Assurance

When your Life is in Ashes, God says RISE

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Encouragement · on: August 9, 2026

Recently, God impressed upon me how many people feel like their lives are in ashes. Charred remains of broken dreams, relationships, jobs, health. But, “Ashes were never meant to be the end of the story. What remains after the fire … is not wreckage in God’s hands. It is raw material.” — Travel The Road, June 2026 newsletter [emphasis, mine]…

How to Survive and Thrive in a Not-Yet Season of Life

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Hope, Perseverance · on: June 17, 2026

YouTube contains several videos of police and firefighters freeing children who got their head stuck in a railing. Sometimes rescuers could pry the rail s apart with a metal bar; other times, they had to use jaws of lif e. In each case, the child would have been stuck forever if not for a powerful intervention….

You Can Trust God With Your Passions

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Trust · on: July 13, 2025

The Bible tells us to trust God with everything. Our head knows that’s all-inclusive, but our heart says it’s OK to squirrel away bits of our life beyond God’s reach. Surely we deserve to be sovereign over something. We shouldn’t need God’s help with everything. In fact, the notion that God wants us to relinquish everything to Him sounds selfish….

Step into 2025 with the Assurance of Psalm 62

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Encouragement, God at work · on: December 31, 2024

Hamilton Wright Mabie said there’s “no pause in the march of the universe on New Year’s Eve,” yet “no man has quite the same thoughts on this evening” as on other nights….

After Easter, Then What?

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, God's power · on: April 15, 2024

Author Maya Angelou said, “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take … but by the moments that take our breath away.” That’s a good way to sum up the Apostles’ experience during the fifty days between Easter and Pentecost….

The Deepest Hurt, the Biggest Burden, the Heaviest Lift

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Trust · on: March 4, 2024

Bad things happen. There’s no good time for that unwelcome intruder to barge into one’s life. But some bad things carve especially deep wounds. What hurts you the most?…

How to Walk Through Fire Like Daniel’s Friends Did

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Trust · on: November 27, 2023

Throughout history, conquering countries have said, “worship what you want, as long as you also worship our gods.” The Romans required that. Five hundred years earlier, the Babylonians insisted the same of the Israelites. Daniel Chapt er 3 is a prime example of that….

Obstacles or Opportunities: 7 lessons from the Israelite spies in Canaan

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Trust, Truth · on: October 22, 2023

Part of my journey in getting treated for Lyme disease involved three cross-country moves. The second was to Texas. Maps told me it was big, but I had no idea HOW BIG….

Lord, Make Me a Pillar when the Earth Shakes

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Faithfulness · on: October 9, 2023

Have you ever felt like everybody is doing OK except you?…

Turning Back Time: Four Days in the Story of Lazarus

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Biblical history, Faith · on: July 10, 2023

If you could, would you turn back time to seize the opportunities you missed? Correct the mistakes you made? (oblique reference to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) Let’s turn back time to a seemingly insignificant but pivotal detail in Lazarus’s story….