Take me back to my Bethel, O Lord. Take me back to the House of God, to the place where I have encountered You with clarity and assurance, where I have seen Your face and lived. Take me back to that place for a fresh encounter...fresh wind, fresh fire. Take me back not that I may remain living looking back, but that in every fresh reminder, I may see again the 'why' of my existence and go from tha...  Read More

"For the LORD is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice);The upright shall see His face." (Psalm 11:7, AMP)LORD, "I AM" Keeper of Covenant,You are the One we worship and adore! Before You we bow in reverence and awe. You are holy and wholly other, infinitely higher and wider and deeper than we can begin to comprehend, so our fitting response is humbly to bow in Y...  Read More

Dear Father,Through Your Word and on my journey, I am reminded that You are present in the everyday and the seemingly mundane. Your promise of presence that You keep gives me such great assurance. Today, I worship You and honor You! My prayer is that in my wandering through my daily life, my spirit will constantly grow in awareness of Your presence. In that awareness, may I see and seize opportuni...  Read More

Our Father in Heaven,Today Your Word has reminded me that we live in community, and that the choices we make impact others, just as their choices impact us. Help us to live so presently with You that our lives become a reflection of Jesus and our choices are like salt seasoning our world, like light illuminating the darkness while shining out Your glory. Remind us that when we hurt others by our c...  Read More

Abba, Father,You alone are worthy of our worship, praise and adoration! Everything about You speaks of Your otherness, Your holiness, Your glory and majesty. Knowing who we are in light of Who You Are, magnifies these realities and we are humbled by Your love, mercy and grace. Yet, Your Word says that we are a little lower than You (Psalm 8:5, NASB). We live in this balance between humility and pr...  Read More

O LORD,Early in the morning my soul delights to find You in our appointed meeting place. We have been meeting here for decades and there has not been a day that You were not already here waiting for me. I know that You are everywhere present. But, this is different. This is personal. This is just our time...my Abba and me. Your presence overwhelms me at times...and the times that I have not been f...  Read More