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You have questions. You have struggles. You have concerns. And sometimes, you need a little insight and encouragement.

In this section you will find personal, insightful articles written by Luis Palau over his last 40 years of ministry. Share in his years of wisdom. Engage in his authentic look at life. And gain insight as you strive to honor the Lord with your life.

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5 Ways God Answers Prayer

Over the years, I’ve discovered from Scripture and experience that God loves to answer our prayers. This article discusses five of his most frequent answers. Read More »

A God Who Is Sufficient for the Pressures of Life

Some time ago a friend of one of my boys put a gun to his head and shot himself. He was only 16 and the son of a wealthy, notable doctor. Read More »

A Pardon Free and Clear

Throughout the television program, as I counseled people who called in search of spiritual help and prayed on the air with those who wanted to open their hearts to Jesus Christ, the station manager standing in the studio listened intently. Read More »

Accepting the Bible’s Authority

The authority of Scripture is one of the oldest and most discussed questions of humankind. Read More »

Any Old Bush Will Do

For one of the last Multnomah chapel services before Pat and I went our separate ways for Christmas break, our speaker was Major Ian Thomas, Read More »

Asking Our Children for Forgiveness

When I returned from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith (one of our twin sons) and me. Read More »

Avoiding a Midlife Crisis

Scripture always strikes me as true to life. It never glosses over unpleasant facts. Read More »

Avoiding Spiritual Banana Peels

Only four chapters in the Bible remain silent about sin and its dangers - the first two and the last two. Read More »

Avoiding the Elijah Syndrome

A fifty-five-year-old woman threw herself from her fourteenth-floor apartment to the ground below. Minutes before her death, Read More »

Beyond Death’s Door

Death haunts humankind. Poets, philosophers, and other writers throughout the ages have sought to explain, understand, and cope with death. Read More »

Celebrating Christmas Overseas

Five days before Christmas 1963, we arrived in Costa Rica with little more than the Christmas stockings my mother had made to decorate our apartment. Read More »

Claiming God’s Promises for Yourself

As you have read and studied, memorized and meditated on various passages in the Bible, what sections have seemed the most difficult to believe? Read More »

Claiming God’s Promises When We Hurt

Several years ago a submarine sank, with all its crew, off the Atlantic coast of North America. When the vessel was eventually located, Read More »

Communion with God

Some years ago a doctor asked an elderly Christian woman in England, "If I asked God for five pounds, would I get it?" Read More »

Cultivating a Sexual Counterrevolution

"My husband is overseas," a woman told me. "He has been gone for nine months and will be gone for seven more. I’m lonely and need affection and love. I’m a Christian, but I realize that I am very weak. Read More »

Daily Bread: A Rock Solid Foundation

Do you ever wonder what it takes to please God? Read More »

Daily Bread: If Christ was Your Counselor

My father died when I was only 10 years old. Praise God he knew the Lord intimately. He had received Christ at age 23. But it still didn’t make life easy for me. Read More »

Daily Bread: Our Unclaimed Riches

Have you claimed the riches God has promised you today? Read More »

Daily Bread: Tap into the Source

What keeps you going throughout the day?  Read More »

Daily Bread: The Complacency of Fools

Would you know it if wisdom came knocking at your door? Read More »

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