[Please join me in praying for our world on Tuesdays this year.] “May the [Lord’s] name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.” (Psalm 72:17 NLT) “God decided the kingdom of God would be mostContinue Reading
“The righteous choose their friends carefully…” (Proverbs 12:26 NIV) As I write this I am (finally) able to sit in my “floating chair,” enjoying the lovely backyard and the beautiful weather. The busyness of the graduation weekend (except final clean up and “stuff return”) has passed and now I can enjoy theContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for the Church on Sundays this year. This post is adapted from a post from July 7, 2009.] I’ve been doing some musing (as usual) about living life in our times and in the midst of the huge geo-social-political changes going on. I’ve heard itContinue Reading
Last weekend I attended a conference where the song “Grace Alone” was sung. I probably had heard the song somewhere before and, truthfully, it’s not the style of song I normally immediately resonate with. However, the sweet young couple leading worship with guitar and vocals – with genuine hearts andContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] I’ve probably heard this song before, but when I heard it in a new context last weekend it caught my heart in a different way. Today, would you join me in praying for parents whoContinue Reading
“For the sense and reason of the flesh is death, but the mind-set controlled by the Spirit finds life and peace.” (Romans 8:7 TPT) Last Saturday I attended a retreat where I heard a speaker use a verse I’ve heard plenty of times: cast your cares on God. Unless youContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for our nation and world on Tuesdays this year. Today’s post comes from a GiveHim15 post from April 19, 2023.] America’s Condition Over the last 60 years, God has been pushed from America’s heart by strongholds of death, pride, materialism, humanism, secularism, progressivism, socialism, revisionism,Continue Reading
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1 NIV) By the time you read this, the tears on my laptop keyboard will have dried and my emotional mess will be organized into words, sentences, and paragraphs that make sense toContinue Reading
[Today on this Mother’s Day, join me in praying for the “spiritual mamas” who are such a vital part of Christ’s Church.] “I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.” (2 TimothyContinue Reading
“The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?” (Psalm 113:4-6 TPT) The other day my Bible reading took me through Psalm 99:1-5. The first part of this sounds like lotsContinue Reading