Gratitude, A Prayer

Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20 ICB Our prayer today: Father, I thank you this morning for the abundance in my life. My abundance list is so infinitely longer than the list of things I...

KAOS

In the long running parody TV series Get Smart, Agent 86 is tasked with thwarting KAOS, an international organization of evil. Can there be any better parody of the Christian’s life today?  On this Shabbat, the world is in KAOS. Much of it governed by...

Prayer: Incessant, Insistent, Relentless, and Expectant

And we are sure of this, that he will listen to us whenever we ask him for anything in line with his will. And if we really know he is listening when we talk to him and make our requests, then we can be sure that he will answer us. 1 John 5:14-15 TLB Prayer is a...

Pray From God’s Perspective

Pray not simply on the basis of intercession, but for redemption. Not for someone to simply be “patched up,” but to be carried completely through into contact with the very life of God. To become identified with Christ. Put yourself in God’s place,...

Augustine Succumbs To Prayer

Strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf. Romans 15:30 ESV Could persistent, seemingly unanswered, prayer be a means of grace in your life? In the lives of others? Augustine (also “Augustine of Hippo” and “Saint Augustine”)...