Ulterior Motives
Father, I would ask for Your help. This time of year is exhausting! I need Your help to get up and meet with You on a regular basis – I truly realize the utmost importance of it. Help me, I pray. Amen. 1 Thessalonians...
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Love Multiplies, It Doesn’t Divide
Father, I plead with You, help me to never grow weary of our time together! May it always be refreshing, fulfilling, encouraging, and inspirational. As the years go by, may I collect many journals, and when I look back, please...
Read MoreNew Every Morning
As I look out the window this morning, Father, the sun is barely tinting the sky. It brings to mind a passage from Lamentations 3:22-23. It reminds me that regardless of where we stand before You, Father, whether we are...
Read MoreConductor of Love
Father, even though it is overcast as we come together this morning, I am truly grateful, as the old hymn says, that “There is sunshine in my soul today”! I would ask that You would give me an opportunity this day to let the...
Read MoreUse This Broken Vessel
Father, I enjoy our time together, and I really feel incomplete when we don’t connect like this first thing. I want to praise You this morning for Your minute-by-minute presence in my life. Every day You help me, encourage me,...
Read MoreDon’t Wait! Do It Now!
Oh my, Father, what an absolutely beautiful day! A warm, bright sun… still some color on the trees…thank You, Father, for the gift of Your majesty! Matthew 5:25-26 (<<click here to read the passage) I’ve been trying to...
Read MoreTinder Accumulator
Father, as I look out my office window, I am in awe of Your creation. Heavy rain and strong winds last night, and calm and serene this morning…pools of water here and there and leaves – lots of leaves – everywhere! There is...
Read MoreA Shredded, Soggy Mess
Good morning, Father. Thank You for our conversation early this morning. May I stay close by Your side. Guide me. Direct me. Protect me. Amen. Ephesians 6:10-18 (<<click here to read the passage) Growing up, we almost...
Read MoreA Fine Line
Thank You for our talk this morning, Father. I needed that time of quiet interaction. May I be sensitive to Your presence throughout all the many tasks of this day. Amen. Matthew 5:7-12 (<<click here to read the passage)...
Read MoreWe’ve Made Our Bed
As I am up and about this morning, Father, I am grateful for all of Your many blessings. May I live out my life this day as an expression of that gratitude. May my actions towards others reflect Your love and care for me. Amen....
Read MoreLove Is the Golden Rule
I sat down briefly this morning, Father, and other, out-of-the-ordinary responsibilities called, so now is the time I have come to sit…and listen…and write. Though, of course, I’ve had a couple of things rattling around in my...
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