Life Challenges

When Jean Daly says, "God gives us strength to walk through the valley of death," she is not expressing a platitude, but speaking from experience. On this broadcast, the wife of Focus on the Family President Jim Daly says she was so devastated by her...

Jacqui Strothoff believed she could control her drug usage. By the time she entered college, though, she was hooked and turned to theft and prostitution. Her life hit rock bottom, forcing her to look heavenward for salvation.

WNBA All-Star and three-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings shares her story-a journey through adversity as she dealt with bullying during childhood due to hearing loss.

You can overcome deep-seated rejection and recognize your value as a child loved by God. On this Focus on the Family broadcast, Jim Daly and John Fuller interview Lysa TerKeurst about her book "Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out,...

Instead of fixing your gaze on the end result, focus on what you can do today to get closer to your objective. Learn more as Mrs. Chantel Hobbs offers advice and encouragement from her book The One-Day Way.

Jeremy and Kimberley Woodhouse describe their daughter's struggle with a rare nerve disorder and explain how they've learned to trust God and cultivate joy in the midst of difficult circumstances

You can overcome deep-seated rejection and recognize your value as a child loved by God. On this Focus on the Family broadcast, Jim Daly and John Fuller interview Lysa TerKeurst about her book "Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out,...

A champion track-and-field athlete, Mark Anderson sought Olympic gold while fueling himself with drugs and alcohol. He eventually realized that he could not outrun God. Be encouraged with Mark's powerful story of God's transforming grace.

Muriel McQuilkin began repeating her stories without realizing it. Alzheimer's disease had begun its insidious attack and would ultimately take over her mind. Her husband, Robertson, left behind his prestigious career to care for her full-time. It was a...

Author Vicki Courtney offers suggestions for finding the rest we need in our overscheduled lives in a discussion based on her book Rest Assured: A Recovery Plan for Weary Souls.

David Faber recounts the German invasion of his native Poland and his family's attempts to evade the Nazis who were out to kill or imprison all Polish Jews.

When traumatic events cause us pain, how do we forgive those responsible? How do we resolve anger toward God and find healing? Author Brian Jones offers hope and advice from his book, Getting Rid of the Gorilla: Confessions on the Struggle to Forgive.

Muriel McQuilkin began repeating her stories without realizing it. Alzheimer's disease had begun its insidious attack and would ultimately take over her mind. Her husband, Robertson, left behind his prestigious career to care for her full-time. It was a...

Pastor and former NFL player Ed Tandy McGlasson offers advice on finding healing from the emotional and psychological wounds you may have suffered as a child from your father.