Dick Ivey

Alleluia – He is Risen

Oh, my Father! Thank you for Easter. It is so nice to know how Holy Week actually ended. Thank you for making me alive in Your Son, Jesus. Thank you for all those who have gone on to their own resurrection and are standing in Your presence forever…FOREVER. I pray in gratitude today for the […]

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The Word of the LORD

May God’s Word always be on my mind, on my lips, and in my heart. I pray for the strength to walk in the Law of the Lord, Your Law, Father. Even when the distractions of life turn my eyes away from You, LORD, don’t count me among the unbelievers! Deliver me from the faithless

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Put me in Coach

Oh, God Most High, help me to remember that my strength comes from You, who made the earth, sky, and sea. Help me to find rest in Your promise to watch over the faithful and keep us safe. With You as my stronghold, I will see victory through Your son, Jesus Christ. Please place me

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Praying from Psalms

What would it have meant for David, or the original psalmist, to sing the psalm? How would it have expressed his convictions, his hopes, his prayers, his praises in his original circumstances? What would it have meant for old-covenant believers (such as Simeon and Anna in Luke 2) to sing this psalm? What might it

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YOU and You alone!!

“O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! There are so many people and places who are aligned against those of us who rest in YOU. Help me, O LORD my God, for I trust in You alone. It is in Your name that I have come against this vast horde. O LORD,

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