Prayer Journey—Expectantly

Lord, help me to pray expectantly, knowing you can do the impossible. May I pray with your wisdom, with your vision for people with anticipation that you can do miracles. Forgive my shortsightedness, my impatience in wanting quick answers that don’t last instead of eternal answers that do last. Help me to pray with the […]

Sunday Praise

“I love You, O LORD, my strength.”The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:1-3 (NASB)

Friday Faith

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. – Ephesians 4:31 (NASB)

Just Reach Out to Him

So much effort; so hard to just extend your hand toward Jesus. In the midst of your pain, you reassure yourself to just reach out to Him.

The Narrowing Path

Lately I have seen the narrow road as narrowing my focus on Jesus. On this road, there is only a path wide enough to accommodate me and Jesus. It is only wide enough for the two of us—so narrow that we must walk very closely together, side by aside. At times the path is so […]

Prayer Journey—Dying Embers

Kindle my flame for you dear Lord. The world seeks to smother your flame in me. They douse me with inflammatory words, seeking to smother my love for you, but I cling to your ember that glows deep within. I refuse to let go of you dear Jesus. You are the source of eternal life. […]

Sunday Praise

I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;I will tell of all Your wonders.I will be glad and exult in You;I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. – Psalm 9:1-2 (NASB)

Friday Faith

Trust in the LORD and do good;Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.Delight yourself in the LORD;And He will give you the desires of your heart.Commit your way to the LORD,Trust also in Him, and He will do it. Psalm 37:3-5 (NASB)

Let’s See Your Credentials

The world operates on credentials. Degrees, certifications, licenses and identification. In many ways, it defines us in this world, but not in the Kingdom of God. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 3:1-3 that our credentials come from the Spirit of God, from Jesus. As a follower of Jesus, our qualifications come from believing in him. […]

Dread and Fear

The disobedience of the first generation of Israelites to leave Egypt has cost them God’s promised land. Now a second generation of Israelites is preparing to enter the land. Deuteronomy 2:7 tells us, “These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing. (NASB).” God has provided for […]