Dick Ivey

Keep my focus on You alone!

O, my Father, I’d feel better prepared if I could somehow visualize what is on the road up ahead for me and for my dear friends. But You’ve been teaching me a better way to prepare for whatever we will encounter today: spending quality time with You. Please keep my focus on You and not on the

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Praise the LORD!

O, my LORD and Savior, You are the firm Foundation on which I can dance and sing praises and continually celebrate Your Presence—just as I long to do. Fill my heart with song and put a spring in my steps today as I meditate on Your strong and firm Foundation. Thank You for not letting

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Intentional…On Purpose!

My bride, The Gorgeous Redhead, and I recently decided to take the advice we give couples who just to want to make their relationships better. I told you a bit about this a couple weeks ago. You have heard us say moving from “What’s In It For Me?” to “How Can I Serve You Best?”…is

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God is Good…All the Time!

I am overwhelmed, my Loving Father, You are so good and so gracious all the time, and I love and trust You. Keep me under the shadow of Your wing, so I may be a light reflecting Your bountiful grace and eternal glory. May I shine Your light to the children of man, for whom

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WAIT, Stop, Sit, Stay!!

O, LORD, you know waiting patiently does not come easily to me, but I know it is nonetheless very good for me. I long to plan ahead, make definitive decisions, and make things happen. There is a time for that, but this is not the time. Now is a time for sitting in Your Presence,

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Help me do BOTH!

My Gracious Heavenly Father, thank You for the encouragement and lessons I can lean from the beautiful word pictures of Jesus I find in the Psalms. I trust in You and pray day by day for my soul to rest in the loving arms of Jesus Christ. Thank you for being my God and my

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