Psalm 5: 1-3 Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my meditation. Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray. My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. Seeing the...
What we can learn about prayer from Jesus’ statements on prayer……and from his example. 1.) Prayer is expected of believers. Jesus prefaced his instruction on prayer with the words “When you pray…”, not “If you pray…” 2.) Matthew 6:5- Do not pray in order to impress...
Hard word: Telling someone that their prayers for discernment are pointless if they are not committed to spending time in the Word of God connecting with the touchstone of truth and instead are thinking that such wisdom is going to just arise out of their own reason...
Some days you’re flying and some days you’re landing in the net…… Some days I fail miserably with Patience. Yesterday it was comical how strenuously God tested my Patience quotient. As exhausting and time consuming as it was, I managed to...
After a Facebook post I wrote about a clergy person who objected to the Saturday Community Breakfast, held at First United Methodist Church of Panama City, at which The Bay County Islamic Society cooked breakfast and an inter-cultural prayer was offered by someone...
I am so very much enjoying a study by Jessica Lagrone entitled “Set Apart: Holy Habits of Prophets and Kings.” She is a gifted teacher and Dean at Asbury Theological Seminary’s Chapel. Our first session on Solomon opened up new thinking on...
