Scrambled
For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. (1 Corinthians 14:33 NKJV) God, there’s a lot of messiness in the world today – confusion, hurt, pain, and struggle in individual lives. Confusion as to what is right and wrong. People confused as toContinue Reading
“I Hear America Singing”
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.(1 Peter 4:10 NIV) Eleven-Eleven. Veteran’s Day, timed to remember the World War 1 armistice, but designed to help us remember the military veterans among us. We haveContinue Reading
Continuing
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.And what does the Lord require of you?To act justly and to love mercyand to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8 NIV) Now that the election is over, we must continue to pray for the nation and the Church. One setContinue Reading
Inferno or grace?
“I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity.” – God(Psalm 75:2 NIV) The other day I was reading a small piece of the beginning of Dante’s Inferno. If you are familiar with the story, you know that it is an allegory that depicts different layers of hellContinue Reading
The Presence makes the difference
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39 NIV) If you read myContinue Reading
“If my people…” on November 6
However, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, search for me, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear their prayer from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their country. (2 Chronicles 7:14 GW) “So, what do we do on November 6?”Continue Reading
Election day mercy
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (Romans 12:12 NIV) Sunday our pastor preached a “Election Day Sermon,” in the vein of Jonathan Edwards’s”Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” God has given our pastor a gifting and anointing to bring Kingdom principles to ungodly places, includingContinue Reading
Persist in prayer
Do not put your trust in princes,in human beings, who cannot save.When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;on that very day their plans come to nothing.Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,whose hope is in the Lord their God. (Psalm 146: 3-5 NIV) Pray. Research.Continue Reading
Prayer for Legislatures
Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. (1 Timothy 6:11 NLT) Pray. Research. Vote early, and encourage other godly people to vote. The Presidential/Vice Presidential election is forefront in every newscast. But races for federal and state legislature positions are crucial, too, as theContinue Reading
Integrity in voting
May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you. (Psalm 25:21 NIV) Although millions have already cast their ballots, the people of Jesus’s Church must continue to pray for the voting process in our nation. God of the Universe and God of our lives, We pray you would causeContinue Reading