“You can do more than pray after you have prayed; but you can never do more than pray until you have prayed.” A.J. Gordon I am so excited to share this prayer journal download with you, that I could not wait until after Christmas. I have been working hard to get it ready for the …
A Song of Commitment
If you are like me, you have spent the weekend after Thanksgiving contemplating gifts for loved ones, and possibly gathering a few at sale price. Picking the perfect gift for each dear friend and family member drives me to great lengths because of my relationship with them. To be honest, though, not every gift given …
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! I pray your holiday is a wonderful time of reflection for all the Lord has given you. For many, this can be a sad time. Life does not plan around holidays. But the truth that sustains us, even in tragedy or grief, is who God is, how He is always with us, and …
A Song of His Presence
As much as I remember that only God can change the course and direction of this world, Election Day always presents itself with a sliver of hope to my heart. Maybe this time, someone with morals and ethics and integrity will come and turn this sinful nation around. Anyone else? Then, I remember what kind …
A Song of Faith
There are occasions when life just does not make sense and there seems to be no solid ground to even find your footing. Have you ever wondered if God sees and knows what you are facing? Has your faith faltered in a moment of crisis? Jairus’ story is noted three times in the Gospels. Mark’s …
A Song of Peace for the Battle
The Garden of Gethsemane (If you’ve been reading my writings for a while, you may recognize this from several years ago. As I read Psalm 55 this morning, I felt led to share it again today. I also shared a song that was from my cd at the end.) There is a jeweled treasure box …
Songs of Deliverance
I accidentally went to Canada yesterday. Canada is a beautiful country that I would love to return to another day. However, it was not my intended destination for that day. How did I find myself in another country accidentally, you may ask? My GPS told me to turn at the light. I turned at the …
A Song of Invitation
Someone asked me recently what the difference was between what their religion taught and what I was sharing with them from the Bible. We both believed that Jesus died on the cross. We both believed that doing right was important. We both understood that there was a God in heaven who created all things and …
A Song of Persistent Praise
David's song is filled with raw emotion. Who is asking where his God is? His tears. William Cowper (pronounced Cooper), a friend of John Newton in the early 1800’s, wrote several well-known hymns we still sing today. “There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood” and “God Moves in Mysterious Ways” are two of the songs …
Anchoring Hope
Hebrews 6:18-20That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the …
His Song in the Night 