2024-06-27
Paradoxes of Prayer
Let me share with you some of the paradoxes we all are learning about prayer. Prayer is easy, even a child can do it.
Read more..Let me share with you some of the paradoxes we all are learning about prayer. Prayer is easy, even a child can do it.
Read more..“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” Isaiah 55:6
Read more..Prayer: Thank you, Jesus, for taking us through the process of life. We long for your healing and your renewal of all your people, however you choose to pour it out on us. May your Kingdom come. We love you, Amen.
Read more..Let me pose a few question. If God is able to place the stars in their sockets and suspend the sky like a curtain, do you think it is remotely possible that he is able to guide your life?
Read more..How important is grace? Paul said that God's grace and telling others about that grace were more important than his own life! In fact, sharing God's grace with others no matter the cost was Paul's life!
Read more..When I became a Christian at age 22, I thought church was only for perfect people. “The church is not a museum for saints but a hospital for sinners.” says author Brennan Manning
Read more..No matter what we go through in life, God will cause it to work together for our good. Prayer: Lord, help me to always remember daily that all things are indeed working together for my good, because I love you. Amen.
Read more..Are you so focused on what you don’t have that you’re blind to what you do?
Read more..God uses flawed and fumbling folk on earth to be His hands and feet. Sometimes we are the ones He encourages to get out there in a ministry, and at other times He graces us with others to minister to us.
Read more..Friend, when it comes to prayer, nothing is greater or more important! God wants to talk with you, if you just take the time.
Read more..No one ever says, "Today, I think I'll try to develop a hardened heart of stone." Such things enter our souls through stealth.
Read more..Do you If you feel unknown and overlooked? ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine’” Isaiah 43:1
Read more..Our friends need a flood of tears. Our children need to be covered in the oil of our love. But if we haven’t received these things ourselves,
Read more..The call to imitate God sounds impossible. Yet, just as a small child imperfectly mimics a parent’s actions, disciples of Jesus copy him. These verses in Ephesians contain a key way to imitate God: walk in love.
Read more..Mercy, Not Wrath. The church was created not to fulfill God's wrath, but to complete His mercy. True prayer is born of love and comes in the midst of need.
Read more..The world's wisdom, great as it may be cannot begin to measure up to the divine wisdom available to one who faithfully reads, studies, and meditates upon God's Word
Read more..What happened to Lot. He allowed little sins in his life to go unchecked. They weren’t major, shocking kinds of sins--just “little” sins. But they were steadily eroding his moral character, until finally the sordid incident recorded here burst the dam.
Read more..How often do we ignore the “small sins” that seem to be of minimal importance?
Read more..This is Love: “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:10
Read more..Our lives, our futures, and our plans are in God's hands. This inescapable reality is the basis of our existence. It is also the foundation of our joy and refreshment when we are with each other.
Read more..Strike a match, burn brightly, light the way for someone near you today. "let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16b
Read more..The sentence, "Like a rose, trampled on the ground", gave me such a clear word picture of what Jesus went through for us
Read more..Many people know the hymn, “Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.” The melody soothes, the words bring hope. But like many familiar pieces of verse, Louisa Stead’s words can easily slip like quicksilver off our lips without lodging in our hearts and minds.
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