Dick Ivey

Thank You for Godly friends…

Dear LORD, my God, what a great day to be alive. Thank you for the privilege of gathering with Christian brothers to pray over eternal issues and to sit with my aging contemporaries and see Your hand at work in surgery and healing. I can’t imagine a time when I won’t be able to reach […]

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Peace amid life concerns

Father, God, as I relax with You in the middle of this heat wave, I am prone to grumble about the weather You control. And yet, Your everlasting arms enfold me in Peace. What a great blessing it is to start this day taking a break from obsessing about my concerns—and just enjoy this time of looking to

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You are so…so good to me

Loving Father, I thank You and praise Your name, for You are so good and faithful to me and Your steadfast love endures forever… FOREVER. I am overwhelmed with Your goodness to me. Thank You and I praise You in the strong and matchless name of Jesus. Amen “Give thanks to the Lord, for He

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Contentment in all things

My Father, today I confess I’m a slow learner. I want desperately to accept things the way they are, without losing hope for a better future. I want to be thankful in all things…the good times and the bad. And I rejoice in the hope of heaven, knowing an indescribably joyful Life is my ultimate calling! Even

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