Prayer: Begin With The End In Mind

Today, we continue our series on prayer, and on being identified with Christ, with a prayer from the Sarum Primer. The Sarum Primer is a collection of prayers first published in 1514. And, while today’s prayer is only one of the collection, it is often simply...

Prayer: The Clarity And Faith Of Hezekiah

It is 701 BC. Hezekiah is king of the southern Kingdom of Judah. “Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before or after his time. He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he...

The Psalm As Prayer: Longing For God

Psalm 63 has two parts. The first part of the Psalm is our prayer today (v 1-8).  David is in the desert of Judah, fleeing under threat of death.  The precise circumstances are not clear, nor are they important.  Despite David’s circumstances, the...

The Psalm As Prayer: The Lord Is My Shepherd

The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16 NLT We continue our series on being identified with Christ, and on prayer as a key component of that walk. Prayer is communication for Christians. And God loves it when...

Greater Love Has No Man

Greater love has no one that this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” John 13:15 NKJV Today we honor all those who have given their lives in the service of our Nation. We give thanks for their generosity, faithfulness, and sacrifice. We also...

The Seventh Day

For in six days the Lord made the heaven, earth, and sea, and everything in them, and rested the seventh day; so he blessed the Sabbath day and set it aside for rest. Exodus 20:11 TLB On the sixth day, when God had finished creating the earth, “He looked over...