[Please join me in praying for the Church on Sundays this year.] “We must end the delusional thinking that it takes a majority to change things. It does not. That kind of thinking can demoralize us. We think thoughts like: ‘What can we do? We will never get everyone toContinue Reading
“It Is Time to Clear Out the Clutter and the Clatter” by Robert Hotchkin, Maricopa, AZ I tend to keep things fairly organized, but one of my methods of organization is to use stacks and piles; that way everything’s not strewn about, and I can look at a pile andContinue Reading
“When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.” (Proverbs 21:5 ESV) My “Bible Recap” plan had me read Exodus 7-9 today – right in the middle of Moses and the Egyptian Pharaoh’s “epic battle” over whether the Israelites could go and worship inContinue Reading
“For He claims all, because He is love and must bless. He cannot bless us unless He has us. When we try to keep within us an area that is our own, we try to keep an area of death. Therefore, in love, He claims all. There’s no bargaining withContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for the Church on Sundays.] “Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.” (Revelation 3:2-3 NIV) PerfectContinue Reading
Praise be to the Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock and Redeemer, the shade at my right hand and the One who walks with us so we fear no evil. Blessed are you, O Lord, to receive glory, honorContinue Reading
“You were lost sheep with no idea who you were or where you were going. Now you’re named and kept for good by the Shepherd of your souls.” (1 Peter 2:25 MSG) As I write this I am sorting through my notes from the women’s conference last weekend at ourContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for our nation and world on Tuesdays this year.] “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” (Psalm 27:13 NIV) Light of the World, In this day and age we hear the truth of your Word – that darkness covers the earth and thick darkness over the peoples. WeContinue Reading
Listen, God! Please, pay attention! Can you make sense of these ramblings, my groans and cries? King-God, I need your help.Every morningyou’ll hear me at it again.Every morningI lay out the pieces of my lifeon your altarand watch for fire to descend. Oh God – hear my humble prayer for forgivenessContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for Jesus’s Church on Sundays this year.] “I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eagerContinue Reading