Shine Brightly
What a privilege to be Your child, Father. The assurance of Your unconditional love gives me great comfort regardless of my circumstances. Thank You for the wonderful blessing that You are to my life! Matthew 5:14-16...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Jul 6, 2026 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
What a privilege to be Your child, Father. The assurance of Your unconditional love gives me great comfort regardless of my circumstances. Thank You for the wonderful blessing that You are to my life! Matthew 5:14-16...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Jun 24, 2026 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
You have been speaking to me, Father, and You know that my heart’s desire is to clearly hear what You have for me. Give me a burning desire to draw closer to You, to spend time with You in prayer. My relationship with You must...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Jun 10, 2026 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
As I come to write this morning, Father, it is pitch-black dark outside. The only light, beyond the occasional passing vehicle, is the light in the room where I sit. This is the world in which I find myself. Even after...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Dec 19, 2025 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
Father, I’ve been here for ten minutes and am fretting over what to write You. Everything that pops into my head sounds like something I’ve already written several times in some way or another. I was stymied until You...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Dec 11, 2025 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
Father, it has happened literally hundreds of times in recent years, but every day I am amazed when You wake me. It is never with a jolt, leaving my heart pounding, but it always seems that I just open my eyes, glance at the...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Dec 9, 2025 | Journal Entry (R) | 2
This is my day for getting things done, Father. I would ask that You would place Your hand upon my shoulder. Direct my thoughts and actions to what You would have me do. Amen. I’m not exactly sure what triggers them, but...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Dec 5, 2025 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
What a blessing it is, Father, to set aside time to be with You. I know that You never leave my side and that You are never more than a thought away from consciousness – and I am so grateful for that, but there is something very...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Nov 22, 2024 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
I am grateful for Your guidance this morning, Father, through a trial of necessity. I successfully made it through to the other side, only by Your mercy. All praise to You! Matthew 8:23-27 (<<click here to read the...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Jul 24, 2024 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
Father, this day is Yours. Use me however You wish to accomplish Your will here at home as I look toward Sunday and in my interactions with Karen. Please help me to listen and enable me to obey. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Jun 25, 2024 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
Father, help me to always keep You at the forefront of my life. Through thick and thin, help me follow You wholeheartedly, holding nothing back. Struggles and heartache will surely come, but help me to cling to You. Wonderful...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | Jun 20, 2024 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
We were able to get quite a bit done today working together, Father. Thank You for the energy and drive to do so and for giving Karen the strength to get through it all. All praise to You, Holy Redeemer! I Thessalonians 1:8-10...
Read Moreby Pastor Thom | May 16, 2024 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
Father, as You are well aware, I have had some personal struggles recently. I am grateful that when I called out to You, You provided an extremely appropriate passage, with a song to accompany it to boot! All praise to the One...
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