Daily Prayer Message, Friday, May 8, 2020 The “Rauch” of God The Christian life can only be successfully lived by the power of the Holy Spirit. This is how God has ordained it. We go only so far in our own ingenuity, discipline, ideas, methods, living by principles, and energy. God never intended for us to…
Hello, my friends! One of the things I love so much about Psalm 122 is the realization that the journey to Jerusalem is not a solitary pilgrimage, but instead a group effort. The Psalmist writes, I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” One of the greatest…
Daily Prayer Message, Thursday, May 7, 2020 A Very Special Union Just an extraordinary couple. Sam and Rebecca carry a huge heart for God I sensed the marriage of Sam and Rebecca was coming sooner than might be expected. They had visited my home a few weeks after the shutdown and the glow of romance, the…
Daily Prayer Message, Wednesday, May 5, 2020 Is Your Hut On Fire? The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but nothing appeared. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out…
Daily Prayer Letter, Tuesday, May 5, 2020 In Every Tongue I have a dear friend who was born in China, Sufen Tsai. She was adopted as a child, gave her life to Christ at a young age, and grew up to become a major missionary leader in Southeast Asia. I have visited her in Singapore with…
Weekly Prayer Message, Monday, May 4, 2020 New Friends “Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age but they die young.” Benjamin Franklin Their names are Betty, Connie, Ann, Ruth, Arlee and Gloria. Each of them are between 85-95 years of age and live together in an assisted living home in…
Daily Prayer Message, Saturday, May 2, 2020 Doing Our Part A Flea and an Elephant: A flea lived in the ear of an elephant and they were very good friends. One day the elephant lumbered across a rather small bridge, causing it to shake and lurch and sway. Once on the other side, the flea said…
Daily Prayer Message, Friday, May 1, 2020 A Harrowing Ride Jeff told me at the beginning of this pandemic that a health official friend said we would all likely know someone who might die from the virus. Just yesterday I thought, well, no one so far. Then I got a message this morning that a high…
Daily Prayer Message, Thursday, April 30, 2020 Going to the Beach So a man was driving down a country road and pulled up behind a truck hauling pigs. Suddenly one of the pigs fell out and landed on the road. Picking up the pig, the man sped off trying to catch the truck but a policeman…
Navigating the Slough of Despond Hello, my friends. During this time of quarantine, one of the things I’ve been doing is rereading. I’ve been going back to books that I’ve read and experienced before that have given me comfort and perspective and meaning over the years. And because we’ve been studying the Psalms of Ascent, which…