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.
Episodes
970 episodes
When It Feels Like Our Efforts Don’t Matter
When It Feels Like Our Efforts Don’t Matter“I have labored in vain” — (from Isaiah 49:4)Sometimes it feels like we are just spinning our wheels.Even Isaiah—one of the great pro...
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Season 21
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Episode 3
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0:58
When We’re Desperate For A Change | A Prayer
When We’re Desperate For A Change | A PrayerLoving God,When we’re desperate for a changeand starting to reach for anything,you see how quickly we look for answers,how easily we pla...
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Season 21
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Episode 2
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0:34
When We’re Desperate For A Change
When We’re Desperate For A Change“They spread their cloaks on the road.” — (from Matthew 21:8)When we are so desperate for a change that we’ll try almost...
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Season 21
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Episode 1
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0:58
When We Are Too Tired | A Prayer
When We Are Too Tired | A PrayerLoving God,When we are too tired to keep going,too worn down to show up the way we want to,you are still with us.You know the momentswhen we ...
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Season 20
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Episode 90
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0:33
When We Are Too Tired
When We Are Too Tired“He came and found them sleeping.” (from Matthew 26:43)Sometimes we are just too tired to do what we know we should.Too tired to show up the way we want to.T...
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Season 20
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Episode 89
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0:56
When It Feels Like All Too Much | A Prayer
When It All Feels Like Too Much | A PrayerLoving God,when it all feels like too much—too much to carry, too much to sort through, too much to hold—you know what that feels like.You...
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Season 20
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Episode 88
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0:42
Sometimes It Feels Like Just Too Much
Sometimes It Feels Like Just Too Much“My soul is deeply grieved…” (from Matthew 26:38)Sometimes it feels like it’s just too much—too much to carry, too much to process, too much to hold...
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Season 20
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Episode 87
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1:00
A Prayer For When It Might Be Us
A Prayer for When It Might Be UsLoving God,You know how quickly we look for someone to blame,how easily we protect ourselves,how often we hold tightly to our pride.You see the mome...
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Season 20
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Episode 86
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0:45
When It’s Good To Question Ourselves
When It’s Good To Question Ourselves“Surely not I, Lord?” (Matthew 26:22)When something goes wrong, how quickly do we look for someone else to blame?That’s where the disciples ...
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Season 20
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Episode 85
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0:54
Prayer - When We’ve Been Discounted And Dismissed
Prayer — When We’ve Been Discounted and DismissedLoving God,You see us when we feel overlooked,when we’ve been dismissed,when we begin to wonder if we matter.You know the frustrati...
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Season 20
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Episode 84
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0:45
When We’ve Been Discounted And Dismissed
When We’ve Been Discounted and Dismissed“The stone the builders rejectedhas become the chief cornerstone.”How many times have we been overlooked, marginalized, or dismissed?(Psalm 118:22)...
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Season 20
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Episode 83
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0:53
A Prayer For When We Can’t Forgive Ourselves
A Prayer For When We Can’t Forgive OurselvesGod of unwavering love,You know where we have fallen short—the moments we chose what was not right,the times we let ourselves down.<...
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Season 20
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Episode 82
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0:39
When We’ve Let Ourselves Down
When We’ve Let Ourselves Down“What will you give me if I betray him to you?” — Matthew 26:15Have you ever wanted something so muchthat you went along with something you knew wasn’t right?...
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Season 20
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Episode 81
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1:05
A Prayer For When We Want To Encourage Others
A Prayer for When We Want to Encourage OthersLoving God,you know how often we want to help,but do not always know what to say.We have spoken too quickly at times,and missed the cha...
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Season 20
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Episode 80
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0:48
When We Want To Encourage Others
When We Want To Encourage OthersHave you ever wanted to encourage someone who was struggling, but did not know what to say?“The Lord GOD has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain...
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Season 20
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Episode 79
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0:49
A Prayer For When Hope Is Lost
A Prayer For When Hope Is LostLoving God,there are momentswhen hope is gone,when what we long forwill not come to pass,and the path ahead is unclear.In tho...
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Season 20
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Episode 78
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0:34
What Faith Looks Like When Hope Is Gone
What Faith Looks Like When Hope Is Gone“Let us also go, that we may die with him.” — John 11:16What do we dowhen we’ve lost hope?Thomas was under no illusions.Jes...
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Season 20
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Episode 77
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0:58
A Prayer For When We Wonder If What We Do Matters
A Prayer for When We Wonder If Anything We Do MattersLoving God,we look at our lives and at the world around us,and sometimes it all feels too much.We see what is broken,what is bu...
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Season 20
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Episode 76
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0:33
Does Anything We Do Matter?
Does Anything We Do Matter?“Jesus said, ‘Take away the stone.’” — John 11:39Does anything we do matter?Can we really make a difference?Lazarus was already dead, buried, and sea...
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Season 20
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Episode 75
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0:59
A Prayer For A Fresh Start
A Prayer for a Fresh StartLoving God,we are often hard on ourselves and each other,quick to remember our failures.But you meet us with love that renews.Teach us to recei...
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Season 20
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Episode 74
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0:26
When We Are Ready For A Fresh Start
When We Are Ready for a Fresh Start“If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you…” — Psalm 130:3–4We can be hard on each other.And we...
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Season 20
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Episode 73
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1:05
A Prayer For The Power Of Our Words
A Prayer for the Power of Our WordsLoving God,You have given us wordsthat can discourage or encourage,that can tear down or build up.Help us become more awareof w...
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Season 20
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Episode 72
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0:36
When We Speak Words Of Hope
When We Speak Words of HopeSometimes we don’t realize how much power our words carry—shaping the world around us and within us.Scripture“Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bone...
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Season 20
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Episode 71
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1:05