One of my favorite practitioners of strong and healthy marriage is SCOTT STANLEY, of Focus on the Family. Dr. Scott Stanley is a research professor and co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver. He has authored or co-authored a number of popular books on marriage, including A Lasting Promise. […]
Commitment…the glue which holds couples together! Read More »
Father God, you have encouraged me to rejoice in my weaknesses, so I can open myself to Your Power. Let this sacred Power rest upon me, displaying Your delight in me. Keep before me every day I am a part of a chosen people. Remind me I am a part of a generation, a royal
Praying for relief from Pain or strength to tolerate it in Your name!! Read More »
Dear LORD, my God and Father, I know you do not have grandchildren, but I do. How I pray for not only their salvation, but for each of them to live out their faith. I am chagrined that succeeding generations, even in my own family are less committed to You than their ancestors. With whatever
Give us Godly grandchildren… Read More »
Father, God, I like the Thanksgiving season and the times family and friends can be together, but how I long to have an attitude of gratitude in all things all the time. Please remind me often that giving thanks in everything and every situation is pleasing to You. I am profoundly grateful for my bride,
An attitude of Gratitude…not just seasonal! Read More »
Dear God, I fall on my face today fearing the familiar stories of Your life among us will become ho hum and ordinary. Please don’t let that happen to me. Please, please help me keep the awe of the sinless life of Jesus and his horrible death for me from becoming ordinary. I want to
Please keep the familiar from becoming ordinary… Read More »
LORD Jesus, I am looking to Your Word today to keep all the competing demons away. Humbly I ask: When I am in need of peace? Please send me Your peace, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind (Philippians 4:6). When I am lacking in strength? I pray You will be my refuge and
Praying Your words back to You… Read More »
My Heavenly Father, I often wish I could put blinders on when I pray. Too easily I am distracted by the noise around me…election pathology, runaway inflation, rampant push for more taking lives of unborn babies, border porosity, crime in high places, threats and rumors of wars – even nuclear wars. In my best mind
Thy Will be done on earth as it is Heaven… Read More »
O, God…my Father, there is so much evil afoot in our land and it seems like we are sinking into the abyss of evil on so many fronts. Please keep me focused today on the FACT You are still in charge of Creation and especially our nation. Help me today to remember that whatever today
There are more than ‘7,000’ who have not sold out to evil! Read More »
Dear LORD, instead of trying to fix myself today, help me fix my thoughts on You, the Lover of my soul. Rather than using my energy to beat myself up, I need encouragement to redirect it to communicating with You—trusting and praising You. I want to be like those who look to You and have a
YOU are the Lover of my Soul! Read More »
Father, sometimes things surprise my equilibrium and I despise those times. Help me not to let unexpected events throw me off course. Instead of ever getting upset or anxious, I want to respond calmly and confidently—remembering that You are with me all the way to the end. Fear not, for I am with you; Be not
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