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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Morning Prayer
I thank you heavenly Father for being God, so loving and kind with mercies that are new every morning. Help me today to look to you and to follow you in my every thought, word, and action. Forgive me of my sin and cleanse me and I too forgive others for anything they have done […]
Meek is the new ‘super hero’
““Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5, ESV) What could be a greater help and blessing to this world than to live out this promise. No more profound picture of unworldly can be painted than the picture of meekness. A gentle strength that is evidenced in trusting and obeying God. […]
The Right Prayer To Pray Everyday
“And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,” (Colossians 1:9, ESV) What a powerful and effective prayer for us to pray for other Christians – whoever they are and wherever […]