Tag Archives: Spirituality

Daily Prayer & Praise 6/15/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we do not find it easy to be open before you and we often leave worship with the knowledge that while you were here, our minds and our thoughts were elsewhere. Lord, we allow so … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/15/2023

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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Get a Move On

Thursday June 15, 2023 2 Peter 1:5 But also for this very reason . . . add . . . In the matter of drudgery . . . You have inherited the Divine nature, says Peter in verse 4, now … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 6/15/2023

Create Him! When God was about to create man, says a Jewish legend, He took into His counsel the angels that stood about his throne. “Create him not,” said the angel of Justice, “for if Thou dost he will commit … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 6/15/2023

The Fear We often don’t realize that we’re guilty of fearing others. At the time, it can feel definite and look legitimate. Fearing others can also take the form of a meticulous house, staying late at the office, or passing … Continue reading

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Walking In Truth and Love – 1

I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received a commandment from the Father. And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 6/14/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we come to you with our emptiness, our fears and our pain. We come with our questions and we come not always wanting to know the answers. We come with our lostness and we come … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/14/2023

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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Psalm 25:14

Wednesday June 14, 2023 Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him. There are secrets of Providence which God’s dear children may learn. His dealing with them often seems, to the outward eye, dark and … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 6/14/2023

“Nobel” Prize on Love of God American financier-philanthropist John M. Templeton, a United Presbyterian elder, announced creation of a “Nobel prize” for religion worth $88,400 annually to a person of any faith who is deemed significantly “instrumental in widening man’s … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 6/14/2023

The Day of Atonement When it comes to the cost of sin, the average person probably thinks in terms of “What can I get away with?” rather than “What does this cost me and other people emotionally?” These calculations aren’t … Continue reading

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Being Used of God – 3

Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Acts 9:3-18 Utterly at God’s Disposal The disciple God uses must be utterly at God’s disposal. Ananias was living in such close touch with the Lord that he could recognize Jesus speaking to him. The … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 6/13/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we come to be with you and we come in the name of Jesus. We come knowing that he has shared our life and has promised to walk with us still. We come with all … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/13/2023

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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The Wicked Man’s Life, Funeral, and Epitaph

Tuesday June 13, 2023 Ecclesiastes 8:10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity. Go into … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 6/13/2023

Wrong Direction Into a Blizzard A terrible blizzard was raging over the eastern part of the States making more and more difficult the progress of a train that was slowly facing its way along. Among the passengers was a woman … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 6/13/2023

Freedom “Even though I know it’s wrong, I sometimes think, ‘If I hadn’t accepted Christ, I would have so much more freedom.’ And then I venture down that road and realize just how terrible it is. It takes me to … Continue reading

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Being Used of God – 2

Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Acts 9:3-18 Probably a Very Unlikely Person The disciple God uses will most often be a very unlikely person. God used Ananias to do a tremendous thing. Ananias led Saul of Tarsus to understand how … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 6/12/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we come in hope and we come with joy. We come with doubts and we come with questions. We come lost, alone and defeated by life. We come with our pressures, our responsibilities and our … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/12/2023

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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