a dwelling place for you is having a lazy boy, a bag a chips, a soda and the remote. That is where you are most comfortable, where you can settle down – and sometimes, as this verse also says – take root. Sometimes your wives wonder if you are ever...
For this reason also, since the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,Amplified BibleFor this reason, since the day we heard about it, we have not stopped ...
Think of it and read verse 20 with it in mind. Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think… Take that impossible situation of yours and ask God for a solution. You don’t have to be able to say, “God, here’s how this could work out....
T should be for tardiness cos I’ve fallen behind in my A to Z Challenge, but today T is actually for Tallaght. My beloved home town Tallaght has had a bad rap over the years, but I for one am proud to have been born and bred there. I was brought up in St. Maelruan’s Park,...
Think for a moment. How do you feel when someone expresses faith in you? When another trusts you and has faith in your gifts, are you not enlarged, empowered, and more willing to offer your gifts? Perhaps the reason why Jesus urges his followers to have faith, why he shakes his head ...
How do you pray through a psalm when it calls for God’s judgment upon his enemies? Dr. Whitney:Yes, those Imprecatory Psalms! This is not the place for a lengthy treatment on interpreting them, though ultimately I think we put all the Psalms—in one way or another—in the mouth of...
As you see, in addition to the daily Scripture and prayer prompts, there is a weekly devotional, just for moms.And…for the spring edition of My Book of Prayer,I am one of the contributing writers! I love the Scripture that I was assigned to write about so much, and I thought my me...
And I pray we contemplate a bible verse in part; my husband prewrote for his funeral service. Of course, since he was agnostic, you can see the power God instilled in him through the song of the Byrds “A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance”...
to my seminary quest wasn't "No," but "Not now, not this way." He had his own way of leading me. And it was very good. I can't think of another seminary in the country that would have prepared me better for a cross-denominational ministry of Bible teaching. God knew. I didn'...
Finally, communion with animals reflected my desire for union with God. To cross the chasm from one species to another and find communion and a sense of mutual respect and regard seemed to mirror my longing to connect with God. To establish a connection, an understanding, however slight with...