Mosaic
To God our Savior,Who alone is wise,Be glory and majesty,Dominion and power,Both now and forever.(Jude 1:25 NKJV) Have you ever looked closely at a mosaic? The amazing picture or pattern you see from a distance becomes very different when you focus on the individual pieces that make up the whole. Christians have justContinue Reading
Freedom Sunday
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV) Pretend you do not live with the benefit of hindsight on the crucifixion story and remember what the first disciples must have seen andContinue Reading
Silent Saturday
“I do testify to the certainty of what took place, and I write the truth so that you might also believe.” (John 19:35 TPT) We carry memories – both good and bad – that are triggered by a sound, a smell, a taste, a glimpse. The smell of hay remindsContinue Reading
Good Black Friday
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.“ (Luke 18:19 NIV) Today is “Good Friday,” a day my children used to mix up with “Black Friday.” Although our society knows what the modern “Black Friday” means, I think the original “Good Friday” was also a “Black Friday.” IfContinue Reading
Timing
“Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time on and forevermore.” (Psalm 113:2 NRSV) Last night when our family returned home I realized our front door had not been locked while we were gone. I shuddered to think of what “could have happened” and was grateful for what did not happen. AfterContinue Reading
Time
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 NIV) So far (as of 9:15 a.m. this morning) I have lived out “There is a time to be born and a time to die.”Continue Reading
Thinking Differently
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV) Have you ever noticed that people don’t always think the same way? “DUH!” you are probablyContinue Reading
God of Vengeance
“It’s obvious to all; [God] will have nothing to do with corrupt rulers who pass laws that empower evil and defeat what is right.” (Psalm 94:20 TPT) For the last two years, my primary prayer around the state of our world has been Psalm 37:17: “God, break the power of theContinue Reading
Simultaneous Kindness and Strict Justice
“So fix your gaze on the simultaneous kindness and strict justice of God. How severely he treated those who fell into unbelief! Yet how tender and kind is his relationship with you. So keep on trusting in his kindness; otherwise, you also will be cut off.” (Romans 11:22 TPT) IContinue Reading
Psalm 93 Prayer
The Lord is king! You are robed in majesty and armed with strength. The world you have created stands firm and cannot be shaken. Your throne, O Lord, has stood from time immemorial and you yourself are from the everlasting past. The floods of our circumstances have risen and roared like thunder, liftingContinue Reading