“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38 (NIV) Dear Mathematical God, Giving something away means we should have less. But not according to Your kind of …
Taught to Pray
Our Father, Who reigns from heaven, You created us, chose us, ransomed us, birthed us, and adopted us through the power of Your Spirit. You placed Your “DNA” within us giving us the right and privilege to call You, Dad. Holy and Unique are all Your Names that proclaim and attempt to explain to us …
Fighting God?
“’God exalted Him [Jesus] to His own right hand as Prince and Savior that He might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, Whom God has given to those who obey Him.’” When the Pharisees heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. But a …
Wise Love
“God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled …
Box Life
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The Life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 (NIV) “Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more…having been reconciled, shall we be …
Earth Turn
“He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night,Who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the Lord is His Name.” Amos 5:8 (NIV) “We also have the Prophetic Message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to …
Kryptonite and Christmas
“Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire Him.He was despised and rejected by mankind, a Man of suffering, and familiar with …
Come to the Light
Dear Night Light, We don’t often think about the lights we casually turn on and off, with a flick of a switch. But we live for them. It is an all-out emergency when power goes down from a freak-storm, or a poor squirrel that has fallen into the transformer down the street. As this year …
Thems Fighting’ Words
Dear Conquering Hero, We truly believe in Your finished work of Salvation on our behalf. We conclude with Paul, that it is You, and only You, Who set us free from this body of sin and death! So, why this taste of defeat? Why are we breathing the stale, re-circulated air of the old self? …
Holiday Weight Gain
"Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causes us to give thanks to God." 2 Corinthians 9:11 Dear Gracious Father, Thank you for this time we set apart to be thankful for all we have received from You. There are the general graces of seasons, nature, our senses, music, giving and receiving love, …
His Word—My Heart 