Romans 13:11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. Dear friends in Christ…Here we are just three short days till Resurrection Sunday. Oh how I wish that this would be the time of a… Read More »
Prayerful Thoughts August 20, 2020 “The Master Craftsman”
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them When I think of the greatest mystery God has ever begun, it has to be His transformational work with each of us. I have seen Him transform the hardest hearts, even… Read More »
Prayerful Thoughts July 23, 2020 The Refreshing
Acts 3:19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, The above verse speaks of our refreshing relationship with our Lord. In the morning I try to set aside a little time to pray. I find it’s more… Read More »
Prayerful Thoughts, June 23, 2020 “The Relentless Love of God”.
Isa 53:3 He is despised and rejected by men, He is a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. We get our first glimpse of the Lord’s heart when we read Genesis 3:9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”. Some would think that God was shouting in… Read More »
Prayerful Thoughts June 18, 2020, Where does our strength come from?
Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God. It’s June 18, 2020 and this morning my heart was extremely heavy for our country. As I read the above verse I am reminded that we serve an awesome God who is all powerful,… Read More »
Prayerful Thoughts, May 28, 2020 “Questions”
John 16:23 And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. When we were little children we had so many questions. Children ask the funniest, yet sometimes profound questions. … Read More »
Prayerful Thoughts, May 21, 2020 The Struggle with Doubts
Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” You can’t help but feel the pain and the honesty in the father’s statement to Jesus when says that he believes, but help me with my unbelief. We have all had times of doubts, even… Read More »
Prayerful Thoughts, May 14, 2020 “Being a Living Sacrifice”
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Reading in Luke chapter 22, Peter asked the Lord if He could follow him. Peter even tells Jesus that he was ready to go with him,… Read More »
Prayerful Thoughts May 1, 2020 “The Compelling of the Lord”
2nd Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; A few weeks ago I taught through chapter 5 of 2nd Corinthians and the fourteenth verse has stuck with me. Where it talks about how “the love of Christ compels us“. There… Read More »
Prayerful Thoughts 04/13/2020 Solitude
Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. It always amazes me when God gives me something that I truly need; I sometimes don’t… Read More »