Just Say No!

  “But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” Acts 16:18 Father, thank you for the authority You have given us as children of God.  Father, I pray we would learn to renew our minds to...

Eyes of Wounded-ness

“For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.  Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.  And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. “  1 Corinthians 13:12-13 Father, give us new eyes to see. ...

Offended by White Crosses

“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18 Father, thank you that though our sins were as scarlet, you have made us white as snow.  Thank you that because of...

Atoning for Sin

  “For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart—These, O God, you will not despise.” Psalm 51:16-17 Father, no words are adequate to thank...

Becoming You

  “I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the Lord, who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.”  Isaiah 45:3 Father, pain and suffering from either choices we have made or from the result of...

A Year of Harvest

“But when he saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.  Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.  Therefore pray the Lord of the...