Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!   It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” (Mark 10:24-25 NIV) There are some things in theContinue Reading

“Certainly Your faithful protection and loving provision will pursue me    where I go, always, everywhere.” (Psalm 23:6 VOICE) Last week I was totally immersed in a project with my family. It was a wonderful experience, but very time consuming and I did not write every day – I mostly just recycledContinue Reading

Wake Up, Lord, We’re in Trouble The Past 44 1–2 God, we’ve heard about all the glorious miracles    you’ve done for our ancestors in days gone by.    They told us about the ancient times, how by your power    you drove out the ungodly nations from this land,    crushing all their strongholds and giving the land toContinue Reading

God of Joy, Thank you that you have made a way for us to live in your Spirit-infused joy, by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus the Christ.  Thank you that the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, will cleanse our consciences from actsContinue Reading

Spirit of the Living God, Thank you for connecting your people with each other and for being the Power within our lives.  Thank you for the many saints and witnesses in the faith who have gone before us and taught us how to live the abundant life you call usContinue Reading

Cast your cares on the Lord    and he will sustain you;he will never let    the righteous be shaken. But you, God, will bring down the wicked    into the pit of decay;the bloodthirsty and deceitful    will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you. (Psalm 55:22-23 NIV) “The LastContinue Reading

“But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.” (Psalm 5:11 NIV) Joseph, son of Jacob, the Deceiver, who was himself deceived… Joseph, who lost years of his lifeContinue Reading

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.” (Luke 19:10 NIV) One summer I started reading daily devotions from a book of Martin Luther’s writings, “Faith Alone,” edited by James C. Galvin. I wanted to better understand the Lutheran theology that’s so influenced ourContinue Reading

“ Jesus had his disciples and the crowd gather around him. And he said to them:  “If you truly want to follow me, you should at once completely disown your own life.  And you must be willing to share my cross and experience it as your own,  as you continually surrenderContinue Reading

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chron. 7:14 NIV) (I originally published this Sept. 29,Continue Reading