Dare to be a Daniel
We have started this year with a series on prayers in the Bible and it has been great. In that time I have seen God answer prayers and His people pr...
The Prayer of Blessing
We will be concluding our look at prayer in the book of Genesis by learning from Jacob about the prayer of blessing. We will learn how to step out f...
Is Anything Too Hard for God?
“Is anything too hard for the Lord?"
This was God’s question to Abraham.
Life is full of challenges. We can face them with fear or we can follow a...
Praying in the Wilderness
In Genesis 16, Hagar is cast out into the wilderness. God sees Hagar in her distress and speaks promises of hope to her. Many of us can relate with ...
Where are you?
“Where are you? Just talk to me.”
Prayer is not a monologue. Prayer is a conversation with our Creator.
Intimacy is impossible absent conversation...
Questions from the Beginning
In Genesis 3, we find the first recorded conversation between God and man in Scripture. What can it teach us about prayer? And how can God's questio...
Prayer?
OMG
If you know the language of “texting” you recognize those three letters are code for “Oh My God!” You do not have to be familiar with the world...
Lord, Teach Us to Pray (The 5:15)
"Lord, teach us to pray."
In the Gospels, this simple phrase marks the only time we see the disciples ask Jesus to teach them something specific....
Contentment 102 – Joy: How to Get it
Pursuing God’s vision without following God’s plan is delusional.
Executing God’s plan without God’s vision is arrogance resulting in empty effort....
Contentment 101
How can I cultivate contentment?
Paul says, “I have learned contentment.” (Philippians 4:11)
Notice that contentment is not something innate and natural. Our default is to bediscontent. But have you ever met a person who was both discontent and joyful? If we desire joy we must disown discontentment. We will open the Scripture and consider “Contentment 101.”