Becoming like Christ for the sake of others

Personal Weakness Tues 5/19

Daily Prayer Message, Tuesday, May 19, 2020  Personal Weakness “Much good comes out of any experience of personal weakness. Through it God teaches us to be humble, lowly and obedient. Humility is good in every situation because it produces a teachable spirit. Our aim should not be greatness, not the praise of men, nor the admiration…

First Thoughts, Monday 5/18

Weekly Prayer Message, Monday, May 18, 2020 First Thoughts I’m looking at this picture, and I am moved, so much so that I begin writing down my first thoughts. Not analyzing. Not thinking long. Just my first thoughts… “Friends. How I love them. How glorious to worship God side by side. Together. Near each other. In…

Loving God, Sat 5/16

Daily Prayer Message, Saturday, May 16, 2020 Loving God And Jesus was asked, “Which commandment is the greatest of all commandments?” And Jesus answered, “The foremost is, Hear O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind,…

The Beauty of the Lord, Friday, May 15

Daily Prayer Message, Friday, May 15, 2020  The Beauty of the Lord Those with a significant revelation of God, who have it impressed upon their hearts the beauty, grandeur, and majesty of God, will worship the Lord with all their hearts. Passion for God will well up inside them. However, for those who possess little revelation…

Perplexed But not Despairing, Thurs 5/14

Daily Prayer Message, Thursday. May 14,2020  Perplexed But Not Despairing “We have this great treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of power may be of God and not from ourselves. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted but not forsaken; struck down but not destroyed; always carrying…

A note from your pastor: May 13, 2020

Hello, my friends! Every time I tell someone that I have a son that’s a drummer, they respond with a sort of lighthearted apology…“I’m so sorry for you.”  What they mean is, “your home must be so noisy.”  And they’re right.  We initially bought an electric drum kit for Gabe, but it just didn’t have the “feel.”  Drums require…

Time to Read 1st Peter, Wed 5/13

Daily Prayer Message, Wednesday, May 13, 2020  Time to Read 1st Peter Sharing a message sent to me by my good friend and brother Tom Ravensberg who has traveled extensively with me around the world – Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines, Zambia, and Singapore. He now lives in Idaho. He sent me the email below, two days…

Dramatically Different Mon 5/11

Weekly Prayer Letter, Monday, May 11, 2020  Dramatically Different “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are My ways your ways. For as high as the heavens are above the earth so My thoughts are higher than your thoughts.”  Isaiah 55:8 The ways of God and the ways of man are diametrically different. Completely opposite.…

The Lord is Listening, Sat 5/9

Daily Prayer Message, Saturday, May 9, 2020 The Lord is Listening On Prayer: “The Lord is listening and stands ready to answer our prayers. He does not sleep or take a vacation. He is never tired, absent-minded or too busy to hear our pleas. The prayers of His children are melodious music to His ears. He…