O Thou that hears prayers

We’re studying prayer in Sunday School, working through Philip Yancey’s video study series. On the side, I’m reading whatever I can as I prepare. An excerpt from one of Jonathan Edward’s sermons, “The Most High, a Prayer-Hearing God”, was Friday’s reading in “A Journey Toward Heaven” edited by Justin Benge. I looked it up online and…

Sunday, Sunday, So Good To Me

Sunday is coming, and it is not just another day.  Sunday is a great day for our family, a day we gather with other believers and corporately worship the God of our salvation.  We do not always do it together, since we live in different towns.  We do not always worship the same way, because…

God’s Healing Touch

Thinking about and praying tonight for three men struggling for life – a friend from high school battling cancer, a friend from Indian River battling a debilitating neurological disease that has spread to his brain, and the new pastor of a local church who has undergone surgery to try to repair the damage from a…

If you can

The father was at his wit’s end. He had tried everything else, for years, all to no avail. Now, here he was, standing in a crowd, waiting to ask the Teacher for help. He had told of the failures of the others, and then asks imploringly: “… But if you can do anything, have compassion…

The Beauty of Prayer

One of the best things in starting a new year is the chance to start afresh with a new yearly devotional book.  I must admit, I’m much better at starting these than finishing them, but they are there throughout the year, specifically dated so you can always pick up right where you’re supposed to be. …