Genesis 18:1-14 {Prayer} Ever tell a joke which you thought was great one and all you got in response was crickets? Seems to happen to me all the time … unless I’m telling a joke to one of my kids. They seem to be about the only ones who laugh with me … at…
Luke 10:1-20 {Prayer} In light of one of this summer’s blockbuster movies, Jurassic World Dominion, where the people in the movie have to try to manage living a life where dinosaurs are living amongst them, which needless to say is not an ideal setting, I came across a quote from Mark Gungor which says,…
1 Kings 19:9b-21 {Prayer} People who are perfectionists tend to see the world in a little bit different way than others. For the perfectionist, almost everything is black and white. The gray area of life is very minimal. We perfectionists often feel like we are superhuman, that we are invincible, and able to…
Luke 8:26-39 {Prayer} Around the beginning of the year, my e-mail and mail is flooded with promotional material from our health insurance company encouraging us to sign up for a program which will help us lead a healthier lifestyle. Whether it is this program our health insurance pushes or if it is some other…
John 8:48-59 {Prayer} “Who do you think you are?” Ever have that question asked to you? If you have, its probably because of something you said or something you did which the other person really didn’t like. In asking that question, they are essentially questioning your authority, they’re questioning who gave you the right…
Acts 1:12-26 {Prayer} Back quite a few years ago when my niece was about Faith’s age, Jessica and I asked her what it was that she wanted for her birthday. She told us … “I don’t know. I’m in this in between age. At times I like dolls, but other times I want something…
John 16:22-33 {Prayer} Music and art … individually and collectively, they have a way of bringing out, of expressing the sorrow of life, the hardness and darkness which comes with the various struggles of life which we experience. Music and art have a way of cutting to the heart, to the core of an…
John 16:12-22 {Prayer} How many of you like riddles? I like them mainly because they make you think. So in light of that, let’s try a couple of riddles shall we? If you know the answer, go ahead and say it. Riddle number one. “There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow…
Revelation 7:9-17 {Prayer} One of my favorite things to do on a summer vacation is to go jet skiing. When we head up and visit our friends in Nebraska, we always end up on the lake. On the lake, I’m given the keys to a jet ski with a full tank of gas and…
John 21:1-14 {Prayer} The resurrection of Jesus … a big deal right. Paul tell us in 1 Corinthians 15, the great resurrection chapter of the Bible it is sometimes referred to as, he tells us that “if Christ had not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith” (15:14). A few…