On Monday of this week we began 40 days of prayer with the people of the church I pastor.  On purpose, we have stripped away any and all of the ...

Today is our National Day Of Prayer and I am posting a few thoughts about this, my favorite activity in the Kingdom.  I enjoy praying more than preaching.  I am ...

Father, I do not want to go back to my old ways and I sense this morning how easy it would be to do that.  You know my heart, Abba, ...

Gracious Abba, How blessed we are to arise on the first Sunday of a new year.  You did not promise any of us that we would have the opportunity to ...

This is the time of year when I become reflective. Another year has nearly passed and a new, unknown one is inked upon the calendar sitting upon my desk.  Looking ...

Lord, raise up young Christians who will be Gospel-soaked and Gospel-loyal as the end approaches. I'm afraid that my generation has not done its job in preparing the next so ...

Heavenly Father, it is Sunday and so many of your people will join with one another in the name of Your Son all over this planet today.  Thank You for ...

Every now and then God will nudge me to go back and read some journal entries from previous chapters in my journeying with Jesus.  The first time I began to ...

Stifled prayers are the aim of the devil.  He does not mind so much that you think upon Christ or remain aware of your deep need of a touch from ...

Do you have enemies?  That is such a strong word...enemy.  It would be nice to pretend in a Pollyannaish hope that human enemies do not exist for us but we ...

When I was saved at the age of twenty-four and began to voraciously read the Scriptures, I kept finding these references to fasting and praying.  I’m not sure if I ...

Some time back I wrote about my hesitancy with public prayer.  It is not fear of man that makes public prayers awkward for me.  It is that my private praying ...

Nothing in all of public ministry duties feels as risky to me as leading in public prayer. When doing this I am always one religiously routine moment from slipping away ...

Praying to, waiting for and trusting in God always carries with it a felt element of risk.  When we do these things consistently we are surrendering our sense of control. ...

May God grant you today the ability to hear the guidance of His voice and become acutely sensitized to His active presence. May you be unable to ignore your personal need ...

Dry times have a way of slowly siphoning off our faith and confidence in God.  When the air of life is fresh and the view is exalted and unobstructed, our ...

  A Debtor To Mercy Original lyrics by Augustus M. Toplady, additional words and music by Bob Kauflin © 1998 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI) A debtor to mercy alone Of covenant mercy ...

Christians, can we admit that in our darkest moments of doubt and struggle we find ourselves still not convinced of the greatness of God?  We would never be so brash ...

During our television broadcasts each week it is my custom to invite the viewers to join us at Meadow the following week.  We really believe that being among the people ...

It is not the will of God that any of His children develop a confidence in formulas.  We are so prone to seek out objects upon which to build our ...

"But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on ...

  God, You are not like I am... You are infinitely more pure than I You are ridiculously more patient than I You are immeasurably more wise than I You ...

  “God, just how sovereign are You?” “Fully.  Completely. Comprehensively.  I am in control of it all.” “You are in control of all the good stuff?” “Yes” “All the bad ...

Some of my favorite people in the world are senior citizens.  From day one as a young follower of Christ, God saw fit to surround me with some seasoned senior-saints ...

How many times have we heard someone make the comment (or we make it ourselves) that an acquaintance "let herself go".  Usually when such an observation is made it is ...