We ask that You will bless us in our private and public worship on this holy Sunday. May Your blessing rest upon all worshiping assemblies of Your people. May this be a day of spiritual renewal in all the churches. Bless all Sunday schools. May Your grace fill the heart of every teache...
This Easter day, the resurrection of Jesus reminds us that God makes all things new. He has given us the same resurrection power to live free from sin and to receive eternal life. Offering Easter prayers of blessing is one of the most powerful ways to remember the ultimate sacrifice of Jes...
“It’s been a blessing,” he said of his weekly gig. He was interviewed at his log cabin in the outskirts of Nashville where he rehearsed before the Sunday service with sheet music and scripture. “It’s not like I got a board of elder...
THUS said the blessed Jesus: "No man can come to Me except the Father which hath sent Me draw him." The persecuted, disheartened disciples of Jesus, who were held captive in the bonds of ignorance as with iron fetters, and in their own esteem were lying in the deep dungeons of their ...
Today’s lesson from Scripture, however, has nothing to do with protection from germs and generally avoiding infection. Instead it has to do with what is happening inside the heart and soul of an individual. That’s whererealcleanliness is to be found. Or not. It is all very well to be...
Ever blessing the Lord, we sing His Resurrection, for having endured the Cross for us, He has destroyed death by death.” -Oxford Prayer Book. Whether you're looking for a prayer to use at an Easter church service or an Easter dinner prayers with your loved ones, prayer is a meaningful...
This made me think about “blessing”. I understand God as the one who blesses not man. He is the one with the storehouse of goodness and in His grace rains (and in this case, snows) those good things down on us. I wondered… how can WE bless the Lord, isn’t He the One who...
In Gone, Dr. Parsley skillfully paints a portrait of the three most important days in history, weaving the individual perspectives of those involved together with rich insights from Scripture and history, like the many threads of a beautiful tapestry. I found myself entering into their stories an...
Enos 1:2, 4Notice some key phrases: “I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God” and “my soul hungered”. In Genesis 32 we read that Jacob “wrestled all night with a messenger of God” in order to receive a blessing. We’re going to read...