Join us now through May 2 for the National Day of Prayer Today, we are praying for the future of our nation and the world: our children. Lord, we ask You, please, for our children. Guard their hearts. Watch over them as they play. Keep their minds and eyes and hearts and bodies pure. Don’tContinue reading “A Prayer for Our Children”
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80th School Shooting of 2023
Three people were shot dead and one was wounded Wednesday at the University of Nevada Las Vegas by a man who applied for a professorship there but was denied. This marks the 80th school shooting so far this year, including 51 K-12 schools and 29 university or college campuses. Lord, we ask You, please, toContinue reading “80th School Shooting of 2023”
Maine Mass Shooting: At Least 18 Dead
At least 18 people died and 13 were injured Wednesday in two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine — one at a restaurant and another at a bowling alley, where families had gathered to play games. This is the deadliest of at least 566 mass shootings in the US reported by the Gun Violence Archive inContinue reading “Maine Mass Shooting: At Least 18 Dead”
Continued Prayer for Uvalde
A retired pastor, great grandfather of one of the fallen children in the Uvalde tragedy, told those gathered at a prayer vigil Thursday night he does not want to have hate in his heart for the murderer. In the aftermath of last Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in the small Texan community, speciallyContinue reading “Continued Prayer for Uvalde”
21 Killed in Mass Shooting
After Tuesday’s mass shooting of 19 children and two adults in an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school 54 miles from the Mexico border, let’s pray…. Lord, we ask You, please, for Your arms around the families grieving right now. Come so close to them that they hear Your voice comforting them and feel Your strong handsContinue reading “21 Killed in Mass Shooting”
Do Not Fear
I awoke from a dream where a little girl worriedly tugged on her mother’s skirt, saying “Mommy, Mommy! I don’t want to go bye-bye.” Her face still haunts me as I write this. What devastation. So many mothers and children in Ukraine have been injured and killed, especially after Russia bombed a maternity and children’sContinue reading “Do Not Fear”
Pray for Our Children
Lord, we ask You, please, for our children. Guard their hearts. Watch over them as they play. Keep their minds and eyes and hearts and bodies pure. Don’t let any hurt or harm come to them. Give them a hunger for You, Lord, that drives them to read the Bible; and each time they do,Continue reading “Pray for Our Children”
Using Our Trials Well
How have the pandemic and other events of this past year nudged you to do more of the things that matter most? Have you spent more time in prayer? Rested? Given quality time to your spouse and children? Begun doing Bible study together with them? Reached out to bless your neighbors and share Christ withContinue reading “Using Our Trials Well”
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