Joy in Trials
Read more
Sunday Read: The Unexamined Heart
David prayed: "Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Psalm 139:23-24). This is dangerous prayer - inviting God to expose what you've been hiding from yourself. Most people avoid
Search Me
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. I already know what's in your heart - the pride, fear, bitterness you're hiding. But you need to see it to address it. Ask Me to search yo
Saturday Prayer: Help Me Love My Enemy
Jesus, you command me to love my enemies and pray for those who persecute me. I have a specific enemy - someone who hurt me, betrayed me, opposed me. My natural response is hatred, desire for revenge, hope for their punishment. But you loved me when I was your enemy, died for me while I wa
Saturday Read: The Hardest Command
Jesus said: "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:43-45). This might be Christianity's hardest command - loving people