Dick Ivey

Thank You, LORD…

I bless You, LORD, for coming to me in all the ways I need You. I thank you for the mountaintop experiences and for the gifts You have given me to work diligently to make things happen in my life. But most of all, thank You most of all for coming to hold me up […]

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Your Way…mine

O LORD, my God and Father, You alone know what a dreamer and visionary I have been. I seem bent on rushing into big dreams without Your full blessing. I’m not always certain what lessons I was to have learned along the way. What I have learned is I want to be open to You

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Leave it there…just do it

LORD Jesus, I am so often tempted to ask You the wrong questions when things get tough, when sadness intrudes, or the fears of the unknown threaten. I pray earnestly today for he courage to make my first prayer to You to be asking what You want me to do in light of whatever circumstance

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Lead me, LORD…

Dear God, how often have I felt I’d be better prepared if I could somehow visualize what is on the road up ahead. But You’ve been teaching me a better way to prepare for whatever I will encounter today: spending quality time with You. Teach me how to read my life the way I read Hebrew…(right to

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Joy and Glory!

Father, my Father, I am so grateful You bless me with Joy unspeakable and full of Glory. The Joy is Yours, and the Glory is Yours; but You bestow them on me as I live in Your Presence— Thank You for inviting me to live fully in You and You in me. Amen. Verse for Today: “Jesus

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WHY??

Father, I know better, but I often get trapped in a posture of demanding to know “Why?” I know it is the wrong question to ask You. I know the right questions are: “How do You want me to view this situation?” and “What do You want me to do right now?” I know I

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Really??? I am Yours? WOW!

Good morning, my LORD, I got up this morning loving to hear You saying to me, “I have called you by name; you are Mine!” It’s so comforting to know I belong to You—no matter how isolated I sometimes feel.  I will walk in the warmth of Your nearness to me today with gratitude as I pray

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