Sunday Praise

Praise the LORD!Praise the LORD, O my soul!I will praise the LORD while I live;I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. – Psalm 146:1-2, NASB

Giving God a Honorable Mention

Being first is one thing, but putting something first in your life is something completely different. To place first in a race means you’ve beaten everyone else to the finish line. First place in a contest places your work above everyone else. So where do you place your love of God in life? Maybe you […]

Prayer Journal–Refuge

Your word dear Lord is life. It is pure and blameless. Your word gives life. Over and over your words prove true. They are pure wisdom not corrupted by people. Your love is without any deceptive motive. It is simple, pure love for us, your people.You want what is best for us. In you I […]

Prayer Journal–My Rock

You are my strength dear God. You are my rock. Without you, I am feeble, weak, beaten down, but you lift me up. You strengthen me when I am weak. You tell me there is purpose in the burdens I face, the challenges I meet. You use them to build resilience in me. It is […]

Nurturing “Joy in the Faith”

This passage caused me to examine my own life and my devotion to Christ. While I may long to be with Christ, I don’t always share Paul’s dedication to be with those who need to be nurtured in their faith in Christ.

Sunday Praise

Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.Serve the LORD with gladness;Come before Him with joyful singing.Know that the LORD Himself is God;It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.Enter His gates with thanksgivingAnd His courts with praise.Give thanks to Him, bless His […]

The Race Before You

Hebrews 12:1 tells us, “let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (NASB).” The day you were born, God set before you the race you are to run for Him in this life. However, so much in this world tries to tangle you in sin and stop you from completing that […]

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 […]

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 […]