Is My Life Marked By These Christian Traits?
“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” (Romans 12:9, ESV) Genuine love is not fake or feigned – it seeks what is truly best for the one loved – love for God where I have nothing between me and God – love for my neighbor where I truly […]
Evening Prayers
Heavenly Father, as this day draws to a close help me to do an inventory of this day – to see the ways that I was following you and the ways I was not. To ask for and graciously receive forgiveness for my sin and help to grow in Christ and become more like him […]
Morning Prayer
Hear my prayer O Lord, as I come to you this morning and lay my requests before you – hear my prayer I pray. May the words that form in my mouth and the meditations / thoughts in my mind and the steps I take this day be those that honor you and are a […]
Please don’t give us what we deserve – grant us mercy O Lord
““Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” (Matthew 5:7, ESV) Mercy is not giving what the person deserves. Mercy is what God greets us with every morning: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22–23, […]
God’s Gym For Strength & Power
“being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy;” (Colossians 1:11, ESV) The road stretches out long and challenging before each of us. The opportunities to fall on our faces in spiritual calamity are around us every day. We need to be strong and powerful – but […]
Evening Prayers
Lord, as we begin to prepare for a night of rest, we are reminded of your love and your provision and in you do we trust and rest. Now Lord, we are aware of and concerned for the many out there who are in need, and we lift them up right now for your will […]
Morning Prayer
We awake dear Lord to a fresh awareness of your watch care and your provision – through the night and throughout our lives – for you have created us, knit us together in our mothers’ womb and before the first day of our lives came to be you saw this new day and where we […]
As The Deer Panther For The Water…
““Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” (Matthew 5:6, ESV) Never before in life have, we been surrounded by a greater ‘buffet’ of choices of things to hunger and thirst for in life. The sheer volume and high ‘velocity’ of the tempting options that lay before a person […]
Our Utmost For God’s Highest Honor
“so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;” (Colossians 1:10, ESV) A high and Godly goal for our daily lives: walking / living in a manner worthy of the Lord – how can we even […]
Evening Prayers
Lord, thank you for your faithfulness, for being with me every step today – that I may know that you are ever and always the same – perfect in every way and so in you there is all that is needed for life and for love – help me just to trust in you with […]