Morning Prayer
Good morning precious Lord, take my hand and lead me on and help me to stand and remain standing as I trust in you and look to you as my one sure and true hope. So, Lord be thou my vision, be Lord of my heart, let everything else in this world count for nothing […]
Our Souls Know Their Needs (but our bodies are restless)
“For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” But you were unwilling, and you said, “No! We will flee upon horses”; therefore you shall flee away; and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”; therefore your […]
Evening Prayers
Father, you have been so gracious and merciful to me today. Giving me things I didn’t deserve and never giving me what I do deserve. Thank you Lord. Father, as this day begins to close, I bow in your presence and I offer up praise I sing praises to your name, O Lord Praises to […]
Always Be Yourself
There is a great painter from long ago, John Constable. He always painted what he saw and never what he thought others would want to paint – he was always true to himself. He painted the English countryside in a way so convincing that once a fellow painter was seen to be so engrossed in […]
Using The Gifts God Has Given You
“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our […]
Morning Prayer
Good Morning Lord, thank you for bringing me through the night into the light of this new day. You have given me this day and now Lord I am asking you to help me give it back to you by doing my very best to live for you today. Help me to die to myself […]
Evening Prayers
At the close of this long long day – I rejoice as I review the day and see all the ways you kept me on the path when my inclination was to do things my way which is always the wrong way. Lord, as I look forward to this long night, again I look to […]
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1)
May we truly get the message God has given us, blessed us with through David. I read of a young boy who, upon being asked to recite the 23rd Psalm began by saying, “The Lord is my shepherd what more could I want.” He may have missed the text slightly but he nailed the meaning […]
Morning Prayer
Good morning precious Lord, take my hand and lead me on and help me to stand and remain standing as I trust in you and look to you as my one sure and true hope. So, Lord be thou my vision, be Lord of my heart, let everything else in this world count for nothing […]
Our Souls Know Their Needs
(but our bodies are restless)
“For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” But you were unwilling, and you said, “No! We will flee upon horses”; therefore you shall flee away; and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”; therefore your […]