May 18, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city. Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders, but the real danger is wickedness within the city. Everything is falling apart; threats and cheating are rampant in the...
May 11, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. . . . You do not delight in...
May 4, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.”–Psalm 49:17 I love listening to my mother, Daisy, engaging in conversation. She is the master of colloquial phrases. A southern woman raised in the...
Apr 27, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth. He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing...
Apr 20, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“You gave us up to be devoured like sheep, And have scattered us among the nations. . . for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever. Why do you hide...
Apr 13, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.”–Psalm 42:1 I’ve always wondered about the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. First of all, why is a little girl out wandering in woods filled with bears in the first place? Where...
