Prayer Journal—Contentment

Teach me to be content dear Lord. Help me not to envy what others have, but to embrace your purpose in what you have given me today at this moment. Help me to remain focused on you dear Lord and your truth. Fill me with the knowledge of you and your wisdom. Grant me discernment […]

Sunday Praise

Praise the LORD!I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart,In the company of the upright and in the assembly.Great are the works of the LORD;They are studied by all who delight in them.Splendid and majestic is His work,And His righteousness endures forever.He has made His wonders to be remembered;The LORD is gracious […]

O Death, Where Is Your Sting?

It is that thought of separation that has often had me wondering what made Jesus weep in John 11:35. Was it his full divinity weeping over the separation of humans from God or was it his full humanity weeping over the loss of his dear friend Lazarus?

Slow-paced Learning

It takes time to acquire a skill or to become truly knowledgeable about a topic. It’s easy to know or look up things on the internet, but you can’t master something in minutes. Learning takes time. This is what jumped out at me in Matthew 11:28-30. Jesus calls us to come to Him and take […]

Prayer Journal—True Fruit

Fill me with a knowledge of you dear God, a deep knowledge. May your wisdom guide me. Enlighten me as to your ways dear God. Show me your path for my life. Earthly recognition only fades over time, but your truth is eternal. Your wisdom reigns forever true. Guide me with your wisdom. Give me […]

Sunday Praise

And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household. – Acts 16:33-34, NASB

God Speaks Across the Generations

The plagues that God inflicted on Egypt in Exodus were not just to drive Pharaoh to release the Israelites. They also were a demonstration of God’s authority over the gods of that time, to both the Egyptians and the Israelites. God told Moses, “that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of […]

Wishing for the Way Things Were

It was a hard life, but it was a life they knew. Now they have left it all behind for the promise of something better, following God’s word. But now the first sign of opposition appears ready to stop them. They fear for their life. Suddenly the promised land doesn’t look so promising. Then they […]

Prayer Journal—Strength

Fill me with your Spirit dear God, the Spirit of truth. Help me to focus on the future you have laid before me, your path not a way of my own making. In you dear Lord I find strength when I feel weak. Fill me with your wisdom to navigate the unseen that lays before […]

Sunday Praise

With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God; and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple […]