"His banner over me is love" (Song of Solomon 2:4)How I remember that Scripture put to music in the children's song and how much more it means to me today. You have prepared a feast for me and brought me to Your banquet table...so much more than the food I eat to the nourishment of my soul and Your abundant provision, my daily bread. Mostly, You have lavished Your love on me. Your banner, Your sta...  Read More

Lord, You Who have forgiven us, it is in You that we take refuge and find a hiding place that protects and keeps us. How can we praise You in a way that You deserve. Today, may the songs we sing and the words we speak as we gather for the Lord's Day be fitting and sincere. May the praise of our living flow into the praise from our lips and as You are glorified, may our journey into becoming more l...  Read More

Lord, it is true that we brought nothing into this world in our birth and we can take nothing from it in our death (Ecclesiastes 5:15). So, teach us to pray the 'end of the day' prayer that Jesus prayed so naturally from the cross: "Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit" (Psalm 31:5). In You alone will we find deliverance and in Christ alone is our salvation. And, if we have Jesus as the Lord...  Read More

Thank You, Father, that Your anger is but for the moment and Your favor lasts a life-time...indeed, for all eternity. Though we weep in the night, You turn our mourning into dancing. Removing the covering of grief, joy truly does come in the morning...the morning of our salvation, the morning of Your shalom. Yes, we are sunrise/Son-rise people! So our praise cannot be silenced and our thanks will ...  Read More

Father, today help us to have such confidence and security in your presence and love, that we may repay good for evil, that we may love those who hate us, and that we may bless those who curse us. These acts of loving kindness, may they be with the goal and mindset of showing how much You have loved the world, and what love cost Jesus on the cross, so that they may come to know the love that can s...  Read More

LORD, we read in Your Word that unless the LORD builds a house, those who labor do so in vain (Psalm 127:1). Please build the houses of our families. Let wisdom, the applied knowledge of Your Word, be the foundation of our homes. Added to wisdom, may Your Holy Spirit give understanding, so that combined with the common sense You created in us, our surrendered lives may flourish. And, yes, may we g...  Read More