5 Minutes of Hope

Sharing the HOPE and encouragement we have in God.

Category: Peace

  • Hey, Doug Dial here with one minute of hope. Fear … can grip the heart. And like someone’s hands around your throat, it can choke the life out of you. Fear can bring on an anxiety attack, a panic attack and immobilize you. BUT … God says: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I…

  • The 16-year-old high school junior would plop himself down on the ledge in front of Dugan’s pool hall, Main Street, Presque Isle, Maine. There he sat. Down. Dejected. Destitute. Despondent. Disconsolate. Depressed. He was feeling like the worst loser ever. Just a month prior to this setting … he tried running away from home and…

  • The Gift of Letting Go

    she clung to her hurts with all her might her arms wrapped around them she clung so tight nursing them, rehearsing them to all who would listen forfeiting contentment the peace and the joy were missing then, with trembling heart and hands she raised both in the air surrendering her entire life to the God…

  • The Promise of the Promised One

    Our English muffins are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside … Thomas’ promises! Thomas’ Promises. That catchy and well-known phrase defined their company and their product. It was a marketing and advertising slogan that … promised … and delivered. Have you ever wondered what percentage of promises MADE became promises KEPT? Friend,…

  • Calm in the Midst of Chaos

    For a small monthly fee, you can purchase an app that goes by the name of Calm. C A L M, Calm. Now, I have NO idea where in the world they came up with THAT name. I mean, in a nation RAMPANT and overrun with agitation, alarm, anguish, anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, uneasiness, vexation,…