God Sized Prayers
In Isaiah 36-37 Hezekiah and his people are under a vicious attack. It would have been easy for Hezekiah to pray passive prayers. Passive praying would be “Poor little me,…
Good News For You
With all the negative news in the media, I want to share with you some good news. God is still God, and He knows the plans that He has for…
Endurance And Encouragement
Listen to God’s Word for you in Romans 15:4. “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of…
The I AM For Our Every Need
Sooner or later, everyone will be beat up, battered, bruised, and burned out by the dailies of life. Good news! God is Lord of all of your life. List every…
God’s Sufficiency Exceeds Our Need
For every need, there is a name of God that meets the need. Our lack is perfectly engineered to magnify His perfect sufficiency. The great I AM stands ready with…
The Heart of Prayer
Have you ever noticed a couple who have been married for many years? They have truly become one. They finish each other’s sentences. At a restaurant they look down the…
Surplus And Deficit
by Charley Gunter These days all of us are acutely aware of the job market, the stock market, the real estate market, or the status of our current earnings. Our…
Be Enlarged To Give Yourself To Others – 1 Timothy 4:12
Listen to the Word of God for you in 1 Timothy 4:12. “Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (NKJV).…
Waddle Or Fly
There is something stirring about watching geese fly in perfect V-formation across the sky. Their flying south for the winter is poetry in motion. It is who God created them…
Be Enlarged With Loving Community – Ephesians 3:16-19
Listen to Paul’s prayer for his friends in Ephesians 3:16-19. “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being…that…
Right Where You Are
There are all sorts of friends. There are work friends that you don’t interact with much outside the office, church friends, college friends, and long-term friends. Then there are smaller…
What Is God Saying To Me? Part 2
We’re all on pilgrimage with God the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. I do not want to miss the lessons of the journey or forget His words of intimate delight, wise counsel,…