This week we want to meditate on and pray the third petition for us and our nation. “What do we pray for in the third petition? In the third petition we pray, that God, by His grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things,...
Seven weeks from today America will have a new president. Those who voted for the winner will be happy. Those who voted for the loser will realize that their candidate was defeated, and their hope is gone. Others have had no hope in either one. These may remain...
Was the whole world in crisis when God sent Jonah to Nineveh? It might have been, had God not saved that city. In this year of 2016, all nations are experiencing some kind of crisis, but especially here in the USA. At no other time in history have we seen such a...
This seven-month trek through the publishing industry has been an amazing experience. The Lord has blessed through His Holy Spirit to make it a work of faith and a labor of love. With the encouraging support of family and friends, we are rejoicing that the Lord has...
2014 was a year of humility. 2015 was a year of meditation. Last year ended with Jerry in ICU after his heart attack, so he and I spent New Year’s Eve in the hospital. There were no fireworks ~ just the two of us with grateful hearts celebrating life and God’s...
“So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.” Psalm 71:18 It has been a blessing these last four years to share online the immeasurable gift of God’s grace ~ grace...
As usual, on the days that I write, I lay, awake early this morning, with many thoughts, mostly of the Lord, His kingdom and His work here on earth and my part in it. Then an article came to mind, along with one of the books I am writing on grief. (My sister-in-law...
Watch ye, therefore, and pray always. Luke 21:36. Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us. Hebrews 12:1. The hearts of men are not like unto clocks, which only want to be wound up once a day; O no, the dulness and distraction is too...
Meditation on the Father's grace and glory did not come so easy this morning. It was not until after fellowship with Him, time in His Word, study, and meditation, that I was able to begin to think about this third part. There is much more to this subject, and how...