Cannot churches learn from this advice? Oh, that they would all be willing to submit to a third-party review of policies and practices as outlined in this article: https://tcpca.org/rice-report. There is hope and healing for the wounded church and for the abused victims. Abuse cannot be shrugged off. “Pastor Jimmy turned this information into a … Read more
Lord Jesus, strengthen my resolve and faith to follow you with a commitment as solid as Ruth’s to Naomi. May others see you in me as I go about my daily walk. Forgive me where I fail you, Lord. Put my feet on the way you want me to go. Your Holy Spirit is my … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year … Read more
I come to your mercy seat humbly and with reverence for who you are, Father, to ask that you keep my feet from stumbling. I can’t quite wrap my head around the profound joy I will know when I am presented blameless before the presence of your glory and seeing the joy of the Lord … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because God explains His issue with His people turning to other gods, “Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord, for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns … Read more
Jimmy Hinton turned my head to another way of thinking with his perspective. He wrote about how his father chose victims in the book, The Devil Inside. I thought the grooming activities were the red flags of a pedophile’s technique, but abuse could have already begun by the time those become evident. The church body … Read more
Increase the mercy in my heart, Father God. Pour your loving kindness through me in the face of wrath. Rebuke the evil one, Father. Come to the aid of your children. Focus our attention on the Lord. Place your hedge of protection around your servants. Guard our hearts and minds through your Word. I pray … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because Isaiah prayed, “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil—to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!” (Isaiah 64: … Read more
Lord, give us holy boldness to contend for the faith and the purity of your bride, the church. Don’t allow the influence of false teaching to turn us from the true gospel and salvation. Give us discernment to notice the perverted teaching and the grace to lovingly stand against it. The days approach your day … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because God rewards us when we see to the needs of the hungry and afflicted, “And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do … Read more