Morning Prayer
What a beautiful morning you have given us O Lord, it is a beautiful morning regardless of the weather or what is going on in the world – the morning is beautiful because it is a gift from you and you always give us good gifts – thank you Lord for this morning, this day […]
What’s On The Inside That Counts
Matthew 5:20 (ESV) 20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. The Pharisees had the cleanest drinking cups in Jerusalem. But their hearts were much different than their cups because inside their hearts they embraced pride and self-centeredness and self-sufficiency. The […]
Be An Overcomer
Romans 12:21 (ESV) 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. This natural world is filled with evil but I am not of this world. I am in this world but not of it and Jesus has commanded that I not be like the world but that I be like him. I […]
Evening Prayers
Lord, as I look back across this day that I have just lived through, I recognize that I have sinned against you by not loving you with my whole heart, by not loving my neighbor as myself, by not dying to my self and living all in for you. Lord, forgive my sin and cleanse […]
Morning Prayer
Lord for a new day I give you thanks – for who you are I give you praise – for you are the one true God and there is no other and in you do I trust and rest and hope – Amen – Father, as I go through this day may I walk with […]
GOD DECLARES YOU GREAT IF
Matthew 5:19 (ESV) 19Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. I was a little tricky there because if you look […]
Be Contrary All The Time
Romans 12:20 (ESV) 20To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” People make statements like, “He’s a really contrary fellow.” Rejoice when they make that statement because if we are living and […]
Evening Prayers
As this day has rested and it is now the night, I am glad, and I rejoice to know that the same God who carried me through the day is also my help and my protection in the darkness of the night and even the night is not dark when my hope is in you […]
Morning Prayer
Morning has broken like the first morning and I rejoice O Lord in your creation – for it is you who has created all and in you do I live and move and have my being – help me / all to see that you O Lord are everything and only in you do we […]
Jesus Finishes All Things Completely & Perfectly
Matthew 5:18 (ESV) 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. The law was never meant to save us – the law served the purpose of pointing us toward the One who would save us […]