I need You, Lord, now more than ever. I long for Your peace to quiet my soul and stop my tears from flowing. I need to feel Your embrace in my life. Help me to keep my eyes fixed on You throughout my trials and tribulations. You’ll never abandon me, and I will keep my […]

LORD, Jesus, sometimes the things I do will make You happy. Sometimes the things I do make You sad. But, PTL,  I know there is nothing I can do that will ever make You leave me. So, Father, today make me strong and courageous. Help me not to be afraid or terrified because of the enemies without

Great God, give me the strength it takes to listen without judgment and speak without criticism…to trust rather than to fear, to try again and again to make peace even when peace eludes me.. I ask for the vision to be a builder of the human community rather than its destroyer. I ask for the

I see Your glory all around me, God. In every sunrise and in every blade of glass, in every storm bearing down and in every rainbow thereafter, I see Your awesome dominion. Your Holy Word tells me everything I need to know to join You in Paradise. Now it’s up to me to follow Your

Glory to God in the highest! I sing Your praises, I clap my hands, and stomp my feet to celebrate Your unwavering devotion and mercy, Father. I thank You for the blessings You’ve given me, and the lessons You’ve taught me to make me a better person. You are Good! Jesus is Risen! I would,

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. Amen. FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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

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

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

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