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Now More than Ever Prayer Guide Day 5
Ps 27:13-14 13 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. What a great promise, to “see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living”. ...
Now More Than Ever Prayer Guide Day 4
Ps 27:10-12 10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. 11 Teach me your way, Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. 12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting...
Now More Than Ever Prayer Guide Day 3
Ps 27:7-9 7 Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me. 8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. 9 Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in...
Now More Than Ever Prayer Guide Day 2
Ps 27:4-6 4 One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. 5 For in the day of...
A Season for Truth
The election season has started. Perhaps it never stopped after our last presidential election. But now it’s in full voice, bragging, accusing, spending, spending, spending. And with national elections come the truth squads, the fact-checkers who try to point out...
Now More Than Ever Prayer Guide Day 1
Ps 27, 1-3 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who...
Have You Ever Been a Waiter?
Have you ever been a waiter? If not, you may be a waiter now. I don’t mean you are someone who waits on tables or customers. I mean you may be waiting for something such as the end of this pandemic problem or an answer to a job application. You may be waiting for the...
Prayers We Won’t Pray
Are there prayers you won’t pray? My conviction is that the best way to offer requests to God is to let the Holy Spirit lay matters on our heart. When God leads us in our asking we can be sure He wants to act. When He does act, His will is accomplished; and we are...
God’s Reputation
A church sign near where we live reads, “Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.” It’s an encouraging thought, but I would like to change that sign. I would like for it read something such as “Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of...
Seduction or Persecution?
Most of us have heard something about the persecution faced by Christians in other lands. North Korea, China, India, and Iran are just some of the nations that are notorious for using political, economic, and social pressure to make it difficult to follow the Lord....
Doubting Thomas
Thomas’ mother did not call her son “Doubting Thomas.” But that is what you may have heard him called. You know Thomas. He was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus and was referred to as Thomas Didymus (Thomas the Twin). But through the years he has been weighted down...
The Church’s Casualties
Looking back over the last three months or so, a respected survey group identified about one-third of practicing, church-going Christians as casualties of the COVID 19 pandemic. No, these Christians didn’t die from the disease. Few if any of them had the virus. They...
Is There a Prophet in the House?
Today everyone wants to know how long this pandemic is going to last. So number-crunching, trend-predictors daily try to forecast the good news and bad. History-readers are sure the past is a clue to what will happen in the future. Christians read the future-oriented...
Learning A Trade
What does the word “disciple” mean to you? Jesus referred to His followers as His disciples. In our churches we often use the words “disciple” and “discipleship” to refer to the life of a Jesus-follower. So you may know that a disciple is a learner and discipleship...
Cultural Convulsion
These days we seem to go through a “cultural convulsion” in our land. Physical convulsions occur in our bodies when something goes wrong causing our muscles to contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly. We cannot help ourselves. We often lose consciousness and shake....