Writers Blessing Writers

Last week I attended the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference in North Carolina. If you are interested in the craft of writing and seeking God’s direction for how to use your writing gifts, I recommend attending this conference. I have been a writer most of my life and I have never experienced such an […]

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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 […]

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Sunday Praise

Praise the LORD!Praise God in His sanctuary;Praise Him in His mighty expanse.Praise Him for His mighty deeds;Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.Praise Him with trumpet sound;Praise Him with harp and lyre.Praise Him with timbrel and dancing;Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.Praise Him with loud cymbals;Praise Him with resounding cymbals.Let everything that has breath […]

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Hope for the Dispirited

In Matthew 9:36-38 Jesus does not just see a crowd, he is moved with compassion for them. He senses their need, their yearning for something better. They are distressed as verse 36 tells us (NASB). The Greek word for distress describes it as “to give oneself trouble (Strong’s 4660).” They are searching for something better. […]

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Sunday Praise

Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth;Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,With the lyre and the sound of melody.With trumpets and the sound of the hornShout joyfully before the King, the LORD. – Psalm 98:4-6, NASB

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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 […]

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Burying Doubt

It’s a stunning revelation. He’s shocked as he tries to comprehend what he is being told. “He is alive!” How could that be? He had accepted he was dead, but now he is alive? But this resurrection story is not about Jesus. It’s about Joseph in the book of Genesis and his father Jacob. His […]

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Sunday Praise

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,And will glorify Your name forever.For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. – Psalm 86:12-13, NASB

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