Hello, my friends! Just checking in…how’re you all holding up out there? Today we had our weekly check in time with the staff and it was wonderful to get a glimpse of each other’s faces. I sure love our team and miss our times together praying in the upper room, but I know we’ll be back…
Daily Prayer Message, Tuesday, March 31 What Hinders Praying A Key to Joyous Prayer: Singing and making melody from the heart is a beautiful form of prayer. Many sing during a church service but few have discovered the joy of singing to God while spending time praying. Yet most of the Psalms were written to music…
Weekly Monday Prayer Letter, For March 30, 2020 A Needed Word I believe it is dangerous and foolhardy for followers of Jesus to keep feeding ourselves with the perspective of the news and social media, who are opining endlessly on the coronavirus outbreak. For one thing most of the claims keep changing. For another, the news…
Hello my friends! First, let me just say how much I miss seeing all your faces! I know that all of us are growing weary of this, to say the least. We’ve all been doing our best to stay active or busy or creative while feeling caged in and isolated. And any of the allure for this as a season of rest has vanished. All…
Daily Prayer Message, For Saturday, March 28 Consumed by Caring I received the prayer/poem below from Mary Hurlbut a few years ago and saved it. I loved the message but wasn’t sure when I might use it. Was re-reading it today and thought now is the time, how apropos it felt for the COVID-19 virus challenge.…
Daily Prayer Message, For Friday, March 27 Pressing Prayer The reality of this virus is starting to hit close to home. So today, serious needs to start the Prayer Message. The first is someone who has visited our church, who wrote to the prayer slot on our website. We have contacted her and giving some help……
Daily Prayer Message, Thursday, March 26 Wrought By Prayer From Alfred Lord Tennyson: “More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” From O. Hallesby: “Do not forget that prayer is ordained for the purpose of glorifying the Name of God. Therefore, whether you pray for big things or for little things, say to God,…
Daily Prayer Message For Wednesday, March 25 Please Don’t Hesitate This morning I received the email below from a dear friend out of state. There’s a couple of significant issues I want to highlight in what she writes. First, she felt a little reticent to send me prayer requests as she knows I get a lot…
Hello my friends! I wanted to share with you something I was reading this morning from Jacques Phillippe’s book on peace. He writes this, “One of the affirmations of faith that should permanently reside in us is that all the reasons that cause us to lose our sense of peace are bad reasons. This conviction is most…
Daily Prayer Message, For Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Your Strength Is Not Enough It’s just six days and counting since we were all given a stay-at-home directive from the governor of California, seeking to curb the coronavirus pandemic. It’s already been really hard on a lot of people. Got a phone call tonight from a friend…