Prayer Journal–Deeper Love

Teach me dear God to love you as you love me, unconditionally. Show me how to shed all my striving to win your approval, the performance I feel is necessary to win your favor. Help me to follow the model of your son, Jesus—the unfiltered love he expressed to others; the unconditional love. Help me […]

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

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

Sunday Praise

In God, whose word I praise,in the LORD, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid.What can man do to me?I am under vows to you, my God;I will present my thank offerings to you.For you have delivered me from deathand my feet from stumbling,that I may walk before Godin the light […]

Pray in Case of Emergency

Do you only pray to God when trouble is knocking at your door or you suddenly find yourself facing a hardship? Repeatedly, in the Old Testament, Israel wandered from God and began to serve other gods. Then when they were faced with an adversary, they would quickly turn back and ask God to save them. […]

Sunday Praise

I will bless the LORD at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth.My soul will make its boast in the LORD;The humble will hear it and rejoice.O magnify the LORD with me,And let us exalt His name together. – Psalm 34:1-3

Sunday Praise

Ascribe to the LORD, O sons of the mighty,Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to His name;Worship the LORD in holy array. – Psalm 29:1-2

Sunday Praise

The LORD is my strength and my shield;My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;Therefore my heart exults,And with my song I shall thank Him. – Psalm 28:7, NASB

Your Psalm of Praise

I was reading Psalm 150 and was struck by its exuberance, its effervescent praise that rises up to the heavens. Then I wondered what that might look like in our daily life. What follows is my variation of Psalm 150 to encourage you to incorporate praises to God in your daily routine: Praise the LORD! […]

Sunday Praise

Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones;Praise is becoming to the upright.Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre;Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.Sing to Him a new song;Play skillfully with a shout of joy.For the word of the LORD is upright,And all His work is done in […]