60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
If we can hope and if we can love, we can begin to change the world—starting with our own.60 Seconds of Hope offers daily prayers and reflections, grounded in love and filled with hope.Each episode offers a brief moment to pause, reflect, and return to what matters most.Join Horace McMillon for a daily rhythm of hope, rooted in the love that holds us all.
A Prayer For When We’re Tired Of Our Choices
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A Prayer for When We’re Tired of Our Choices
Loving God,
When we’re worn down and worn out from the choices we keep making,
May your steadfast love give us the confidence and courage to make different choices and trust you for different results.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We’re Tired Of Our Choices
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Reflection for When We’re Tired of Our Choices
Sometimes we keep making the same choices, and we’re tired of getting the same results.
And our souls are struck with terror because we wonder how long we’re going to stay stuck.
And just then, the Psalmist reminds us that we can make different choices and trust the steadfast love (חֶסֶד, ḥesed) of God to carry us to new places and new results.
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A Prayer For When We’re Surrounded By Toxic People
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A Prayer for When We’re Surrounded by Toxic People
Loving God,
When we find ourselves in toxic places surrounded by toxic people,
Help us trust your steadfast love to shield and protect us while guiding us joyfully along your paths.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We’re Surrounded By Toxic People
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A Reflection For When We’re Surrounded By Toxic People
Sometimes we find ourselves in toxic environments, surrounded by toxic people.
And we may be tempted to adopt the tactics of those the psalmist describes as “bloodthirsty and deceitful.”
But instead, we trust in the abundance of God’s steadfast love (ḥesed, חֶסֶד) to protect and shield us, make our paths straight, and fill us with joy along the journey.
— based on Psalm 5:6–12
A Prayer For When We Feel Alone In The Dark
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A Prayer for When We Feel All Alone in the Dark
Loving God,
When we feel like we’re in the dark and sitting all alone,
Help us feel your presence with us, and help us trust that you see us even when we can’t see you.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We Feel All Alone In The Dark
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A Reflection for When We Feel All Alone in the Dark
Sometimes we feel all alone, like we’re sitting by ourselves in the dark.
But “The Lord has said that he would reside in thick darkness…” — from 2 Chronicles 6:1
So even when we can’t see God, God sees us.
Even when we can’t hear God, God hears us.
Even when we feel like we’re in the dark...
A Prayer For When Everything Feels Negative
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A Prayer For When Everything Feels Negative
Loving God,
When everything around us feels negative,
Help us remind ourselves and each other of your steadfast love.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When Folks Are Complaining
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A Reflection for When Folks Are Complaining
Sometimes it feels easier to remain silent or join in when the folks around us are negative and complaining.
“It was the duty of the trumpeters and singers… to make themselves heard…” — from 2 Chronicles 5:13
It was their duty to remind everyone that God’s “steadfast love endures forever.”
When everyone and everything around us feels negative, we have to remind ourselves and each other of God’s love.<...
A Prayer For When We Forget To Give Thanks
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A Prayer For When We Forget To Give Thanks
Loving God,
When we get so caught up in what’s going on that we forget to give thanks,
Remind us of what your love has already done in order that we might trust what it still will do.
Amen
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A Reflection For When We Forget To Say Thank You
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A Reflection for When We Forget to Say Thank You
Sometimes we get so caught up in what we’re doing that we forget to say thank you.
Knowing this, David specifically assigned people to remember to give thanks to God:
For delivering them from bondage.
For keeping them safe in the wilderness.
For bringing them safely home.
(1 Chronicles 16:4–36)
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A Prayer For When It Feels Like We Don’t Belong
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A Prayer for When We Feel Like We Don’t Belong
Loving God,
When it feels like we don’t belong,
Help us trust your love to lead us, guide us, and keep us until we reach the places we will call home.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When It Feels Like We Don’t Belong
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A Reflection for When We Feel Like We Don’t Belong
Sometimes we feel like we don’t fit in anywhere.
The people of Israel spent many years wandering among the nations without a place to call their own.
But they believed God was with them. That God would deliver them. And that God would sustain and guide them until they found their home.
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A Prayer For When We’re Looking For A Sign
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A Prayer For When We’re Looking For A Sign
Loving God,
When we’re desperate for a sign that things are going to change,
Help us recognize the signs that are present and not just the ones we want to see.
Amen
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A Reflection For When We’re Looking For A Sign
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A Reflection for When We’re Looking for a Sign
Sometimes we just want a sign that things really are going to change, that they’re going to get better.
Hezekiah got his sign in the form of a shadow moving backward. A shadow. Nothing concrete or tangible. Nothing he could put his hands on.
Yet it was a sign that things were going to change.
We can often see the sign...
A Prayer For When We’re Afraid To Stop Fighting
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A Prayer for When We’re Afraid to Stop Fighting
Loving God,
When we’re afraid to stop fighting with each other,
Help us make each other feel safe enough to lose.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We’re Afraid To Stop Fighting
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A Reflection for When We’re Afraid To Stop Fighting
Sometimes we keep fighting because we’re afraid of what will happen if we admit we’ve lost.
Ben-Hadad could have kept fighting, but he heard that the kings of Israel showed mercy and kindness (חֶסֶד, ḥesed) to their enemies.
Sometimes people will stop fighting when they know they don’t have to be afraid of us if they lose.
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A Prayer For When We Need To Enforce Our Boundaries
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A Prayer For When We Need To Enforce Our Boundaries
Loving God,
When people keep pushing our boundaries, but we are too afraid to fight,
Give us the courage to stand strong, even if our knees shake a little bit.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We Need To Enforce Our Boundaries
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A Reflection for When We Need to Enforce Our Boundaries
Sometimes we have to enforce our boundaries, even when we aren’t sure we can.
Ahab was facing a war he didn’t want to fight and likely couldn’t win. He’d already conceded more than he should, but Ben-hadad kept demanding more.
Ahab consulted with his elders and finally answered, “All that you first demanded I will do, but this thing I cannot do.” — from 1 Kings 2...
A Prayer For When We’re In Over Our Heads
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A Prayer For When We’re In Over Our Heads
Loving God,
When we are in over our heads,
Help us trust your love to keep us and your wisdom to guide us,
As we admit we don’t know the way.
Amen
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A Reflection For When We’re In Over Our Heads
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A Reflection for When We Are In Over Our Heads
Sometimes we feel like we’re in over our heads.
Solomon had just been made king. And in his words, he didn’t know if he was coming or going. —from 1 Kings 3:7
But he did three things that made all the difference. He trusted God’s steadfast love to keep him. He recognized and acknowledged his own limitations. And finally, he sought wisdom for the road ahead.<...
A Prayer For When We’ve Been Given A Head Start
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A Prayer For When We’ve Been Given A Head Start
Loving God,
When we’ve been given a head start,
Help us acknowledge what we’ve been given, maintain what is working, and contribute what we can.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We’ve Been Given A Head Start
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A Reflection For When We’ve Been Given A Head Start
Sometimes we have been given opportunities that we did not earn.
Solomon’s father, David, had been a legend. Solomon inherited a kingdom he had not built and opportunities he had not created.
Rather than being defensive about it or pretending he was self-made, Solomon acknowledged what he had inherited, continued what was working, and focused on making his own contribution by building the temple.
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A Prayer For When We Don’t Want To Ask For Help
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A Prayer For When We Don’t Want To Ask For Help
Loving God,
When we need help
and don’t want to ask,
help us ask anyway,
and trust the people we’re asking
to offer what they are willing and able to give.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We Don’t Want To Ask For Help
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A Reflection for When We Don’t Want To Ask For Help
Sometimes we don’t ask for help because we think it would be too much trouble for the people we’d be asking.
David was in trouble. His son was trying to take his place as king, and anyone who stayed with David was putting themselves in real danger.
David tried to send Ittai away. But David needed the help, and Ittai was determined to give...
A Prayer For When We Assume The Worst
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A Prayer For When We Assume The Worst
Loving God,
When we are tempted to assume the worst about someone,
Help us not turn our suspicions into conclusions before we get to know them.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We Assume The Worst
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A Reflection For When We Assume The Worst
Sometimes we assume the worst about people we don’t know or understand.
Hanun assumed David’s people were there to undermine him, and he acted accordingly.
In fact, David had intended to support him because Hanun’s father had been good to David. — 2 Samuel 10:2
But Hanun never found that out, because he had already assumed the worst. The consequences were tragic.
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A Prayer For When We Don’t Feel Worthy
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A Prayer For When We Don’t Feel Worthy
Loving God,
When we don’t feel worthy of the good things in our lives,
Remind us that these are gifts and help us receive them with gratitude.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When Ww Don’t Feel Worthy
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A Reflection For When We Don’t Feel Worthy
Sometimes we don’t feel like we’re worthy of the good things we experience.
Jacob said he wasn’t even a little bit worthy of all the steadfast love (חֶסֶד, ḥesed) God had shown him. (Genesis 32:10) And he probably wasn’t.
But love is a gift we receive, not a prize we earn.
So let us be grateful for the good things, because deserve’s...
A Prayer For When We’ve Won Still Want Revenge
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A Prayer for When We Still Want Revenge
Loving God,
When the fight is over, but we still want revenge,
help us choose repair over retaliation, restoration over more destruction, and reconciliation when possible.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We’ve Won Still Want Revenge
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A Reflection For When We Still Want Revenge
Sometimes we still want revenge even after we have won the fight.
Saul had tried many times and many ways to take David’s life. Now Saul was dead, and David had everything.
Many new kings in David’s situation would have purged Saul’s family.
Instead, David asked, “Is there still anyone left… to whom I may show kindness?” — from 2 Samuel 9:1
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A Prayer For Remembering The Good In The People We’re Fighting With
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A Prayer For Remembering The Good In The People We’re Fighting With
Loving God,
When we’re fighting and locked in conflict with others,
Help us remember what’s good about the people we’re fighting with.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We Forget The Good While We’re Fighting
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A Reflection for When We Forget the Good While We’re Fighting
Sometimes it’s hard to remember what’s good about someone when we’re fighting with them.
Israel was in a period of all-out war when Saul remembered the kindness one of his opponents had previously shown Israel.
He gave them the opportunity to withdraw from the battle, and their lives were spared. (1 Samuel 15:6)
How many destructive conflicts might we preven...
A Prayer For When We Feel The Need To Explain Ourselves
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A Prayer For When We Feel The Need To Explain Ourselves
Loving God,
When we feel the need to explain and justify ourselves,
Help us trust our lives to speak for us before we say a word.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When We Feel The Need To Explain Ourselves
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A Reflection For When We Feel The Need To Explain Ourselves
Sometimes we feel the need to explain ourselves, to justify our actions.
But Ruth discovered that it is often completely unnecessary:
“Boaz answered her, ‘All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told me…’” — from Ruth 2:11
The love and care Ruth showed Naomi had already spoken for her long before she ever said a...
A Prayer For When Doing Right By Someone Makes Things Harder For Us
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A Prayer For When Doing Right By Someone Makes Things Harder For Us
Loving God,
When doing right by someone else makes things harder for us,
Help us trust that the love we give will be the love we eventually receive.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When Doing Right By Someone Makes Things Harder For Us
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A Reflection For When Doing Right By Someone Makes Things Harder For Us
Sometimes doing right by someone else makes things harder for ourselves.
Naomi, having no sons left alive, really could have used the help of her daughters-in-law.
Instead, she told them to go back home, even praying, “May the Lord deal kindly (חֶסֶד, ḥesed) with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.” — from Ruth 1:8
Doing right by them meant...
A Prayer For The Determination To Love
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A Prayer For The Determination To Love
Loving God,
May the love we receive be the love we are bound and determined to live and give.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When Love Asks Something of Us
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A Reflection For When Love Asks Something Of Us
Sometimes people are so good to us that we are bound and determined to be good to them.
Rahab risked her life to save the lives of the spies. She then asked them to “swear to me by the Lord that you in turn will deal kindly (ḥesed חֶסֶד) with my family” — from Joshua 2:12.
And they did.
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A Prayer For When We Feel Out Of Place
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A Prayer For When We Feel Out Of Place
Loving God,
When we feel out of place, like we don’t belong,
let your steadfast love sustain and guide us
until we find our homes.
Amen.
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A Reflection For When It Feels Like We Don’t Belong
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A Reflection For When It Feels Like We Don’t Belong
Sometimes we feel out of place, like we don’t belong.
Yet the psalmist assures us that we—all of us—are God’s people, the sheep of God’s pasture, under God’s care. — from Psalm 100:3
So even when we find ourselves in a place that feels unwelcoming and unfamiliar, or a place that feels particularly barren,
we can trust God’s stea...
