a truth from Scripture came to mind. In Matthew 6:5-15, Jesus is teaching His disciples how to properly pray without hypocrisy. They were instructed to personally and privately pray to the Father in secret. They were told to go into their closet (private room) ...
A powerful spoken record now exists of what God has done through your prayers. You may also share PrayOuts by text from your smartphone to the person you are praying for to remind them to listen to your prayers for them. How do you think your wife, husband, children, or pastor will be...
Community is not an organization; community is a way of living: you gather around you people with whom you want to proclaim the truth that we are the beloved sons and daughters of God.”– Henri Nouwen One unique aspect of our simple church is that we have two small children in our ...
How to Teach Your Children the Value of Giving this Christmas - Bonus Episode with Everyday Prayers December 18, 2024 - 40 min In this special episode from Everyday Prayers, host Brook McGlothlin sits down with Kristy Graham, host of On the Ground with Samaritan’s Purse. In this...
First I do want to thank everyone for their prayers for the person who has shared our home for the past 4 years and I’ve known since age 5. In her struggle for life she found “healthcare is good if you never need it!” She never needed it before, but when she had developed pro...
My church had set aside children, shunted us off from the sanctuary to sing our songs in a tiny chapel far removed from the meeting for worship. They were unable to see in children the theological partners they needed. There in junior church, we were invisible – entrusted to the care of...
Human beings are created with a fundamental need for a sense of security (the inner knowledge that I can rest in trust). Because we are created as God's own children, we can never achieve a sense of security without knowing and depending on God's trustworthiness. To Hope is to embrace ...
It’s certainly important—especially for children and teenagers—to get plenty of sleep at night. But it’s also critical to incorporate rest into our lives. After all, God modeled this for us in Genesis. “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And ...
Pray anAct of Perfect Contrition, that’s what! Then go to confession as soon as you’re able. “Perfect contrition is sorrow for sin arising from perfect love. In perfect contrition thesinnerdetests sin more than any other evil, because it offends God, who is supremely good and deserv...
How to Teach Your Children the Value of Giving this Christmas - Bonus Episode with Everyday Prayers December 18, 2024 - 40 min In this special episode from Everyday Prayers, host Brook McGlothlin sits down with Kristy Graham, host of On the Ground with Samaritan’s Purse. In this...