Sunday Praise

I will also praise You with a harp,Even Your truth, O my God;To You I will sing praises with the lyre,O Holy One of Israel.My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You;And my soul, which You have redeemed. – Psalm 71:22-23, NASB

Not All is as It Appears

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” – 1 Samuel 16:7, NASB Image is such a powerful […]

Sunday Praise

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,For You have been my strongholdAnd a refuge in the day of my distress.O my strength, I will sing praises to You;For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness. – Psalm 59:16-17, NASB

Hurry Up and Grow!

Here in the northern part of the U.S., spring is in the air. This time of year it reminds me of my growing up years on a farm. So much time and effort went into planting the crops each spring, only to wait once the seed was in the ground. There was nothing else to […]

Struggling with Healing

Healing is a hard thing for me to reconcile. Over the years I have prayed for healing for a lot of people. Some saw healing, others did not. I may have questioned God over it, but I never questioned my faith in God or His son Jesus. It is the act of reaching out to […]

“Hey, What are You Doing?”

What would you do if someone walked up to your car, climbed in, and started it. I’m guessing you might shout at them, “Hey, what are you doing?” How might you respond if they replied that the Lord needs to use it? This is my equivalent of the two disciples going into the village to […]

Prayer Journal—Closer to Jesus

Help me dear Jesus to discern your truth each day. Direct me to the path you want me to take. Help me to defeat the traps set by the evil one and the effort to divert me away from you dear God. Fill me with the knowledge of your will, your spiritual wisdom and understanding. […]

Unconditional Obedience

The preaching was powerful. People were coming to Christ, and yet God called him to leave it behind to pursue one man. It doesn’t make sense to me, yet that’s what he asked Philip to do. In Acts 8:25-40, Philip is heading back to Jerusalem and “preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans […]

Prayer Journal—Teach Me

Only you can fill me with an eternal love that will not fail. Give me a heart for you dear God. Defend me and protect me from anything that will distract me from filling myself with you love. Help me to spread your love to others. Heal me from the pain of the past that […]

Overcoming the World

When we profess our faith in Jesus, we choose to follow God. That also puts a target on our back. We become an enemy to satan. He will seek to tempt us to wander away from God and follow worldly ways. 1 Peter 5:6-10 reminds us to humble ourselves before God and cling to Him. […]