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The ministry of Jesus
As I meditate on Luke 6, I am drawn once again to the simplicity of Jesus’ ministry: Pray Raise up powerful disciples Teach Demonstrate the power of the Kingdom All of it flowed out of prayer. I love Luke’s emphasis on prayer. It causes me to cry out, “Lord! I need to learn to pray!”
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When we pray
When we come to the Lord with needs, we must come boldly. We must come with an expectation. Doubt doesn’t really belong. We may hesitate. We may wonder if anything can happen, but we can be reminded of the greatness of God.
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The depths possible in walking with God
I am now moving between two pieces of writing that will not allow me to hurry. In our culture (and especially in a world defining “leaders as readers” and shame on you if you’re not reading a book a week..) this is hard. My reading does indeed move too quickly. These writing won’t let me, and I’m grateful.
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Holy Week — cursing the fig tree
The symbolism of the fig tree fits in the story Matthew tells us.
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Prayer for thirst
He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs (Ps. 107:35)
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Prayer declaration
A prayer declaration of LIFE.
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Prayer for the Day
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
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The way of silence
It has become an annual habit of mine to get away in silence and solitude for a few days. It takes days because the first half of the silence is about getting the mind geared down.
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Prayer for return of our focus as the Church
In my reading for Lent, I came to Psalm 82:2-3 2 “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
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The night watch
Lately I have been chalking up these middle of the night sessions to “old age.” “I must be getting old. I’m getting up more and I’m not falling right back to sleep.”
Category: Prayer
