Good Morning Friends, “Why me, Lord?” is one of the most honest prayers a believer ever prays. It’s the cry that rises when life wounds us, when God’s plans bewilder us, or when His calling feels heavier than our strength. Scripture never shames this question, it sanctifies it. The Bible shows that “Why me, Lord?” … Continue reading Why Me, Lord?
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When God Interrupts Your Plans, Do You Treat It As An Inconvenience Or As An Invitation Into His Will?
Good Morning Friends, Yesterday I viewed a YouTube video. It was about a Pastor at an airport flummoxed by flight cancellations and long lines, only to discover that the situation was a wonderful opportunity to engage others in a ministry of peace including his own. We often assume that God works through the orderly, the … Continue reading When God Interrupts Your Plans, Do You Treat It As An Inconvenience Or As An Invitation Into His Will?
Are the Hymns We Sing Forming Us Into People of Resurrection Hope, Kingdom Imagination, and Christ‑Shaped Love?
Good Morning Friends, Hymns are one of the great gifts of the Christian tradition. They are not decorative additions to worship but carriers of the church’s memory, teaching us to pray, hope, lament, and imagine the world made new. They lodge in the heart long after sermons fade, becoming companions in suffering and tutors in … Continue reading Are the Hymns We Sing Forming Us Into People of Resurrection Hope, Kingdom Imagination, and Christ‑Shaped Love?
What Part Of Your Life Still Resists The Gentle, Relentless Pressure Of Christ’s Lordship?
Good Morning Friends, Yesterday I recommended to you a book by Harry Emerson Fosdick and today I have another recommendation for you. It is the book by Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest. And it still grips readers today nearly a century after it was first published. It refuses to flatter us. It refuses to soften … Continue reading What Part Of Your Life Still Resists The Gentle, Relentless Pressure Of Christ’s Lordship?
What Are The Three Meanings Of Prayer?
Good Morning, I have a book by Harry Emerson Fosdick in my library that I inherited from my Grandfather. It was originally published in 1915 and I just recently picked it up to read and wanted to share some of its insights with you this morning. Fosdick once wrote that “Prayer is not a technique but a soul’s … Continue reading What Are The Three Meanings Of Prayer?
How Does The Green Tree, The Dry Tree, And The Labor Of Jesus On The Cross Reveal The Heart Of God?
Good Morning Friends, Some of Jesus’ most mysterious words come not in His parables, but on the road to His crucifixion. As He carries the cross, He turns to the weeping women of Jerusalem and speaks of a green tree and a dry tree, a riddle that opens into the whole drama of divine wrath, human rebellion, covenant … Continue reading How Does The Green Tree, The Dry Tree, And The Labor Of Jesus On The Cross Reveal The Heart Of God?
Where Is God Calling You To Receive His Discipline So That Your Words Become Instruments Of Peace Rather Than Sparks Of Destruction?
Good Morning Friends, Some fires burn down forests. Others burn down friendships and families. Scripture teaches that unkind and thoughtless speech can be one of those fires, a spark that spreads quickly, fueled by undisciplined speech and an undisciplined heart. Proverbs warns us that gossip keeps conflict alive. Paul warns Timothy that idleness leads to wandering … Continue reading Where Is God Calling You To Receive His Discipline So That Your Words Become Instruments Of Peace Rather Than Sparks Of Destruction?
How Do We Balance The Need For Both Religion And Spirituality In An Ever-Changing Culture?
Good Morning Friends, Some argue that Jesus came to initiate a New Covenant, not to improve the Old Covenant. Jesus came to give us new life, not to change our old life. And to some extent that is true. But the mystery is deeper. Life with Christ is not like putting patches on an old, … Continue reading How Do We Balance The Need For Both Religion And Spirituality In An Ever-Changing Culture?
Do You Know What Happens in the Darkness?
Good Morning Friends, At the crucifixion, Mark tells us something astonishing: “And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.” (Mark 15:33) Noon, normally the brightest moment of the day, became night. For three hours, creation itself dimmed. The Light of the World hung dying, and the world responded … Continue reading Do You Know What Happens in the Darkness?
Have You Ever Prayed Your Way Through Doubt That Becomes A Doorway?
Good Morning Friends, Psalm 73 is one of Scripture’s most honest portraits of doubt in the Bible, not the polite kind, but the kind that shakes your footing. Asaph doesn’t hide it. He names it. He wrestles with it. And he prays his way through it. Here is a devotional that follows his journey and helps … Continue reading Have You Ever Prayed Your Way Through Doubt That Becomes A Doorway?
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