Dick Ivey

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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Shhhhh…I, God, got this.

Father, oh my Father, today quiet my human heart and help me trust You to do in me what I can never do for myself. You are indeed with me—watching over me wherever I am, wherever I go. Bind up the hurts of my heart, bring my family closer to You, bless my precious bride

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