Prayer
Contended Prayers
I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. Colossians 2:1 NIV I want you to know how much I have agonized for you… (NLT) For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you… (ESV) I want you to realize that I continue to work as hard as I know how for you… The Message As you…
Dream A Little
In the month of September our family celebrated two birthdays. Those are special times aren’t they? God’s grace has allowed each of us these many years and more specifically this day to get to know Him better and to make Him known to a world that lives as if He doesn’t exist. Some folks hate it when the next birthday rolls around because it reminds them of how “old” they…
Onward Christian Soldiers
The name Patrick Henry is not a new one to most of us, but I’m afraid that our children and grandchildren may know nothing about him. He was a famous statesman and orator of colonial Virginia. In 1764 he was elected to the House of Burgesses where he became a champion of the frontier people, supporting their rights against the arrogant exercise of power by the…
Headed To The Closet
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. – Matthew 6:6 KJV When Jesus said that you are to “enter into thy closet” was He actually telling you to get up every morning, open the closet door, shove all your shoes and…
God, Can We Talk?
“In the course of time, David inquired of the Lord. ‘Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?’ he asked. The Lord said, ‘Go up.’ David asked, ‘Where shall I go?’ ‘To Hebron,’ the Lord answered. So David went up…” 2 Samuel 2:1-2a The story of David in the Old Testament is a remarkable one. David was the youngest of eight sons, yet Samuel the prophet priest anoints him…
Dependance Day
July is the month of independence in the life of our nation [233rd Birthday], but in the life of the believer it is time for dependence upon God. The society in which we live is a runaway train moving toward destruction without any concern for God or His precious words of direction for us. There is no standard of righteousness today in the nation as a whole. Crime in the…
A House Of…?
“…The Most High does not live in houses made by men. As the prophet says: ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? says the Lord…’” (Acts 7:48-49) Join me in visualizing the Lord God standing before our church this coming Sunday morning and asking the question: “What kind of house will you build for Me?” How would we,…