When we don’t know what to pray to God, His Word says it for us. Here's how to pray the Psalms:
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Today my wife is scheduled to be induced into labor for our first child, and as I’m considering what life is going to be like as a father, I can’t help but think about what I was like as a kid. I was the youngest of five - two half siblings, a foster sister and a full brother - and with that amount of chaos in the house my Dad didn’t have enough time to explain his reasonings for everything.
Read MoreWhen I read in Luke 12 about the crowd that came to see Jesus, described in The Message as unwieldy and stepping on each other’s toes, I can’t help but contrast this scene with the one that took place in Washington, D.C. last week. In the NIV translation, they are trampling on one another. Sound familiar?
Read MoreIn the last year, I have been wrestling with God. I was not wrestling with Him about larger belief questions but rather, in all honesty, centered around why my life has felt and been so hard for so long.
Read MoreI have a prayer that I’ve been praying for going on three years now. That may not seem like very long to you, but for me that’s been a very very long time. In fact, it’s probably the longest I’ve ever prayed for the same thing without it being directly answered.
Read MoreI love the current sermon series we are going through right now about the parables Jesus taught. We can learn so much! In today's story about Mary and Martha (Luke 10: 38-42), we are once again reminded about what really matters.
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