“If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not “a little bit of love,” but major surgery. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitorContinue reading “Helping Others”
Category Archives: A word of prayer
God’s Sanctuary
How often I ignore you, even though you dwell in me. Teach me to keep this sanctuary pure for you. Slow me down and teach me to be more aware of your presence, to listen to your voice and follow your will.
The Banquet
The Banquet You enter a banquet hall; before you is a long, beautifully carved wooden table set with fine china, crystal goblets, polished silverware, and linen napkins. You may eat whatever you desire. Perhaps your first choice is a juicy steak, cooked to perfection. With it you may desire a baked potato, loaded with butterContinue reading “The Banquet”
When You Pray
I am grateful, Father, that you know me inside and out, and you love me more than life itself. Thank you for providing for my every need.
Sharing Our Faith
Lord, sometimes we forget that others don’t always want to hear your story, especially if we act as if we know it all. Keep us humbly living our faith Lord, so that others will ask us why we live with love and hope in our hearts. I pray that my actions will make others wantContinue reading “Sharing Our Faith”
Walk but Not Faint
“The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting.” ― Oswald Chambers, Oh, Lord, you know that I’d love to soar! I thank you for showing me that a life of faith is not built on soaring, but on consistently walking, consistently obeyingContinue reading “Walk but Not Faint”
Pleasing God
Lord, thank you for teaching me ways to please you. Teach me to yield to your power to enable me to do your will.
Blood of Christ
Blood of Christ Blood of Christ course through my heart, That I may love like thee, Blood of Christ course through my brain, That I may think like thee. Blood of Christ, nourish my tongue, That it may speak for you, Blood of Christ nourish my eyes, Let them see as you do. Blood ofContinue reading “Blood of Christ”
Running to Jesus
You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run. — Augustine of Hippo Are you rejoicing in His fire and sweetness? Are you running towardContinue reading “Running to Jesus”
A Joyful Heart
Always, Lord? Really? Joyful when I’m sick? When I am disappointed, when I am discouraged? Even when life just isn’t going well? Create in me a joyful heart, Lord, in all circumstances, for you are good, loving, and faithful.
Growing Our Faith Together 