Everlasting Father, you are the source of all knowledge, wisdom and grace. Let me stay grounded in your Word, taught by your Holy Spirit, the deposit entrusted to me and the One who seals me as your child. I ask in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because the apostles were eyewitnesses, “So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with … Read more
Almighty God, I depend fully on you. Grant me a heart of generosity, that I may take hold of that which is truly life. Forgive me when I fail you. Lift me when I stumble. I ask in humility, and with reverence for who you are, in the name and authority of Jesus, according to … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because “Martha said to him, ‘I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall … Read more
Lord Jesus, my flesh pulls back in the face of this difficult command to fight the good fight. I avoid conflict. I can not maneuver around this one. Help me stand firm in the face of opposition by the strength of your Holy Spirit. Lord, come to my aid by the protection of your precious … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus is not in the tomb, “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. … Read more
This is the true story of a church in America’s Bible Belt, the First Christian Church in Florissant, Missouri–a church with a meager beginning and record of steady growth for forty-nine years until the weight of sexual abuse charges against a youth minister left it, and its congregation, broken. This is a case history and … Read more
Loving Father, let others see Jesus in me. I ask in His precious name above all others, by His authority greater than any other, and by your good and perfect will. Amen. “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because “‘For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and … Read more
Lord, keep these pursuits ever before me. May I see them as lights at the end of my long road to achieve each one. Don’t allow me to move to the right nor to the left, but to remain focused on becoming the righteous, godly, faithful, loving, steadfast and gentle soul you desire. Search my … Read more
