“Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won. He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him.There at Bethel he met God face to face, and God spoke to him— the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the Lord is his name!” (Hosea 12:4-5 NIV) “Because of the battle I’ve learned how to pray Continue Reading
“Play the guitar as you lift your praises loaded with thanksgiving. Sing and make joyous music with all you’ve got inside. Compose new melodies that release new praises to the Lord. Play his praises on instruments with the anointing and skill he gives you. Sing and shout with passion; makeContinue Reading
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.” (Romans 15:13 AMP) My Bible Recap readings today were from Matthew 8Continue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] I believe very strongly that when we pray God’s Word into/over a situation he will have to hear it because he cannot ignore his own Word. So, let us pray the following over our familiesContinue Reading
“In the last days the mountain on which the Lord’s Temple stands will become the most important of all mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and people from all nations will come streaming to it.” (Isaiah 2:2 NCV) “In the last days” is a phrase we hear a handfulContinue Reading
“May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.” (Psalm 68:1-3 NIV) [Please join me in praying for our nation and worldContinue Reading
My Bible Recap plan has taken me into the beginnings of the New Testament. So far, my readings have been from Matthew 1 & 2, Luke 1 & 2, and John 1, where we read of everything from prophecies, to genealogies, to birth accounts, to theological treatises. It’s a bitContinue Reading
“What we were created at the depths of our souls to need is only the Presence of God. It is the answer as Jesus is the answer….Our questions and complaints will never find individual answers (even as Job’s questions were never fully answered). The only Answer is the dangerous, disturbing,Continue Reading
“I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.” (Psalm 71:6 NIV) When I was reading through the book of Ezekiel in my Bible Recap readings, I kept noticing the phrase “Sovereign Lord.” When I looked it up in a concordance, I foundContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents], Even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (ProverbsContinue Reading