God’s “Weird” Way of Answering Our Prayers

Judges 13:22, “We’re certainly going to die . . . because we have seen God!” Do we always know what we're asking when we pray? We beg God for showers of blessing but we ask without knowing that black clouds must gather in to bring them. Thank God for this ignorance because we might hesitate …

Morning Prayer: Adaptated from Psalm 103

What a prayer for the day is Psalm 103! **Excuse my paraphrase** Bless the Lord my sleepy soul! Get up and with all that is within me BLESS his holy name! Bless the Lord my forgetful soul, and remember ALL his benefits, richly forgiving sin, sins, and flagrant iniquity! He healed you of all your …

“In Kati’s name, Amen.”

"...save the son of your maidservant." Psalms 86:16 ESV David's appeal to God is based partially on recalling the faithful nature of his mother. My mom is a righteous and God-fearing lady as well. Though I can't pray "in Kati's name" I do well to mention her and plead God's faithfulness to the third and …

Three Answers to Prayer

I'm reading a devotional in the Bible App Youversion called "Pray like Jesus" by Pastor Mark Driscoll. He tells a funny and helpful story about his kids in reference to how God answers us when we pray. "Like all dads, God reserves three potential answers to all prayers: Yes, No, or Later. Some years ago, …

The Shadow of Prayer

Prayer is always the forerunner of divine mercy. Even a short glance at Christian history uncovers that great mercies are seldom known separated from supplication. This is also true of personal experience. There are showers of unsolicited favor but still great prayer has been the prelude of great mercy within. When peace was found by …

6 Words That Can Change Everything

I got this message today from a friend of my sons. He's 14 and his life was changed by Jesus this summer at church camp. What 14 year old does that?! I'm at the gym fighting back tears writing this post. This is a natural outcome when someone really meets Jesus. I met Jesus at …

Trick-or-Entreaty

Yesterday was a spiritually supercharged day for me. I had been praying for a crucial conversation needing to be had for a couple of weeks and it went very well. Because of all the prep that went into it, I believe I experienced a deeper communion with God as a result. I had two other …

Joy Comes in the Morning

I have been going through the fire at my own request from the Lord. I asked God to make me more like Jesus by whatever means necessary. He has answered and I feel that I am out of the woodshed for now based on my reading today from Psalm 30. I also asked God that …

The Psalms: Our Guide for Prayer

The Psalms have been the prayers of the Saints for generations. Many of us have not discovered this wealth of material for prayer. When you don’t know what to pray for as you should, or what kind of prayer to offer, the Holy Spirit is praying for you in groans too deep for words (Romans …

It’s been a while…

Call it summer break or writers block. The fact that I've not been submitting content really boils down to the point that I've had nothing to say. I tried reposting stuff but I felt that God has been telling me to not post anything. I don't know how long this will take but I sincerely …