‘Be perfect like your Heavenly Father is perfect’ says Jesus in the very last verse of Matthew 5. This is an important hinge in the chapters we call The Sermon on the Mount. Jesus’ kind of perfect was so very different from the ‘perfect’ defined by the world. Jesus not only described it, he modeled it for us.
Read MoreJesus calls some to write a book, prepare a sermon, or start a podcast. He plans some to clean the toilets at church, design the cover page, manage the parking, or be a welcoming usher. As a college student, maybe he has called you to be a caring roommate and a hard-working student. At a particular time in my life, all I was called to do was be a loving wife and mother. Our roles change as we go through life. As we pray and wait on God, he shows us what we are called to do. He spells out our role!
Read MoreWhen our adult sons moved into their own homes, I looked through the Bible for verses to pray over them. These Scriptures have blessed me as I prayed for them and for our own home, I hope it blesses you as well.
Read MoreThe movie War Room starring Priscilla Shirer and Karen Abercrombie left me wanting to be more intentional and diligent in my praying. I don’t have an actual war room or a prayer closet like Elizabeth and Clara in the movie. However, the large chair in the corner of our living room overlooking the window is my ‘war room’. Sometimes I pray as I walk in the park behind our house.
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