Archive for July, 2009
Prayer for Unity
Great stuff at the prayer seminar with David Butts the other day. He talked about the prayers of the kings in the Bible, and how to pray like they did. One the most important prayers we can pray for our church, as well as the church worldwide, is for unity. Jesus prayed for unity, and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I Found It!
Well, kind of. Remember my search for “in order that“? Paul’s way of praying? Right now I’m reading through a book by Jonathan Graf, called Praying Like Paul, Learning to Pray the Kingdom for Those You Love. Graf says that “in all his recorded prayers, nowhere do I see that [Paul] prayed for specific answers to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Be Still
Summer days at the Depot can get very hectic. The mental crush will either keep me sharp or put a fork in me and call me done. I was on the phone with a garden dept supervisor from another store one day and she says she will sometimes go outside, turn off her phone, stick her fingers in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Painting a Wonderful Life
WordPress allows me to see what search terms take readers to my blog. Apparently when people search for colors to paint their living room they wind up on my blog. What a surprise! (Hello, painters! Go bold. It’s only paint and you can always paint again. Home Depot’s bottom line thanks you.) Prayer for the church is the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Making a Difference in Africa?
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Can we as a church make a difference? When Greg, Jenny, and Denise returned from Liberia a few months ago, that was the question. We live in a country that is not lacking for resources. What kind of vision would it take to make [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Prayer Seminar at Suncrest West
I’m excited to be able to pass this along. I’ve already requested the day off of work so I can be there!
On Sunday, July 26th, Dave Butts, chairman of America’s National Prayer Committee, and president and co-founder of Harvest Prayer Ministries, will be joining us at the West Campus. Dave, and his wife, Kim, have [...]
In Love with Being In Love
You might have heard that saying before. A person is in love with the idea of being in love: the romance, the excitement, the emotion. I wonder if it’s possible to worship that way? To get so caught up in the worship experience, that we lose focus on who it is we worship. We’re worshipping [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Unflipped Pancakes
I’m in Colorado visiting my daughter and son-in-law, and always enjoy worshiping with them. The sermon was from a passage I haven’t read in ages. God told Hosea (in ch. 7) that Ephraim was like bread that was half-baked, a cake unturned. Or to put it in terms we could see, smell, and understand, pancakes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Take Me Away….
In a break from my formula of ”thought or experience segue-ing to prayer,” I think I’m going to occasionally share some things I read and learn about prayer. This week I am in Colorado visiting my kids, and tonight Laure and I attended a “Harp & Bowl” prayer meeting, one thing I look forward to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Yakety Yak
I took the Tri-state Coach to Midway today, and am now in Colorado visiting my daughter and son-in-law. Although I consider myself a friendly person, I met a woman who really wanted to talk, and I didn’t. I need a vacation, and had planned to spend the two hours listening to my worship CD and [...]
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