When we lift up our heads to the awe-inspiring mountains we are reminded that the One Who created the earth and everything in it, indeed, the One Who created the universe is Yahweh, Who is watching over us and protecting us (Psalm 122). When we see all that is going on around us, the assault on all that is good and created by God for good, we are reminded by the same Yahweh to lift up our heads ag...  Read More

How grateful we are that Your mission, Lord Jesus, was and is to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10). You pursue everyone...without exception. You pursued us and now we are a part of Your Family. You have invited us, commanded us, to join You in Your pursuit of others. Today and in this week would You show us 'the one' person You want us to focus our pursuit upon...in love, in prayer, by example, ...  Read More

Father, thank You for Your ever-enduring, never-failing love. Thank You for Your pursuit of the lost and the wandering. Thank You for Your care for the outcast and Your correction of the overbearing and self-righteous. Thank You that all You do is redemptive and all You are is Holy Love. Gratefully, we give You praise and by Your grace, we live daily in Your ever-enduring, never-failing love....  Read More

Thank You for the reminder that Your eye is on the sparrow, so we know that You are watchful over us...in our rest and in our recreation, in our worship and our work, in our sacrifice and our service...You are ever watchful and we are grateful. Receive our thanks and our praise O Lord, our Refuge and our Help!...  Read More

We will ever stand with the disciples in need of Your instruction, Lord Jesus: "Teach us to pray." Your prayer was so simple and yet so profound. It was not wordy, but it said so much. It was reverent but intimate, and audacious in its asking. Too often we are impressed with our own words. Forgive us. Or, we believe our lack of eloquence matters to you. Forgive us. When we come with a half-focused...  Read More

Father, You love perfectly and live in perfect communion, the Holy Trinity...Father, Son, Holy Spirit. You want us to grow in Your kind of love and learn to live in Your kind of communion. Our world clearly does not understand this, but Your Church, Your Family must. This brings You joy. Help us to be the cause of Your joy when You see us, and the world sees us, living together as You do in love a...  Read More