Lord, increase our faith! Not long before Peter was accosted by the collectors of the temple tax in Capernaum, Jesus told his disciple, “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you”…
What is the most amazing thing you ever saw God do? Almost a decade ago, I went on my first mission trip, a twenty-four-hour journey from the church parking lot to our hostel in Aflao, Ghana. I prayed more than usual in the months leading up to the trip. Two things kept coming up in…
When it comes to deciding, I can be a slow, drag-her-feet, indecisive woman. You can find me standing in a department store aisle for a good five minutes trying to decide which jacket to buy. Should I buy this classic gray one? Or the blue one with a little more flair? I might even have…
My son is nearly five, and like many kids his age, he’s full of questions, particularly at bedtime. Recently, as I was putting him to bed, he excitedly asked, “Do you know what tomorrow is?” Racking my brain, I could think of nothing special. “Um . . . a fun day at school?” “No, Mom….
Raw emotion took me by surprise even though the words had been penned six months earlier—by me. Lord, I am struggling with our relationship regarding praying for him. It hurts my heart to struggle like this. Why do I pray for him? It isn’t so much your silence, it’s the opposite. Harm. Why do I…
Here I raise mine Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I’m come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home: Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wand’ring from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood. (“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” Robert Robinson, 1757) The…