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    Nearly 1.9 billion people in the world identify as Muslim, so it is no surprise that many of our frontier partners live and minister in majority Muslim areas. Peace is a central concept in Islam and is integrally linked to the definition of the word Islam: submission to... read more →

    Christmas is coming soon amidst a year of social, economic, environmental, political, racial and health crises. 2020 has been painful for people across the globe. We long for peace. The biblical concept of peace comes from the Hebrew word shalom. It has a wide semantic range including notions... read more →

    As you enter today's invitation to peace, take a moment of quiet to prepare. Jesus is our hope. Read John 14:27 and Acts 10:36. Jesus brings us peace. We ask today that God’s peace would guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. We pray that the more... read more →

    Create space for God to inspire hope in your life by engaging in one or more of the following activities: Write a note of encouragement to someone you know who could use the extra support. Create a list of ways you are finding hope in God today. Call... read more →

    Read Jeremiah 29:4-13. 2020 has been a strange, new, frustrating, challenging and sad year for most of the world. Over the past many months, we’ve wondered what was next, when we could get back to normal or if life would ever be normal again. God’s proclamation to the... read more →

    We echo the words of the Apostle Paul: “The Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled” (Romans 15:4 NLT). Millions of Buddhists worldwide are striving in their own efforts toward hope. Join the global Church in praying that Buddhists... read more →

    Malee grew up in the primarily Buddhist nation of Thailand. Like many girls in her region, she was forced into a life of prostitution at a young age in order to provide income for her family’s survival. Worse still, she was abused by her father, was neglected by... read more →

    When Jewish leaders asked John the Baptist if he was Israel’s hoped-for Messiah, he replied with words from Isaiah’s prophecy, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord’” (John 1:23). John pointed to Jesus as the coming Messiah—God’s divine... read more →

    True hope is more than just wishful thinking. True hope rests in the belief that the God of all creation loves us, has plans for us, wants to be with us, forgives us and invites us to be part of Kingdom work in the world. It is the... read more →

    Read Luke 1:26-38. Jesus is our hope.   Long ago, people had hope in their hearts as they waited for a Savior to set them free. Jesus Christ, the Light of the World, is our ever-present hope. We pray that the many people around the world still waiting to... read more →