Last night we attended a reception honoring one of our elders and his wife. Ed and Mary have been part of our church leadership for many years and after his recent retirement, they decided not to enjoy a comfortable retirement. Instead, they have sold almost everything they owned, packed the rest into storage, and are [...]
Compassionate Lord, Thy mercies have brought me to the dawn of another day. Vain will be its gift unless I grow in grace, increase in knowledge, ripen for spiritual harvest. Let me this day know Thee as Thou art, love Thee supremely, serve Thee wholly, admire Thee fully. Through grace let my will respond to [...]
Great God, in public and private, in sanctuary and home, may my life be steeped in prayer, filled with the spirit of grace and supplication, each prayer perfumed with the incense of atoning blood. Help me, defend me, until from praying ground I pass to the realm of unceasing praise. Urged by my need, invited [...]
The daily grind of mommy-life can be exhausting. Between the endless laundry, pancakes, dirty sinks and kitchen floors, and the demands of homeschooling, it’s so easy to lose sight of why I am doing this. “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life-your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and [...]
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“Lord, I do not want to gather merit for heaven… in the evening of this life I will appear before You with empty hands. For I do not ask you, O Lord, in any way to count my good works. Rather, I will clothe myself with Your justice and receive from Your Love the eternal [...]
Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in Thee, the ground of my rest, the spring of my being. Give me a deeper knowledge of Thyself as saviour, master, lord, and king. Give me deeper power in private prayer, more sweetness in Thy Word, more steadfast grip on its [...]
I just dropped my baby girl off at church to load up and go to camp. And true to the super mom I am not, I neglected to take pictures. It’s not her first time away overnight, but the first time it’s been with anyone other than family or close friends. She’s super excited, although [...]
Preserve me from all those snares and temptations which continually solicit me to offend Thee. Guide me by Thy Holy Spirit in all those places whither Thy Providence shall lead me this day, and suffer not my communications with the world to dissipate my thoughts, to make me inadvertent to Thy presence or lukewarm in [...]
I’ve been reading a biography of Hudson Taylor, the founder of China Inland Mission at the turn of the last century, and this quote struck me. It’s been challenging me. “Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes [...]
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy; O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled [...]
