Finishing school. Building a career. Building a life. Most of the things that matter to us don’t happen all at once. “And Abram journeyed on by stages...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When It Is Time to Move Forward Loving God, When we know there is something more for us, but we are reluctant to let go because we are comfortable where we are, give us courage. When the familiar feels safer than the unknown, give us wisdom. When we cannot yet see where the path ahead will lead, help us trust that everything that needs to become clear to us will becom...

Send us Fan Mail When We Outgrow Where We Are Sometimes we reach a point where we can no longer remain exactly where we have been. Not because the place is bad. Not because the people are wrong. Not because we have stopped being grateful for what has brought us this far. Sometimes growth requires us to leave what is familiar behind. We are reminded of Abram, who heard these words from God: “Go fro...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Feel Guilty for Resting Loving God, when we feel guilty for resting when there’s so much to do and the work is so important, help us release the pressure to keep going. Remind us that our rest is important too. Remind us that our time resting is sacred. Renew us. Restore us. Refresh us. Rekindle the fire in our spirit. And remind us that our lives are a gift,...

Send us Fan Mail When We Feel Guilty for Resting Sometimes we feel guilty for resting when there’s so much left to do. And we push ourselves beyond our healthy limits. Maybe it’s because we know that what we’re doing is important. But in the process, we can lose sight of what else is important too. “So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Don’t Know If It’s Time Loving God, sometimes we are not sure whether to keep holding on or whether it is time to let go. We are not sure whether to stay where we are or move to a new place. In moments like these, let us not be overwhelmed by frustration, fear, and doubt. Instead, help us pay attention. Help us be patient. Help us see and discern clearly. Help...

Send us Fan Mail When We Don’t Know If It’s Time Sometimes we wish things could stay the same forever. Sometimes we wish things were already over. The hard part for many of us is knowing when it’s time. Time to keep going. Time to let go. Time to wait. Or time to begin again. In Genesis we are told that there will be signs for seasons and for days and for years. — from Genesis 1:14 We do not want...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Feel Pressure to Be Productive Loving God, we live with so much pressure to accomplish. To produce. To keep up. To prove ourselves. And sometimes, without even realizing it, we begin to believe that our value depends on what we achieve. Help us remember that our value is intrinsic. That it does not need to be earned. That we do not have to prove our worth. Whe...

Send us Fan Mail When We Feel the Pressure To Be Productive We live with a lot of pressure to produce. To be productive. To deliver results. To accomplish something worthwhile. And sometimes, without even realizing it, we begin to measure our value by what we achieve. But the call to be fruitful in Genesis was never about proving ourselves. Before humanity accomplishes anything, God calls creation...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Don’t Know How To Speak To Each Other Loving God, sometimes we become so divided that we no longer know how to speak to each other. We stop listening. We stop trying to understand. And after a while, peace itself can begin to feel impossible. In moments like these, help us not give up on one another. Give us the courage to keep seeking understanding. The patie...

Send us Fan Mail When We Don’t Know How To Speak To Each Other Sometimes we become so divided that we don’t know how to speak to each other. We stop listening. We stop trying to understand. We stop trying to connect. And after a while, peace itself begins to feel impossible. But we have been encouraged not to give up. To keep seeking restored relationships and reconciliation. To keep learning how...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for How We Use What We’ve Been Given Loving God, all of us have some measure of power, authority, responsibility. Help us reflect your image in the way we use them. Let us reflect your love in the way we care for one another and the world around us. In the way we lead. In the way we serve. In the way we build and allow others to flourish. Help us create a world that you c...

Send us Fan Mail  If We Are Created In The Image Of God “All of us have some measure of power, authority, responsibility. The question is not whether we have it. The question is how we use it. In Genesis we read: ‘Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion…”’ — from Genesis 1:26 People often hear the word dominion and imagine control, the...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When Life Feels Chaotic  Loving God, there are moments when life feels chaotic. Nothing is clear. We do not know what is coming next, or how we are going to make our way through. And it can feel like darkness is everywhere. In moments like these, help us remember that you are still present. Still moving in the chaos. Still bringing light. When fear and uncertainty beg...

Send us Fan Mail When the World Around Us Feels Out of Control There are moments when life feels chaotic. Nothing is clear. We cannot see what comes next. And it feels like darkness is everywhere we turn. The creation story in Genesis begins in a place like that. “The earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep…” — from Genesis 1:2 But the story does not end there. God is s...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Feel Like We’re in the Dark Loving God, there are moments when we cannot see clearly. Moments when we do not know what is coming next, or how we are going to make our way through. Moments we feel like we’re in the dark. But even in the darkness, there is still some light. Help us hold onto that light. Help us walk in the light of your love as far as we can see...

Send us Fan Mail Walking in the Light We Have When Darkness Hides the Way There is a great deal about life we do not fully understand. Why some things happen, how long this season will last, or how we’re going to get through it. Some things we see clearly, and some not at all. In the opening chapter of Genesis, God separates the light (אוֹר — or ) from the darkness (חֹשֶׁךְ — choshekh ) (Genesis 1...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Can No Longer Pretend Everything Is Fine Loving God, sometimes we grow tired of carrying the same burdens day after day. And eventually we reach a point where we can no longer pretend everything is fine. In those moments, help us resist the temptation to deny our distress or hide from what is real. Give us the courage to admit when we are struggling. Give us t...

Send us Fan Mail When We Can No Longer Pretend Everything Is Fine Sometimes we get tired of carrying the same problems day after day. We try to manage them. Push through them. Ignore them. But eventually we reach a point where we can no longer pretend everything is fine. And neither does the psalmist. The psalmist does not pretend the problems do not exist. The psalmist does not minimize them. And...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We’re Just Going Through the Motions Loving God, sometimes we find ourselves just going through the motions. Our days become routine. And life begins to feel like something to manage rather than something to truly live. We grow tired. Half awake and disconnected. Help us rediscover what brings life, hope, and joy into the world around us. Remind us that each of u...

Send us Fan Mail When We Feel Like We’re Just Going Through the Motions Sometimes we find ourselves just going through the motions. And our days become little more than a list of chores… something to get through rather than truly live. But Romans reminds us not to lose our fire. Not to drift through life half awake and disconnected from what gives our lives meaning. “Do not lag in zeal; be ardent...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Struggle to Live Together Loving God, sometimes we struggle to live with one another. We do not think the same. We do not believe the same. We do not live the same. And often, our differences become reasons to separate from one another, fear one another, or stop listening to one another. Help us resist the temptation to believe that every difference must becom...

Send us Fan Mail When We Don’t Know How to Live Together Sometimes we struggle to live with one another. We don’t think the same. We don’t believe the same. We don’t live the same. And often, our differences become reasons to separate, dismiss, or fear one another. Nevertheless, Paul writes in Romans: “Live in harmony with one another…” — from Epistle to the Romans 12:16 When singers harmonize, th...