“True Spiritual Diet”
“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.” (Romans 12:14, ESV) I am always wrestling with the need to lose weight – all these diets say this is how you know what to eat, “if it tastes good (if you like it) you must spit it out.” Isn’t that disgusting. BUT that […]
Evening Prayers
Thank you Lord for this day that I have had that you gave me. Lord I thank you for the ways I got it right today and I ask for your forgiveness for the times that I got in your way. Lord, as you brought me through the day, I pray you will keep me […]
Morning Prayer
Father I come to you this morning with greetings of praise and honor and glory to you – I greet you with my heart bowed and with your name on my lips and your praise on my fingertips as I reach up to you – my soul reaches up to drink from your fountain of […]
Only In God’s ‘Economy’ Can We Do This
“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5:12, ESV) Who in this world would suggest you should be joyful and consider yourself blessed when you are under persecution – even less so when you are ‘for heaven’s sake’ being persecuted […]
Is My Life Marked By These Christian Traits?
“Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.” (Romans 12:13, ESV) What do you have that did not pass through the hand of God before you received it? Yes, nothing because it is God himself who has provided all that we need. When God says “Contribute” he is telling us to […]
Evening Prayers
Lord you are so precious to me – every breath, every moment that you have given me today has been a gift directly from you to me – everything about you is fresh and strong and wise and peace giving. Thank you, Lord, for loving me and bringing me to this very moment by your […]
Morning Prayer
Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ, so by continually mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that through the grave and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was […]
Grant Us Grace To Walk With You Through Persecution
““Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.” (Matthew 5:11, ESV) To be blessed is to be happy and typically we don’t associate ‘happiness’ with being cursed and put upon by others – especially because we have faith in Jesus Christ. […]
Is My Life Marked By These Christian Traits?
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” (Romans 12:12, ESV) The Lord our God is blessing us through the Apostle Paul by giving us this great command – Rejoice in hope Be patient in tribulation Be constant in prayer Every life lived shares the reality of struggles in life. There is no […]
Evening Prayers
You O Lord have brought us through another day, always With us and always guiding us as we look to you – you are Our provider and our comfort and our strength – be with us Now as we set out into this night with the calm assurance that Not the night nor anything else […]