Tag Archives: Heavenly Father

Daily Prayer & Praise 7/23/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we have come to wait, to wait in Christ. We have come as very different people. We have different hopes and fears, different needs and different questions. We have different dreams and different concerns. We … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/23/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Altogether Desirable

Tuesday July 23, 2024 Song of Solomon 5:16 He is altogether desirable. When the old Puritan minister had delivered his discourse, and dwelt upon firstly, secondly, thirdly and perhaps upon twenty-fifthly, before he sat down he usually gave a comprehensive … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/23/2024

Constructing Lives by the Law Dispensing good, helpful advice gets the benevolent juices flowing. As easy as it is to give advice, though, it often hits me with the irony of a cartoon anvil when I end up tripping over … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/22/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Glorious Lord, we thank you for Christ, and for his life, death and resurrection and for his living presence with us now and always. Lord, fill us with such an overflowing abundance of your Holy Spirit … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/22/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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He Never Changes

Monday July 22, 2024 Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. It seems to be very hard for us to comprehend the importance of the fact that Christ does not change and that there is … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/22/2024

Self-Evident Hope “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what can be known about God is evident among them, for God made it clear … Continue reading

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Prayer & Praise 7/21/2024

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Hasten, blessed Jesus! Come, my beloved, and, with a glory infinitely surpassing anything we could imagine, show yourself as the Almighty Breaker, in this full display of your sovereignty and power. And then, … Continue reading

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Bible Insights 7/21/2024

Inspiring Words Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near (Revelation 1:3). The typical news reports—filled with … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 7/21/2024

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 95 O Thou who ascended up on high, and led captivity captive, and gavest gifts unto men, as after Thy ascension into heaven Thou didst send Thy Holy Spirit down upon Thine Apostles in … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/20/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we thank you because you hold the world in your hands, and care for all that you have made. We thank you because your love is for everyone and everything. We thank you for making … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 7/20/2024

Fasting for the Upwardly Mobile YOU may think of fasting as something done only by people who have taken vows of poverty, or perhaps by the highly devout. But Zechariah discussed fasting for people who were prospering materially (Zechariah 7:5). … Continue reading

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No Earls In Heaven

Saturday July 20, 2024 Ephesians 1:4-5 He chose us in him before the foundation of the world, . . . he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ. Warwick Castle sits in the center of England, … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 7/20/2024

Picture of the Sinner COMING back to Abram, we notice that after the sacrifice had been slain by Abram and the parts divided and laid one over against the other, Abram falls asleep: “As the sun was going down, a … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/19/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we thank you for the signs and reflections of your goodness and love in the lives of those you have touched with your grace; for those who risk their lives for the safety of others; … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/19/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Matthew 7:14

Friday July 19, 2024 Matthew 7:14 “For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Jesus does not conceal the fact that the gate is narrow. To get … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/19/2024

The Gospel for Barbarians and Fools It’s dangerous when we feel entitled. We may come to believe our communities are righteous while all those outside are not. This can even take place inside our faith communities—popularity or various achievements can … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/18/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank you for those whose labors enrich our lives and for those whose words and deeds make our lives worthwhile; for those who care for your world and for those who seek to … Continue reading

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