From One Promise to All: Seeing God’s Plan This Easter
Elizabeth Strauss Elizabeth Strauss

From One Promise to All: Seeing God’s Plan This Easter

Week 13

When God spoke to Abraham saying, “Lift up your eyes… all the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever” (Genesis 13:14–15), it may seem like a personal blessing. But it was the beginning of something far greater. Through Abraham, God was unfolding a plan that would extend beyond one family, one nation, or one generation. That plan finds its fulfillment in Jesus, and Easter reveals the full picture…

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When God Leads Your Work — Clearly or Quietly
Devotional Elizabeth Strauss Devotional Elizabeth Strauss

When God Leads Your Work — Clearly or Quietly

Week 12

We often long for moments like this. Clear direction. A defined calling. A sense that God has spoken into our work, our decisions, our next step.

In Acts 13, that’s exactly what happens. In the middle of worship and fasting, God speaks. The mission becomes visible. The next move is unmistakable.

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Making Room for God: The Fast That Chooses Justice
Devotional Elizabeth Strauss Devotional Elizabeth Strauss

Making Room for God: The Fast That Chooses Justice

Week 10

Why do we fast?

This is the question I ask myself before asking it of you. I have practiced fasting to deepen my communion with God and to seek to be His instrument in the country where I live. Yet when I read Book of Isaiah 58, I encounter a deeper challenge…

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Prayer in Everyday Life: Living God’s Presence in Ordinary Spaces
Devotional Elizabeth Strauss Devotional Elizabeth Strauss

Prayer in Everyday Life: Living God’s Presence in Ordinary Spaces

Week 5

Many of us learned prayer as something that needs the right conditions: a quiet room, a settled mind, and no interruptions. When life refuses to cooperate, deadlines pile up, children need attention, energy runs low—prayer is often the first thing to slip away. Not because we don’t value it, but because it feels like one more thing competing for space in already full days.

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Living and Working from a Settled Heart
Devotional Elizabeth Strauss Devotional Elizabeth Strauss

Living and Working from a Settled Heart

Week 4

Every morning, I have this desire: to start the day in stillness, calmness, alone with God, receiving His goodness. I crave that refreshing stillness with God, soaking in His goodness like a cool drink after a long day. But honestly? The clock stares me down, and my brain races: "Hurry up and meditate so I can get to work!" We laugh about it, but it's real. In our high-octane world, we treat stillness like a checkbox.

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Carrying Stillness into a New Beginning
Devotional Elizabeth Strauss Devotional Elizabeth Strauss

Carrying Stillness into a New Beginning

Week 2

By now, the year is already moving. Work has resumed at full pace. Classes are in session. Meetings, targets, and expectations are no longer theoretical—they are real and demanding. For many of us, the quiet of the holidays feels distant. And yet, this is often the moment when we most need to pause.

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