Father, You know how often I ask You for blessings and yet I can’t know the extent of Your limitless grace if I don’t experience the lack from my human provisions. I can’t personally know Your divine strength unless I endure human weakness. In the midst of multiple heartaches and distress You […]

Father, the cares of this world often press in on us and weigh our hearts down. It’s not your desire that we carry this heavy load because You are our Burden Bearer. You use the difficult circumstances of our lives to bring spiritual maturity into our relationship with You. There are many […]

Father, thank you for the gift of shame when we do wrong that leads us to true repentance and brings about a change of heart which includes humility, sorrow for our sins, contrition, and retribution if possible. We’re grateful for a healthy conscience that is pained when we partake of that which […]

Father, we are encouraged and emboldened when we consider that in everything we experience today You go before us preparing the way. As we fix our gaze on the eternal peace that awaits the faithful believer, we can endure the temporal conflict here and now. We wait upon You in prayer and faith so […]

Father, when we are angry You tell us to stay above the fray and sin not. There are times we should get angry such as when we see a person harming another individual; when we have been lied to, when we’ve been unfairly accused or when we see the rotting decay around us due to … … Continue […]

Father, Your amazing grace provides for us Your unmerited favor, Your forgiveness of sins, Your treasures of eternal worth, and Your blessed redemptive fear. Just as parents teach their children a healthy fear of the dangers present in their daily surroundings, so also Your grace teaches us to fear […]

Father, we know there is a deeper work within our soul which cannot be accomplished by mere physical exercise. Just as we maintain our bodies by submitting to a rigorous routine of endurance, abstinence, and sacrifice, we must apply the same tools to bring our spirit into submission to Your will […]

Father, thank You for the “ancient paths”, the timeless truths and practices that have guided Your people through every age. Help us to value what is good and true, to walk in Your ways even when they seem out of fashion, and to pass on a heritage of faith to those who come after us. … … […]

Father, as I consider the long-range history of humankind since the beginning of creation one recurring theme is evident throughout the generations. Change is inevitable and generally an indicator of discovery and development resulting from people’s intellect, giftings, skills and Your blessings. […]

Father, we not only surrender our hearts to You but also our minds. We pray that You would help us sort truth from error; to see that which You want us to see, not that which the master deceiver dangles before our eyes. So many do not live victorious lives because they imagine that which … … […]