Potent Prayer

The rocker creaked gently as my grandma moved back and forth. Her early morning chores were completed. Each family member had eaten the breakfast she had prepared according to their preferences and time schedules. Everyone had headed off to work or school;…

Rooted

“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted, and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 ESV Russ steadily paddled the kayak down the lazy…

Casting Cares

“Casting all your cares on Him, for He cares about you.” 1 Peter 5:7 CSB Perhaps, like me, you’ve been told, “leave your burdens at the cross” or “cast your cares on Jesus” or maybe “lay your heavy load at the throne…

Keep Your Eyes on God

“…we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You." 2 Chronicles 20: 12 Prepared for war, the Moabites, Ammonites, and Meunites, all enemies of God’s people,…

Don’t let the crowds silence your voice…

“Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me!” And many rebuked him…