2 Chronicles 14:1-7; 16:1-13 {Prayer} “Finish strong! Don’t quit! Don’t give up!” Those words ring loud and clear in the ears of any athlete, of any runner especially. I used to hear those words when I was lifting weights in high school and when I was doing cross training workouts back in Nebraska.…
1 Corinthians 10:6-13 {Prayer} One of the most prevalent causes of automobile accidents is that of distracted drivers. Distractions occur when a driver takes their eyes off the road to look at something else. It could be the deer in the field, it could be the person sitting next to you, it could…
Joel 2:12-13 {Prayer} In our more contemporary society, we don’t really encounter ashes. We live in a culture which sanitizes pretty much everything. Anything unsightly, like ashes, have been removed from view. At one time, vehicles use to come with ash trays and cigarette lighters, but now there is a USB port and…
Luke 23:44-49 {Prayer} Have you ever noticed how when people tell you directions, they tend to either use landmarks or science? The landmark people are the ones who tell you what you “can’t miss.” “Just turn right after you cross the bridge, go down that road until you get to a grey electrical box…
Luke 22:7-23 {Prayer} She had a tattoo. There, on the upper part of her back, just over her shoulder blade. At times, it looked more like a scar than a tattoo. It was only one color. She had it done before tattoos were fashionable. And her tattoo, dark blue scratches making the shape of…
John 12:12-19 {Prayer} Re-enactments. Re-enactments are a popular thing which allow people to observe, to recapture the moment, the experience an event from the past. Walk into Silver Dollar City in Branson and you are taken back to the olden days of blacksmiths, horse and buggy, saloons and other frontier living conditions. Visit Gettysburg,…
Luke 22:63-23:25 {Prayer} We live in a world of trials. Turn on the television and, frequently, some major trial is underway. We’ve had O.J. Simpson, Timothy McVeigh, the Unabomber, Kobe Bryant, Scott Peterson, Michael Jackson, Saddam Hussein … you can almost chronicle the passage of time by watching the major cases and trials on…
Luke 22:54-62 {Prayer} Have you ever been caught by surprise in a store? Let’s say one morning your son’s car won’t start, so you get up and drive him into an early morning practice. You haven’t had time to shower or put on anything decent. On your way home, you decide to stop by…
John 18:1-11 {Prayer} January 17, 2004 … that is when a sixty-six-ton sperm whale died and was beached on the southwestern coast of Taiwan. Two weeks later, authorities decided to truck the dead whale to a lab where they could do an autopsy. It took fifty men and three lifting cranes a total of…