Where God’s love is, there is no fear, because God’s perfect love takes away fear. (1 John 4:18 ERV) Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. (Proverbs 3:4 NIV) Fear is a strange thing. Like the air we breathe, we may not notice it. Or it may smother us.Continue Reading

(Perhaps you, too, have been concerned about the state of our state, nation, and world and have struggled to know how to pray. Evangelist Mario Murillo wrote the following article I lightly edited, and I wrote the prayer. I invite you use this to pray fervently for our world.) Do not fear [anything],Continue Reading

[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] I’ve probably heard this song before, but when I heard it in a new context last weekend it caught my heart in a different way. Today, would you join me in praying for parents whoContinue Reading

“The rarest treasures of life are found in his truth.  That’s why God’s Word is prized like others prize the finest gold.  Sweeter also than honey are his living words— sweet words dripping from the honeycomb!”  (Psalm 19:10 TPT) I have been trying to work through a 21 day prayerContinue Reading

God, my God! Why would you abandon me now? Why do you remain distant,     refusing to answer my tearful cries in the day     and my desperate cries for your help in the night?     I can’t stop sobbing.     Where are you, my God? (Psalm 22:1-2 TPT) Alone. ThereContinue Reading