The great solar eclipse of 2017 created quite a buzz. People were scrambling at the last minute for eclipse glasses, Interstate 77 was a parking lot south of Rock Hill, and people waited in line 30 minutes to get Krispy Kreme’s “eclipse” chocolate glazed donuts. Monieca and I enjoyed watching it together at home, relaxing… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 22 & the Solar Eclipse
“God made two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night” (Genesis 1:16) During today’s solar eclipse these two beautiful lights God created to rule the day and night align in such a way that the lesser blocks the light of the greater. A rare total… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 21
Our Five Week Challenge includes prayer and fasting. FASTING This week I fasted on Wednesday for God to bring spiritual renewal to people I know who spiritually struggling and backslidden This coming week we will fast for lost people we know to be saved Remember – you choose the day of the week and type… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 20
Happy Saturday everyone! When I was a kid I loved Saturday mornings because it meant cartoons and no school. When I was a teenager I loved Saturday mornings because it meant meeting up with some other Christians and visiting families on a church bus route inviting them to join us the next day for Sunday… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 19
Today I want to say something about the Islamic terrorist attack in Barcelona, but first I want to remind of us why we are focusing our prayers on certain people and things during this Five Week Challenge. The weekly assignments for prayer in this challenge are intended to help us grow in our prayer life. … Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 18
Here are some quotes about Biblical fasting that inspire me. I pray they inspire you as well: “Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 17
Here are a few things the New Testament teaches us to pray for other believers. Thank God for them – Romans 1:8, 1 Corinthians 1:4, Philippians 1:3 Protection from evil people – Romans 15:31, 2 Thessalonians 3:2 Protection from Satan – John 17:5, 2 Thessalonians 3:3 Courage in witnessing – Ephesians 6:19-20 Right words and… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 16
In Paul’s New Testament writings there are occasional mentions of people who gave up on Jesus and abandoned the faith. One example is II Timothy 4:10: “for Demas deserted me, because he loved this present world” Jesus talked about the “worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things” choking… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 15
Yesterday I was able to pray with several people – a young couple leaving their baby in the nursery the first time, a man with cancer, a woman who recently connected with her birth mother and step-siblings. I don’t pray with everyone I meet and have a conversation, but it is a normal part of… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 14
“Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures. I wish no more than this, O Lord. Into your hands I commend my… Read More »
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