[Please join me in praying for the Church on Sundays this year.] “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8 NIV) Although some mayContinue Reading
“God loves it when the giver delights in the giving.” (2 Corinthians 9:7 MSG) ‘Tis the season…when many people are packing shoebox-sized packages with toys and gifts for children. Samaritan’s Purse* will be sending these boxes to kids all over the world who will receive them and be offered theContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and the future on Thursdays this year.] “The Lord Almighty has sworn, ‘Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen’….For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who canContinue Reading
“Now, because of you, Lord, I will lie down in peace and sleep comes at once, for no matter what happens, I will live unafraid!” (Psalm 4:8 TPT) I was reading an article recently that started with a review of the plot of the new Paw Patrol movie. Our household is wellContinue Reading
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10 NIV) (I copy this story from a post online, but I wrote the prayer.) “When I was a HS sophomore – decades ago! – my World HistoryContinue Reading
“What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways! He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree planted by God’s design, deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss, bearing fruit in every season of life. He is never dry, never fainting, ever blessed, ever prosperous.” (Psalm 1:1, 3 TPT)Continue Reading
[Please join me in praying for the Church on Sundays this year.] God of Glory, Thank you for your power and glory that you have exhibited on this earth, especially in the life of Jesus Christ and in the ongoing work of Holy Spirit. Thank you that your Glory isContinue Reading
“Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death, And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.” – From “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” byContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.” (Micah 7:7 NIV) This past weekend I visited with a grandmother whose five-month-old granddaughter is inContinue Reading
“[L]et us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” (Hebrews 10:22-23 NIV) “ForContinue Reading