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"Waiting is never wasted when God is in it."

Five days a week, Dr. Lael writes the word she needed on her own hardest days — short enough to read with your coffee, honest enough to sit with all day.

A Place to Land While You're Still Waiting

PRAYER AND PERSPECTIVE: THE BLOG

Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville smiles while sitting beside her Bible and laptop, encouraging readers to finish the week with gratitude as part of While You Wait Ministries' Prayer & Perspective devotional series.

Prayer & Perspective

Friday, August 14, 2026 Perspective A renewed mind doesn’t happen overnight. It is cultivated one thought, one choice, one prayer, and one day at a time. As this week comes to a close, pause and notice where God has been at work. Perhaps you caught yourself replacing fear with faith. Maybe you responded with patience […]

Finish the Week with Gratitude

Prayer & Perspective

Think Like Someone Loved by God

Prayer & Perspective

Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville writing in a journal beside an open Bible, reflecting on God's love during the Prayer & Perspective devotional, "Think Like Someone Loved by God."

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Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville smiles alongside members of the While You Wait Ministries community, inviting viewers to renew their minds through God's truth during While You Wait Wednesday.

While You Wait Wednesday: Renewed, Reset Your Mind

Prayer & Perspective, While You Wait Wednesday

Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville smiles while teaching from an open Bible, encouraging believers to renew their minds through God's truth during the August 11 Prayer & Perspective devotional.

What Are You Feeding Your Mind?

Prayer & Perspective

Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville smiles while writing in a journal beside an open Bible, encouraging readers to renew their minds through God's truth during the Prayer & Perspective devotional inspired by Romans 12:2.

A New Mind for a New Season

Prayer & Perspective

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