573 archives found for "Prayer"

Life is full of ups and downs because we are human.  When we remember that Jesus said, “I am with you” our perspective changes radically. Instead of bemoaning our circumstances we can look to him for help. The reassurance of God’s presence and the glorious hope of heaven is the perspective [...]

In praying Scripture, I have not only find myself in intimate communication with God, but my mind is being renewed to think His thoughts about the situation for which I am praying, instead of my own thoughts. Ultimately, God shrinks the situation that I thought was overwhelming and impossible to a [...]

We often go through seasons in our prayer lives where we do not take the time to read and meditate on God’s Word or to pray intentionally for our grandchildren or ourselves, as we should. We may pray, but our prayers may become humdrum, repetitive, or pointless. That was my experience a number of [...]

During the Christmas season, we not only enjoy the beautiful lights we also enjoy the smells of Christmas. We enjoy the fragrance of a live recently cut tree Christmas tree when we walk into a house.             There is also the fragrance of the holiday-scented candles or spicy [...]

As I was looking at the forlorn misshapen tree standing in the snow on the cover of a book I was reading last week, I was reminded of the Christmas tree we had at my house when I was a child.   When I was six years old, my parents did not have much money to spend at Christmas. In order for my [...]

 As Veteran’s day approaches, we are reminded of our military families and those who have served our country in the military. There are many U.S. troops in our military deployed all over the world leaving families back home and don’t hear the laughter of their loved ones. They only have [...]

The retail stores are reminding us that Christmas is coming soon so it’s not too early to get started with your Christmas shopping. It is hard to believe that Christmas is only 55 days from now. Here is an excellent suggestion for the grandparents of your children or your friends who are [...]

 Noah was a righteous and blameless man, among the people of his time, and he walked with God. God saw that the earth was filled with corruption, violence and depravity however, Noah did all that the Lord commanded him to do.¹  Since creation, it had not rained on the earth but God told Noah to [...]

As we are in the autumn season, I was reminded of my childhood, growing up on a wheat farm in Oklahoma. In the summer after the wheat harvest, my father would prepare the soil for the next year’s harvest and in the autumn, he would sow the wheat seed. Throughout the winter months, we would wait [...]

 Grandparents are in a battle for the next generation. However, the battle isn’t ours, it is the Lords. The way to walk through this battle is to grip the hand of Jesus tightly and stay in close communication with him. It is only as we release our concerns for our grandchildren to Him that [...]