I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. (Jonah 4:2b, NIV)The LORD is compassionate and gracious,    slow to anger, abounding in love.He will not always accuse,    nor will he harbor his anger forever;he does not treat us as our sins deserve    or repay us according to our iniquities. (Psalm 103:8-10, NIV)LO...  Read More

O Lord, this is Your day. Because of Who You Are, You have gifted this day to us, a day of Sabbath, a day of rest, a day given to You in true worship and a day You give to us for our shalom. In all we do and say, may we be fully present to You. May Your word to us from Your Word for us be heard and embraced and lived. This we ask by Your grace in the power of the Holy Spirit for the sake of Jesus....  Read More

Thank You, Father, that You choose and use ordinary people. You chose a shepherd/farmer named Amos to be Your prophet to Israel and Judah. You chose fishermen to be Your first disciples. You choose us to be the ones to share Your Great Good News. Please empower us to live like Jesus and embolden us to share the Good News. Let our sense of being ordinary never interfere with the joy of being a part...  Read More

"Father, out of Your honorable and glorious riches, strengthen Your people. Fill their souls with the power of Your Spirit so that through faith the Anointed One will reside in their hearts. May love be the rich soil where their lives take root. May it be the bedrock where their lives are founded so that together with all of Your people they will have the power to understand that the love of the A...  Read More

Lord, our God, it almost seems as though You can't help Yourself in loving Your wayward children (Hosea 11:8). You are Love. It is Who You Are. Help us never to take that for granted. For though You love and You are merciful, You are also holy and righteous and pure (Psalm 99:5,9). Help us be discerning and wise, walking in Your ways that are right[eous], for there we will live in Your love and en...  Read More

Father, our Hope of revival and restoration, help us, Your Church, to break up the fallow ground around us. Help us to dig deeply in the field of life and prepare it by sowing righteousness, living holy lives by Your gracious help, standing for what is good and right and true, living in Christlike love, being Yours wholly. Bring about a revival of holy living and let us see the fruit of Your outpo...  Read More