“Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.” (Psalm 58:11, NIV)Dear God, our God,While we draw great consolation, even hope, in the promise of reward, we also realize that this is all by grace. Grace helps us understand that Your delays are not failure to act in judgment, but the desire of a loving and forgiving God Who is not willing that any should peris...  Read More

Father in Heaven,Give us faith to pray with the audacity of the Psalmist: "Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth." (Psalm 57:11, NIV). Again, help us pray believingly with the audacious faith of our Lord and Savior: "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10, NIV). Yesterday, we heard just such a prayer during worship. A pr...  Read More

Father God,You are faithful and true, constant in love and abounding in mercy and grace. We worship You! Today we are grateful for the rhythms of grace. Thank You for the moments when we practice the means of grace with routine. The daily sacrifices of the holy feasts, the repeated refrains of the surrendered Psalmist, these remind us that there are good acts of faith and relationship that we exer...  Read More

O God, You Who are both Majesty of majesties and Consummate Keeper of Your Promise,To You, along with the Psalmist we cry out evening, morning and noon (Psalm 55:16-17), for You are our salvation and You are totally trustworthy! Yes, in the evening, reflecting on our day, we give thanks and commit our ways to You. When we wake in the morning, we are still with You (Psalm 139:18), and we marvel at ...  Read More

God is not human, that he should lie,    not a human being, that he should change his mind.Does he speak and then not act?    Does he promise and not fulfill?I have received a command to bless;    he has blessed, and I cannot change it. (Numbers 23:19-20, NIV)Great is Your faithfulness, O God our Father!There is no shadow of turning with You.You do not change, Your compassions never fail!As You ha...  Read More

Our Father and our God,Sometimes it seems our world is full of fools...people who completely deny Your existence and do their best to deny others the opportunity to know and encounter You. There are times we wonder if the greater fool isn't the one who may not deny Your existence but simply lives a life that completely ignores Your presence and call upon their lives. Could the greatest fool be the...  Read More