Stopping the Cycle

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jun 24, 2025 · 5m

READ: PSALM 34:17-18; ROMANS 6:6-8; EPHESIANS 4:26-32 Harper hid her head under the pillow. She couldn’t take another shouting match. Her parents were just warming up, and lately the fights had lasted late into the night before freezing into a contest of “whoever-talks-first-loses.” Something was different. Usually about this time of evening, cabinet doors would slam before Dad made some quiet remark that made Mom explode. Not tonight. Suddenly the house was still. Harper ventured into the hallway just in time to see the front door slam. The car fired up and roared out of the driveway. Before…