[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
“Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.” (Psalm 16:9-10 NIV) On the first day of the week, very early in theContinue Reading
“Remember to stay alert and hold firmly to all that you believe. Be mighty and full of courage.” (1 Corinthians 16:13 TPT) I find myself often frustrated with the way many of my questions go unanswered in the Bible. (I realize that a great deal of God is mystery, but that’sContinue Reading