“Paul went on in Colossians 1 with praying this “in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way.” He follows that with a four-point list of pleasing the Lord in every way.”
Category: prayer
A Plea for Mercy
“The Pharisee trusts in himself; the tax collector trusts in God: that’s the difference.”
How We Got Here
“It will be in prayer WE BEGIN to love the lost, and IT WILL BEGIN in prayer where we cry out as a church for those we love to be found.”
Under Conviction
“I was desperate to experience the goodness of God in the churches I pastored. They prayed for me. I entered that lunch date desperate. I left that restaurant under conviction.”
When We Learn to Pray
Luke 11: 1-13 Jesus prayed and that prompted his disciples to ask him to teach them to pray. They asked him to teach them. A retired minister made it a practice to visit the parish school one day each week. The fourth graders were learning about the states, so when he dropped in on the…
One or the Other or Both
Luke 2: 25-32, 36-38 Frieda, Henrietta and Gertrude were Baptist sisters who lived in separate states but always managed to get together for Christmas. One year, they were discussing their respective churches. Frieda lamented, “Our congregation is sometimes down to thirty or forty in attendance on a Sunday.” Henrietta sighed, “That’s nothing. Sometimes our congregation…
Better Than We Could
James 5: 13-16 In trouble? Pray Happy? Sing songs of praise. Sick? Call the elders of the church to pray and anoint with oil. Your condition or emotions call for a response. Keeping your condition or emotions to yourself is not natural for a Christian. Waiting for and expecting things to change on their own…
Promise to Zechariah
A five-year-old daughter looked at a calendar and asked, “How many be-good days ’til Christmas?” She made promises undoubtedly to be good in those days leading to Christmas. In these three Sundays leading to Christmas, I’ll share messages about three of the characters in the birth story of Jesus. God made promises to them. They…
More Joy In Heaven
Once upon a time there was a man who went hunting for bears. As he trudged through the forest, he came upon a large and steep hill. There was no going around it so he began to climb. As he pulled himself up over the last outcropping of rocks, a huge bear met him nose…
These Are the Days of Miracle and Wonder
Its days like these we can expect to live and thrive for the simple and profound purpose to show and tell of the strength and power of God.
Psalm 102 in The Message 