Psalm 40:11-12; Psalm 100:5 {Prayer} “Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD; may your love and your truth always protect me. For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me” Psalm…
Romans 6:1-11 {Prayer} This past Thursday, our nation celebrated her Independence. 248 years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed. The Declaration of Independence showed the unity of the colonies in wanting to sever all ties with Great Britain and that the United States was her own country. …
Lamentations 3:22-33 {Prayer} For a moment, imagine a tranquil scene that easily be turned into a puzzle. The scene contains a still lake. The surface of the lake is like a mirror that is reflecting the fiery oranges and pinks of the beginning of a magnificent sunrise. Along the lake, there is a…
Mark 4:35-41 {Prayer} A simple little journey, a routine trip, a trip that you make every single day … one little thing different happens and that physical journey turns into a spiritual journey. For example, driving to and from work, a trip that you make every single day, and one day a…
Mark 4:26-34 {Prayer} We are currently living in the midst of this “mysterious middle.” Who would have thought to be here in the middle of June and still be planting the spring crops? With a late planting, the question of what the final harvest will look like. With a late planting, there can…
Colossians 4:7-18 {Prayer} When people hurt us … we can do what Miss Havisham did. For those who don’t know her, she is a lady in Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations. Deserted by her fiancé just prior to her wedding, how did she respond? Well, she closed all the blinds in the house,…
Colossians 4:2-6 {Prayer} In a small, little quaint town, nestled back in the heart of Germany, there once lived a skilled clockmaker named Hans. Hans was very well known throughout the region for his precision and dedication to his craft. One day, a visitor from a distant land was passing through the…
Ezekiel 37:1-14 {Prayer} Dead end! Just think about those words for just a moment. Dead end. Those have to be two of the most ominous words out there. Dead. End. There is the dead end of bankruptcy. The dead end of cancer. The dead end of depression. The dead end of sexual…
Ezekiel 48:30-35 {Prayer} Mushers, mushers are people who drive sled dogs. Mushers train their dogs to endure races in the cold, arctic wilderness. But no matter the amount of training, during some long races, like the Alaskan Itarod, some dogs get hurt. Others become exhausted. Still other dogs lose interest in running for…
Ezekiel 47:1-12 {Prayer} There are parts of the United States that some people refer to as “fly over country.” This area is pretty much anything between the Ohio River Valley and the Rocky Mountains. And it’s labeled this because some people don’t see these areas as being very exciting. Some have the impression…