Dear Lord, As I close this day, I come to you with a heart full of gratitude. Thank you for your love and provision throughout my life. Thank you for the blessings of family, friends, and health. Thank you for the beauty of the world around me. ...
these beautiful poems are as real and raw as any words we find in the Bible. The Psalmists didn’t pull any punches when they wrote these songs to God. They questioned his goodness and his care for those who believed
Let’s seek God’s comfort and strength for them, trusting that He watches over each of us and holds our families close. Here's an example of a morning prayer for those who mean the most to us: Father, thank you for the blessing of a family. Today, please keep the enemy at bay....
King Herod the Great (infamous for the murders of his wife Mariamne and sons, as well as the Massacre of the Innocents recorded in the Bible) is known to have hadMala Cumanapacked and shipped 1500 miles to his palace fortress at Masada [1B][3][4]. Luxury Fruit PlazaFresh, based in ...
The lectionary Bible study group meets on Wednesdays. They gather to look at our preaching passages and had a field day with this one. This text seemed out of place compared to the stories of angels appearing and announcing good news of impending births and the promise of a coming deliverer...
Because of the pandemic and the shelter-in-place order I have not been able to gather together with a number of other believers for almost three months. And, neither have you. Sure, we have had online worship, Zoom bible studies and prayer meetings, and telephone conversations. Perhaps indiv...
Years ago, a faithful member of my congregation sidled up to me after Communion and cracked, “The service was great, but the portions were small.” I laughed. And then I didn’t. So, let me ask, what’s up with equal-sized portions, little cubes of pre-cut bread, precisely measure...
He begins a prayer in chapter 1, then leaves it in praise of Christ. He concludes the prayer at the end of chapter 3 and caps it off with a wonderful doxology.As I was trying to prepare a list of the great prayers of the Bible, first one then the other of these prayers was on ...
around the room and ask each person to pick a word from below that will help them overcome issue they are struggling with on the first frame. Ask them to get out their phones or Bibles and share a Bible verse that goes with that word. This is the verse they will hold on to this ...
I love your blog. It Inspires me as a woman, mother and human being.. that being said, I would like to share with you something very emotional and extremely close to my heart, of which I think can relate with your book, you have written. ...