Dick Ivey

What’s next, LORD?

Today, LORD, I lift my voice to You asking for direction for today? Keep my focus, moment by moment, on Your guiding hand. Please make me loving and sensitive enough to go where You want me to go, to speak to whom You want me to speak, and to serve needs You put in front […]

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From here to the end…

Father, I remember when I was young and thought life would last forever and I had lots of time to make a mark in the world. Now, in this 4th quarter of my life, much closer to heaven than I am to my youth, please, oh please, make the days and years I have left

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Trust…

Good morning, LORD. My old self wants to be concerned about having enough…enough time, enough resources, enough energy…just enough. I know waiting, trusting, and hoping are intricately connected, like golden strands interwoven to form a strong chain. Teach me today to wait, trust and hope in You, for Jesus’ sake. Amen Verse for Today: “Do

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Go Ask…I’ll tell you!!

Dear God, O how I love you because you took me to the brink as a child and used my illness to bring my Dad to his knees for a lifelong ministry serving You. Thank You for waiting patiently for me when I thought Your ways didn’t apply to me and I could live beyond

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If You Love Me…Tell Me Why

Recently I was asked to post this NUGGET again. It was true before and still is today. In the English language, ‘love’ is a catch-all term for many different kinds of feelings. This is only partly why English speakers are so comfortable slinging it around. If love knows no boundaries, then surely there’s no language barrier

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Give me a heart like Thine!

Dear God, my Father, I long for a church home where my fellow worshippers are more interested in being DOERS of Your Word, and not just hearers. Where can I find a place where we will get challenged to Be and Do differently when we go away from worship. I’m tired of just checking the

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Your Path to the Cross…

Heavenly Father, help me walk as closely as I can to the agonies Your Son walked in his last hours before the cross. Please don’t ever let me lose touch with those agonizing hours. Keep me focused on eternal things for His sake. Amen Verse for Today: “He himself bore our sins” in his body

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