[Please join me in praying for parents, children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV) My Bible Recap plan had me somewhere inContinue Reading
“Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.” (Joshua 21:45 NIV) In my Bible Recap daily readings I finished Joshua. In Joshua, the Israelites who had waited forty years FINALLY had the opportunity to move into the land promised to them by God.Continue Reading
[Please join me in praying for our nation and world on Tuesdays this year.] I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God!He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just.A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. (Deuteronomy 32:3-4 NIV) Recently my children’sContinue Reading
“The name “Daniel” means “[the Jewish] God has judged.” But the Babylonians give him a new name: “Belteshazzar.” This new name means “Bel protect him,” with Bel being the name of a Babylonian god (4:8).* Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he askedContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for the Church on Sundays this year.] “Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our LordContinue Reading
Pause in his presence Everyone look! Come and see the breathtaking wonders of our God. For he brings both ruin and revival. He’s the one who makes conflicts end throughout the earth, breaking and burning every weapon of war. Surrender your anxiety. Be still and realize that I am God.Continue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, youth, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God. But, of course, ifContinue Reading
“I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.” (Psalm 104:33 NIV) Two weeks ago my 101-year-old grandmother was in the hospital because of a bad cough they didn’t really diagnose. She was released to return with hospice care to her assistedContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for our nation and world on Tuesdays this year.] “Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; Do not get upset because of one who is successful in his way, Because of the person who carries out wicked schemes.” (Psalm 37:7 NASB) Sometimes it’s hard toContinue Reading
“Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy about your righteousness.” (Psalm 145:7 NLT) Week before last I spent the week at the local theater with three of my children who were in a live play/musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s “Till We Have Faces.” They hadContinue Reading