Exodus prayer for our nation
[Please join me on Sundays in praying for the Church.] God of the Cloud and the Light, You are the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet you do not leave the guilty unpunished. Today we pray youContinue Reading
Rambling prayer
God of All Creation, Today I thank you for everyday things like the breath you put in our lungs, like the sunshine, like the food and water that are generally so readily available. I thank you that you give us a purpose, a future, and hope. I thank you forContinue Reading
Gen Z Revival
[Please join me in praying for young generations and families on Thursdays this year.] This weekend our church is hosting a conference for teens and early-20’s young adults around the theme of being pure. In today’s society “purity” may seem like an old-fashioned concept, but keeping yourself clean from theContinue Reading
Elijah
Elijah was discouraged, exhausted, frustrated, and on the run for his life. Then the word of God came to him: “So Elijah, what are you doing here?” Why does God choose to ask questions when he already knows the answers? “I’ve been working my heart out for the God-of-the-Angel-Armies,” saidContinue Reading
Loved by God
[On Tuesdays this year I plan to focus the prayer on praying for our nation and world.] God of Love, As I write this I am mindful of all those who do not know your love. Maybe they have never heard the Good News, so they can’t believe or callContinue Reading
Missionaries and Earthquakes
[P.S. to this post: Please pray this week for a young couple who are expecting a baby with a severe chromosomal condition. The baby may be stillborn or live a handful of hours, but is not expected to live very long. The 24-year-old mother was advised to end the pregnancy,Continue Reading
Stong Remnant Church
[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
Clutter and Clatter
“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
The Killing Pool
[Please join me in praying for children and families on Thursdays this year.] The following story is taken from Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands from the Taliban by Chad Robichaux, David L. Thomas. Copyright © 2023 by Chad Robichaux, David L. Thomas. “IContinue Reading
Mercy in plagues
“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