Prayer Journal–No More Tears

Oh how I long for that day when all my tears, my mourning, my hurt, my pain will be gone. When at last I can be at peace with you dear Lord. So many days my heart is heavy, burdened by the needs of so many I know who need healing. I pray for healing […]

Sunday Praise

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation to […]

Forgetting the Past

Our past experiences can have a profound effect on who we are today and our future. It can shape our interactions with people and what we pursue. It can make us vulnerable to the false teachings of others. In Philippians 3 Paul advocates the value of pursuing faith in Christ Jesus and setting aside the […]

Anxious About Being Anxious

Is it possible to not be anxious about anything? Philippians 4:6 tells us to “be anxious for nothing.” Is it in our capacity to not worry about things in this life? The path to calming our fears starts before this verse. Verse 4:4 tells us, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!” […]

Prayer Journal–Everlasting Light

What would it be like dear God to bask in your light, the light of your glory? A light like none on this earth. What would that be like? To not know the long nights of darkness yearning for sunlight and the dawning of a new day. To not have time—days counting down my years […]

Sunday Praise

It is good to give thanks to the LORDAnd to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morningAnd Your faithfulness by night,With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp,With resounding music upon the lyre.For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done,I will sing for […]

Your Skills for God’s Kingdom

It had to be hard to lose his father, particularly after he spent so much time with him learning his trade. I can only imagine the grief he and his mother went through. Yet he answered the call to oversee some of the most elegant metalwork in the most important building in the kingdom. 1 […]

Angry Faith

Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. – Matthew 7:6, NASB I recently read this verse after reading Deuteronomy 32:51-52 where God tells Moses that he cannot enter the promised land […]

Prayer Journal–Eternal Love

Dear God, help me to love you with my whole heart, soul, mind, and strength. Help me to focus on you and your eternal love, your steadfast love, your grace. Help me to find contentment in you and only you dear Lord. What could be better than that? May my deepest desires be to grow […]

Sunday Praise

“Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.” – Revelation 4:11, NASB