(Perhaps you, too, have been concerned about the state of our state, nation, and world and have struggled to know how to pray. Evangelist Mario Murillo wrote the following article I lightly edited, and I wrote the prayer. I invite you use this to pray fervently for our world.) Do not fear [anything],Continue Reading
When I was a child, I spoke about childish matters, for I saw things like a child and reasoned like a child. But the day came when I matured, and I set aside my childish ways. (1 Corinthians 13:11 TPT) Then [Jesus] had a child come and stand among them.Continue Reading
[I spent some time wondering what the woman or various women felt when they were anointing Jesus’s body with oil. Two of the Gospel writers say his head was anointed, two his feet. One says Lazarus’s sister Mary did the anointing, one says a very sinful woman. All four accountsContinue Reading
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. [My word that goes out from my mouth]…will not return to me empty,but will accomplish what I desire and achieve theContinue Reading
The Lord shall endure forever;He has prepared His throne for judgment. He shall judge the world in righteousness,And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,A refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will putContinue Reading
Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. (Psalm 8:1 NIV) “But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea. (Habakkuk 2:14Continue Reading
The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (James 3:18) Some stories in the Bible are just jarring to our modern sensitivities. Today I finished reading the book of Judges, which has stories of the famous leaders of Israel like Othniel, Ehud, Deborah/Barak (her general),Continue Reading
(Post republished from April 23, 2022.) “O God! Your way is holy! No god is great like God! You’re the God who makes things happen; you showed everyone what you can do— You pulled your people out of the worst kind of trouble, rescued the children of Jacob and Joseph.” Continue Reading
(This article from the Epoch Times was published April 1, 2024, but I wrote the prayer.) “For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,” says the Lord, “plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11 AMP) In the movie “The Lord of theContinue Reading
O sing to the Lord a new song;Sing to the Lord, all the earth!Sing to the Lord, bless His name;Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.Declare His glory among the nations,His marvelous works and wonderful deeds among all the peoples.For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. (Psalm 96:1-4 AMP) Your progress willContinue Reading