God Laughs at the Nations
Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. (Psalm 2:10-11 NIV) God of the Nations, Thank you for your sovereignty over this nation and the world. Even when we don’t see it, we knowContinue Reading
Praise and Protection Prayer
Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. (Psalm 36:5-7 NIV) Who are we, sovereign Lord, and what areContinue Reading
Miracles
O Lord, I have heard of your renown, and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work. In our own time revive it; in our own time make it known; in wrath may you remember mercy. (Habakkuk 3:2 NRSV) God of Miracles, We give thanks to our Lord and call uponContinue Reading
Trees or forest?
Once a friend asked me how I was. I replied that I’d been having a bit of trouble lately seeing the forest for the trees. I’m a person who, every now and again, has to get up above the trees to see the forest – to get above the individualContinue Reading
Power of story
“Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy about your righteousness.” (Psalm 145:7 NLT) Two years ago I spent the week at the local theater with three of my children who were in a live play/musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s book “Till We Have Faces.” TheyContinue Reading
To dust
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. (Psalm 103:13-14 NIV) Today is Ash Wednesday, marking the start of Lent, which lasts for forty days (excluding Sundays) leading up to Easter. Traditionally, LentContinue Reading
Misunderstood
“For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!” (Isaiah 64:4 NLT) Have you ever felt misunderstood? Not just “they didn’t hear what I said,” but “they don’t at understand me at all.”Continue Reading
Deposits make the difference
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go onContinue Reading
Discernment
Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping. Keep your guard up. You’re not the only ones plunged into these hard times. It’s the same with Christians all over the world. So keep a firm gripContinue Reading
Aligned
The Lord works everything together to accomplish his purpose. (Proverbs 16:4 TPT) As a result of a wonderful birthday gift, I once received a lovely massage. In the course of that, my head, neck, and shoulders were brought back into alignment and the tingling in my arms was alleviated –Continue Reading