When Manna Ceases

Years ago I lost my job after the firm I was working for lost a major client. Some people I knew at a major corporation heard about it and offered me a contract job. A few days later I was working on a project as a temporary worker doing similar work. The income was just […]

Prayer Journey — Longing

Give me a desire for you dear God. Help me to seek you each day. Let me not fall prey to diversions and detours that keep me from you. Fill me with a longing for you and what is right. Protect me from the evil one who seeks to devour me. Your ways are pure […]

Sunday Praise

My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul. Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn! I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations. – Psalm 108:1-2 (NASB)

Prayer Journey — Clearing Confusion

The noise is everywhere creating havoc and confusion. It tries to divert people from you dear God. Yet your word is active and alive. It makes itself known. Those who have ears will hear what you say dear God. They will see your son Jesus and desire to know him. Help me dear God to […]

Sunday Praise

Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. – Psalm 106:1 (NASB)

Sunday Praise

Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations. – Psalm 100:4-5 (NASB)

The Five Instructions

In Deuteronomy 10, Moses is telling a second generation of Israelites God’s instructions to them. These are not just a set of rules to adhere to, but a guide for their lives so they will prosper. God has given them so much, especially his love. “He is your praise and He is your God, who […]

Planning Ahead

Trusting God in the middle of traumatic events is a difficult thing. In that moment all you know is pain and suffering. It is a moment when you cry out to the Lord for relief, for some positive sign that he is listening to your prayer. You question God’s wisdom, yet reassurance comes in small […]

Prayer Journey — Praise

Today I want to take a moment to praise you dear Lord. You are worthy of all praise. I exalt you dear God. I humbly fall before you and recognize my humanity, my failings, my blemished existence next to your purity and righteousness. Yet you offer to cleanse me of my sins, to make me […]

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 horn Shout joyfully before the King, the LORD. – Psalm 98:4-6 (NASB)