This weekend I will be going on a vision trip to examine a potential church for our next appointment. I would appreciate your prayers. Wisdom in analyzing the community and the church needs. Wisdom in discerning God’s call. Wisdom in how to be most helpful to the church while I am there. Wisdom for … More Our Next Move
Sunday Evening Musings The glory of bread is that it satisfies. The glory of living water is that it quenches thirst. We do not honor the refreshing, self-replenishing, pure water of a mountain spring by lugging buckets of water up the path to make our contributions from the ponds below. We honor the spring by … More Ours is a God Who Satisfies
For all those who live “Beyond the Honeymoon” Some friends, some of them for 40 years and some of them for two, have been having difficulty in their marriages. I have been exercised in prayer for them and concerned for the health of their families. With a few, I have shared this short article that … More In 1991, My Heart Was Breaking
If you have an elderly friend or parent, or if you are reading this and you happen to be older and slower and less spry than you once were, don’t miss John Stonestreet’s commentary today. Your friend or parent or anyone else who happens to be “shut-in” from as much outside contact with people as … More Thinking of Phyllis and Other Believing “Shut-ins”
On a morning when we woke up to yet another tragedy in Dallas, … On another morning when we were reminded that justice and peace are far from us, … On yet another day when our hope and confidence in the direction of our country has been shaken to the core, … Would you take … More Praise God with Me
Friday is for Heart Songs Found this gem from Brother Andrew today and had to pass it along. Every day of your life is filled with opportunity for dynamic work in the Kingdom of God if we only choose to obey what we know already. I have added a note in brackets and a bold … More Have a Guided-by-Jesus Day
Wednesday is for Prayer I have so much to learn. Here’s the story of a young man who can teach every pastor some sobering, helpful, and Christ-honoring truth. We don’t have to be M’Cheyne. We don’t have to practice his model. But certainly the principle of meeting with Jesus in the first part of the day … More Beginning the Day with Jesus
Saturday Afternoon Musings The garden is fenced in and ready for planting. The front driveway is edged and looking crisp. The compost pile is heating up and in the raised bed “greenhouse” the lettuce, spinach, onions, beets have all broken the surface while the carrots are still stalling their appearance. So after tending the garden it was … More Why Pray this Way?
An excerpt from the book, Experience the Passion of Christ. Today is a day of meditation and prayer. I will be reading about the events of the last hours of Christ on the cross, thinking and praying about the messages I will give this afternoon and evening at Ashkum (4 PM) and Watseka (7 … More Good Friday: The Great Exchange
Thursday is for Preaching The language is from another time. The spelling is from another place. The truth behind the quote is trans-cultural and timeless. “A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in his own soul. And he that doth not feed on and thrive in the digestion of the … More Preparing to Preach Easter
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