Better Not Pout

Philippians 4:4-13 Sometimes, even when God has given us so much, we end up pouting because of something else we want that we can’t have. It may be a valid desire, even one placed there by the Lord because He plans to fulfill it one day. But the pouting is not God’s plan. Rest is.Continue reading “Better Not Pout”

When Christmas Is Hard

My dear brothers and sisters, I don’t know what all you are going through right now, but I know for some of you this will be the first Christmas without a dear loved one. I want you to know my heart is with you and I love you dearly. Jesus’ arms are a safe placeContinue reading “When Christmas Is Hard”

Praying for Awakening from Isaiah 51:7

From Isaiah 51:7a, let’s pray for God’s people Our city, county, state, and nation’s leaders Leaders of other nations of the world Teachers, movie producers, singers, other influencers Criminals, those bent on evil The lost That we will Hear the Lord Know what is right Take God’s instructions to heart Lord, we ask for aContinue reading “Praying for Awakening from Isaiah 51:7”

A Prayer from Isaiah 51:6

Lord, in the midst of the trying circumstances so many of us are facing right now, lift our eyes up to look to You. This earth is passing away. Our time here is so short. But Your salvation lasts forever and Your righteousness never fails. Help us to rise up above all the dissension andContinue reading “A Prayer from Isaiah 51:6”

Praying for Our Families

Let’s pray for our families today. Lord, we ask You, by Your divine care, to please watch over our families and children. Guard our hearts from every evil attack. Give us wisdom in every situation to know what to say and to do to care for our spouse’s heart and our children’s. Bind us togetherContinue reading “Praying for Our Families”

Mercy, Please, Lord, for Afghanistan

After two suicide bombings at the Kabul airport yesterday, leaving more than 100 dead (including at least 95 Afghans and 13 US troops), and as the August 31 evacuation deadline approaches, … Father God, Lord of the Nations, we cry out to You. Please have mercy on the peoples of Afghanistan and on our nationContinue reading “Mercy, Please, Lord, for Afghanistan”

Pray for Influencers

Lord, we ask You to pursue every person of influence in this nation. Give them a heart that hungers for You. Show them how the ideologies, the people, the power, the money, the temporary pleasures, the things they run after have no meaning and cannot satisfy. But how, when they love, when they give whatContinue reading “Pray for Influencers”

Closer than Your Breath

When I asked the Lord what to share with you today, this is what I felt Him say: Turn around. Step into Me.I am with you. Always have been. Always will be. I never left you. It is you who have wandered from My touch.  What are you looking at with those hungry eyes, if it’sContinue reading “Closer than Your Breath”

What Faith Is For

For those of us who are weary of the fight, who have struggled for so long to grasp something we want so desperately, but that continues to seem just out of reach….  I felt the Lord saying once again, “I see you. I hear you. I know you, My beloved. I know your pain, yourContinue reading “What Faith Is For”

Rest

My beloved bride, today I’m calling you to rest in Me. Don’t be like the wife who rushes about to please her Husband, doing things I never asked you to do and missing out on the one thing that matters. Luke 10:38-42. Come, sit with Me awhile. Listen to My voice. Hear My heart forContinue reading “Rest”