Psalm 46:1-11

Do we have the courage to face the waves head on? Rubel Shelly shares insight into one survivor of the tsunami and how his courage has opened the door for the people of his island to survive.

What is our hope in times of uncertainty? Hope and help in times of trouble come from God who is ... always is.

When you see the lightning light up the sky, what do you remember? Sarah Stirman talks about a couple of times that she and Troy watched the lightning, felt God's presence, and knew they were made for each other.

Where do we go in such times of upheaval? Psalm 46 with a prayer added, especially in light of the situation in Japan.

"Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here..."

"God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the..."

"God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the..."

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of...."

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of...."

God is our refuge and strength, and ever present help in times of trouble. - Psalm 46:1-2

We can have hope for the future because of our eternal and faithful Father, the LORD God, El Shaddai, even when everything we think is lasting crumbles into dust. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to glorify God as El Shaddai, our Abba Father, and God Almighty.

"The Lord of Heaven's Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress."

"The Lord of Heaven's Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress."

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

Inspirational illustration of Psalm 46:10 -- Be still and know that I am God.

Christian e-card: Be still and know that I am God. - Psalm 42:2

Can we be still and give thanks in our times of chaos? God cares for us and beckons us to the quiet stillness to know he is in control and give us a chance to give him our thanksgiving.

We can spend our lives pursuing accomplishments and health and joy, or we can seek God's righteousness, love, and reign in our lives and have him bless us with what we need on our journey! Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's greatness, righteousness, love, and faithfulness to bless us as we seek him with our lives.

Practical information on how to help after Harvey and the devastation left behind. Phil Ware reminds us that compassion isn't compassion until it is turned into action just as faith without compassionate works is dead.

We believe in God the Father, the resurrection of Jesus the Son, and the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. We choose to let nothing move us from our faith! Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us that our faith is rock solid and built on the foundation of eyewitnesses and the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Hopefully remembering the horrors can help us prevent them. Phil Ware uses Memorial Day to think about the cost of war and the ultimate sacrifice of a friend named Roy who lived through World War II, the assault on Normandy Beach and the Battle of the Bulge.

When is time waiting, not wasted? Rubel Shelly talks about an airport delay that ended up in a blessed day alone with God focusing and praying on the things and people that matter most and being present with God in the quietness of the moment.

When was the last time you purposely paused to listen to the rain? Teresa Bell Kindred shares her love for the rain, being still, thinking about the reason and purpose we are here, and Amy Purdy.

How would you handle this if it were your child? A mother with a son who has a tumor talks about the challenges and changes she and her family have faced during his theraphy and the faithfulness of God.

How in the world will you ever catch up? So often we get behind and don't know how to catch up; how about listening to God and what he tells us?

When was the last time you paused to listen for God? Be still, slow down, quit going at a break neck pace and know that God is God.

Can you actually be still? God is calling us to be still, but he sometimes has to do radical things to get us to listen!

What can be said without words? Rubel Shelly remembers famed mime Marcel Marceau and how the silence is powerful and helps us hear, especially hear the voice of God.

When's the last time you shut everything down and sought to be alone with God? We all need to take a God-break a time when we get alone with God and be renewed and restored.

Are all your activities getting in the way of your life? Jane Vincenzi reminds us that our lives can get so cluttered with activity that we miss God and lose out on real life.

Have you learned to be still? We all need more silence and solitude than we are getting in our busy world so let's start with just 5 minutes each day.

I wish I could have hugged the girl on the elevator. Teresa Bell Kindred shares an emotional story from her experience caring for her husband in his two-plus month battle with COVID-19 and invites us to pray God's blessing into the life of an unknown young wife whose husband is in ICU.

We spend time with God and find out that we are loved! Tammy Marcelain reminds us that we are able to realize that we are God's beloved when we take time to open ourselves to Him and be still and experience that God is with us and speaks to us in whispers.

What's got you so distracted? Teresa Bell Kindred shares with us her absent-minded follies because she is distracted from all of her hi-tech toys to which she is plugged in and she reminds us to get away and be with God.

Do you have a place or a time when you can really be still? Trying to find time to be still and wait for God feels awfully impossible in our busy world today, so why not cry out to God in the struggles and noise you face today?

Can you hear God in the rush of your daily grind? Not only must we be still and hear God, but he also longs to come to us in the busy rush of our daily lives.

Do those old passsages really have something to say today? Rubel Shelly reminds us about God's enfolding peace in the middle of life's worse storms and that this has been true for centuries.

How do we move from self-reliance to God reliance? A trip through deep depression forces our writer to look at reliance, dependence upon God, and finding hope when there doesn't seem to be much reason to hope.

What do you hear in the silence? We can only regain our rightful place in our spirit through Silence and the work of the Holy Spirit on our spirit.