Dick Ivey

I Want to be Your child!!!

O my gracious heavenly Father, I want this holiday season to be filled with light instead of darkness. Please help me discard my emotional masks and be real before You as well as my family and friends. Father, help me make this holiday season an offering of praise, because I ask this prayer in the […]

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My Joy Comes From the LORD

LORD Jesus, I desperately want to keep Your commandments, I want to abide in Your love, just as You kept Your Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I long for Your JOY to be in me, and that my JOY may be full. Help me love others as You have loved me. (John 15:10-12)

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Turning toward Incarnation!

Dear Heavenly Father, help me to hear Your still small voice among the shrillness of the commerce of black-this and cyber-that..Touch me once again. give me the courage to be Your beloved. Give me courage to choose joy over and in spite of circumstances. I need You now this Christmas to be born in me

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Navigating Holiday push-pull…

Barb and I are firm believers in collecting and practicing traditions and celebrations. I have shared with you how meaningful it is to take turns planning our wedding anniversary celebrations. The collection of memories we have recorded make treasured remembrances when we pull out our journal and revisit all those good times. I highly recommend

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Advent Focus…no distractions

O, LORD, I pray for attentiveness to what truly matters between now and Christmas, without being distracted by trivial commercial things. Please help me be attentive for opportunities to learn something new regularly amid the familiar and known .Give me discernment of how You would like for me to set priorities and the ability to

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Thanks Giving…not just a day!

Dear LORD, my Father, thank you for the times of celebrating with family and friends where we gave you our expressions of gratitude for your bountiful gifts. In the hustle and bustle of the commercial season to follow, please make me grateful for Your Amazing Love for me…You saved me as a mere lad and

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