Doctor’s Orders
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10, ESV) Is it Biblically sound to pray and ask God to create a clean heart in you? If you want a clean heart and a right spirit – how will God accomplish that in you? A clean heart […]
God Above World – Always
“My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,” (Proverbs 24:21, ESV) To fear God is to trust God, to know God is who he says he is, to know that God is greater than anything we can conceive of and he is forever – whereas the […]
Morning Prayer
O Lord our Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth – I join with the heavens and the earth in declaring your glory on this glorious new day. Lord my prayer today is that I would aim for Jesus all day long with my thoughts and words and deeds – dying to […]
Evening Prayer
Lord, the day has been long, it came with both ups and downs. I haven’t handled them all well – forgive me for the ways that I have failed you and failed others. Help me to think on you through the night and know that you are with me and will bring me through the […]
What Shall I Do With Jesus?
When Pontius Pilate tried to release Jesus and the people called out for Barabbas instead, he then asked them “What shall I do with Jesus?” Well, we know what Pilate did with him, he had him crucified. Before we get too self-righteous here, we too crucify Christ all over again when we don’t put him […]
“If I want to get along with God, I have to stay off of his throne.”
God Must Be First When Adam and Eve decided to trust their own judgment over the perfect judgment of God, they were trying to take a place on the throne beside God or even ahead of God. This did not work for them then and we are still paying for that. We too try to […]
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer Dear Lord, the world is so big and I am so small. I am so weak and you are so strong – help me. Dear Lord to love you today and to trust and obey you in everything. Forgive me of my sins and I forgive others for anything they have done against […]
EVENING PRAYERS
Lord, you have brought into and through yet another day, we thank you for the day and we pray for your protection and your provision and your presence with us as we come to the close of this day. I confess / we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart, soul, […]
MORNING PRAYERS
Heavenly Father, as I begin this day, I first rejoice in you. I rejoice in you because you are God, uncreated Creator of all things. I rejoice in you because you are holy and deserve all my joy and honor and glory. I rejoice in you because you are the Giver of life and every […]
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION EVER: “WHO DO YOU SAY JESUS IS?”
Once while walking with his disciples, as they approached the city of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus spoke to his disciples and asked: “And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told him, “John the […]