Summer…the smell of fresh-cut grass, lemonade, sunscreen, and boat fuel mixed with water brings me back…back to the days when I spend my summers growing up on Timberlake, the lake I lived beside. We had a floating dock with a basketball goal attached and diving board that my dad had built. Every summer day was… Continue Reading
We have been talking a lot over the last 2 months about what it means to “Be the Church”. After reading this post today from Dr. Russell Moore (dean of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), my heart has been greatly challenged to think about how serious I am taking God’s call to “Be… Continue Reading
Our Lord did not leave us in ignorance about how to pray or what kinds of things to pray about. What we usually call “the Lord’s Prayer” is really our prayer. Jesus gave it to us to shape the way we pray and to influence the things we seek from God. Pray, then, in this… Continue Reading
Psalm 102 Do Not Hide Your Face from Me A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD. 1 Hear my prayer, O LORD;let my cry come to you! 2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to… Continue Reading
Psalm 101 I Will Walk with Integrity A Psalm of David. 1I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music. 2I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; 3I will not… Continue Reading
Psalm 100 His Steadfast Love Endures Forever A Psalm for giving thanks. 1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! 2 Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his… Continue Reading
Psalm 99 The LORD Our God Is Holy 1 The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! 2The LORD is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples. 3Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he! 4 The King in his… Continue Reading
By: Amber McEwen I want to tell you about the woman who saved my life. I moved to California eight years ago. Without getting into a ton of details, I basically needed a clean slate. I had family out here that I had come to visit, and my cousin, Ruth, offered me that clean slate…… Continue Reading
Psalm 98 Make a Joyful Noise to the LORD A Psalm. 1Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. 2The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.… Continue Reading
(Some great stuff from Jay Hobbs on Corporate Prayer!) You can picture the scene. The young bucks cluster on one end of an empty dance floor and dare each other to go ask one of the pretty maids in row to dance. Meanwhile, the pretty maids–unbeknownst to the aforementioned bucks–secretly conclude that the reluctance of the bucks… Continue Reading