My life in the body of Christ To Iive in the house of the Lord All the days of my life. Psalm 27:4 Read Ephesians 4:11—16 This is a night to give thought and prayer to my own church. I am placed within it so that I will grow to maturity in my faith…
Praying for the rulers Now therefore, O kings, be wise; Be warned, O rulers of the earth. Psalm 2:10 Read Acts 4:23—31 Sometimes I catch myself praying for, or even against the political leaders of my era, world leaders. I can think of times I hear prayers in church on the same matter, and…
The prayer for healing Who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration That God announced long ago through his holy prophets. Acts 3:21 Read Acts 3:12—20 There’s been a healing. It has caused astonishment. It has drawn a crowd. If I were to pray for healing, and it were granted, I…
In the flesh Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, And breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Genesis 2:7 Read John 6:44—51 I love being human. It is the only way I know how to be. It is good to come to the end of a day…
Come to the light But those who do what is true Come to the light. John 3:21 Read John 3:16—21 Why should I ever want to hide from God? Why hide from Jesus? From the searching gaze of the Spirit? Why, when I read of the clear and outright boldness of God, committing himself…
The outpoured Spirit Then afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Joel 2:28 Read Acts 2:1-12 This Pentecost night I am drawn to re-live the story. I am in a room. Waiting. Jesus has promised power from on high. I will then be a witness to him. So I wait for…
The rebel race A generation whose heart was not steadfast, Whose spirit was not faithful to God. Psalm 78:8 Read Genesis 11:1-9 Here tonight I read of my place in a race that wants to be great against God, that will use its technology and its politics to write our personal defiance large, that…
The Spirit-filled heart As a deer longs for flowing streams, So my soul longs for you, O God. Psalm 42:1 Read Ezekiel 11:14–20 I stand in a different place from Israel, Israel in exile, yet I feel as though the word spoken to them still needs to be spoken to me. So much has…
When even God seems unreasonable Can he also give bread, Or provide meat for his people? Psalm 78:20 Read Numbers 20:3,9–13 Poor Moses! Isn’t this just how it goes sometimes? I think of his plight, how he has to lead these people, not through his own choice. God put him in the situation. They’re…
Going deeper into the beginning I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks, And I bent down to them and fed them. Hosea 11:4 Read 1 John 2:24—29 My life experience may have been a little different from those this letter was first written to. I mean that my earliest…