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Scott Hubbard is an editor for Desiring God, a pastor at All Peoples Church, and a graduate of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He and his wife, Bethany, live with their two sons in Minneapolis.

Give Thanks Against Temptation: The Spiritual Power of Gratitude

Give Thanks Against Temptation

The Spiritual Power of Gratitude

Christians are an unusual people who don’t wait until after the fact to thank God. No, we thank him every step of the way.

Single Men with Many Sons: How to Be a Spiritual Father

Single Men with Many Sons

How to Be a Spiritual Father

What might happen in the church if even single men increasingly thought of themselves as spiritual fathers for younger men?

The Spiritual Discipline of Sky: How the Heavens Shape a Heart

The Spiritual Discipline of Sky

How the Heavens Shape a Heart

When was the last time you stopped, looked up, and stared at the sky? A song of glory resounds. A heaven of wonders awaits.

Counseling for Normal Christians

Counseling for Normal Christians

How can normal Christians grow in counseling others? Learn from the Wonderful Counselor. Listen — really listen — to others. And then pray, discern, and respond.

How to Love a Sister in Christ: A Guide for Single Men

How to Love a Sister in Christ

A Guide for Single Men

How does a godly young man relate to his sisters in Christ? By diligently cultivating purity, clarity, courage, and community.

Stepping Through Darkness: Obedience on the Hardest Days

Stepping Through Darkness

Obedience on the Hardest Days

When it seems like night may never end, keep obeying your Lord in the darkness, and dare to believe that he will bring the dawn.

Get Behind Me, Sluggard: Four Lessons Against Laziness

Get Behind Me, Sluggard

Four Lessons Against Laziness

The sluggard can find a home in any soul, however hardworking. Have you found weapons for putting your laziness to death?

‘Just Not Feeling It’: How Routine Awakens Devotion

‘Just Not Feeling It’

How Routine Awakens Devotion

The next time “not feeling like it” tempts you to keep your Bible closed or pass a morning without prayer, remember all the good God can bring through routine.

Rediscovering the Joy of Writing: Six Lessons for a Lifelong Habit

Rediscovering the Joy of Writing

Six Lessons for a Lifelong Habit

Maybe you used to write but fell out of the habit. Maybe you’ve never written much of anything outside of school. Either way, you might consider what a pen might do for your joy in God.

Loud and Quiet Women: The Portrait God Finds Beautiful

Loud and Quiet Women

The Portrait God Finds Beautiful

More than once, the Bible encourages quietness in women. What kind of quietness pleases God, and what kind of loudness defies him?

The Godliness of a Good Night’s Sleep

The Godliness of a Good Night’s Sleep

On occasion, God may call us to renounce sleep for the sake of something greater. But on most nights, he welcomes us to embrace the godliness of a good night’s sleep.

The Pro-Child Life: Three Ways We Love the Littlest

The Pro-Child Life

Three Ways We Love the Littlest

If we want to oppose the anti-child forces in this world, we will need more than a pro-life position, a high view of motherhood, and a robust Sunday school program.

Live for Days You Will Not See: The Beauty of Christian Legacy

Live for Days You Will Not See

The Beauty of Christian Legacy

Live for yourself, and your life will mean little to those beyond you. But spend your life on others, and it will grow a harvest in due time.

Imagine Lust: A Lost Weapon in the Fight for Purity

Imagine Lust

A Lost Weapon in the Fight for Purity

Many in the battle against lust try to shut off the imagination, but what if God means for you to win the battle through imagination?

No One Who Abides in Him Keeps on Sinning

No One Who Abides in Him Keeps on Sinning

The born again are not perfect, but they are new — irrevocably, eternally, mightily new. And new people can’t keep peace with old sins.

Good Leaders Fail Well: How Mistakes Become a Staircase

Good Leaders Fail Well

How Mistakes Become a Staircase

As men step into leadership, many expect the burdens of responsibility, decision-making, and initiative. Fewer are prepared for just how often they may fail.

Assurance for the Unassured: Finding Hope in the Names of God

Assurance for the Unassured

Finding Hope in the Names of God

Those who often deal with doubts over their own salvation may find deeper assurance from a surprising source: God’s infinite commitment to his name.

Wise Women Build Homes: Motherhood’s Lasting Influence

Wise Women Build Homes

Motherhood’s Lasting Influence

As an imperfect but God-fearing woman builds her house, she becomes for her children Wisdom’s first face, first voice, first touch.

Love the Place You Want to Leave

Love the Place You Want to Leave

If today you woke up in a place you don’t like, dare to believe that God has purposes for you here, however much you may want to leave.

Sleep Beneath His Promises: Learning Rest from the Psalms

Sleep Beneath His Promises

Learning Rest from the Psalms

How did the psalmists fall asleep on the most unlikely nights? They laid every care and sorrow before the Lord who is our shield, shepherd, comfort, and life.

The Art of One-Anothering: How the Church Loves Like Christ

The Art of One-Anothering

How the Church Loves Like Christ

To love another well, we need to put on Christ himself. We need to have his mind, offer his welcome, speak his words, show his love, and give his grace.

Redeeming Discipline: How Grace Reforms Our Effort

Redeeming Discipline

How Grace Reforms Our Effort

When the apostle Paul lost his legalism, he did not lose his discipline — not even a little. So what did he know about discipline that we may not?

What God Can Make from a Shattered Life

What God Can Make from a Shattered Life

In the midst of suffering, it can be hard to imagine how all this heartache could possibly end in glory. That’s why God didn’t leave us to our imaginations.

The Shadow We Cannot Shake: What to Do When Darkness Remains

The Shadow We Cannot Shake

What to Do When Darkness Remains

“Up and be doing.” It’s not the only wise counsel to give to someone walking through doubt or spiritual darkness, but it might be the counsel some need to hear most.

Four Marks of Faithful Teaching

Four Marks of Faithful Teaching

In Paul’s final meeting with a group of pastors, he gives them four marks of faithful teaching — the kind of teaching God uses to win the world.

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