Prayers

Thank you, Jesus, for this church you’ve given me to serve. It’s not my words that matter, but Yours. Give me Your words, Lord, that I may share them with the people. It’s not my songs that matter, but Yours. Give me Your songs, Lord, that I may teach them to the people. It’s not my ideas that matter, but Yours. Give me Your ideas, Lord, that I may steward them for the people. It’s not my voice that matters, but Yours. O God, give me Your voice so that when I speak or sing for the people, they are not drawn to me, but to You, because they are not my people. They are yours. Amen. Did you like this post? >> If you haven't already, click here to subscribe and have new posts delivered right to your inbox. >> Also, why not use the but

A prayer for you today… May you be given power today, power from the Creator who spoke the stars into being. Let Him speak into your life. May you be given strength today, strength from the God who holds the universe together. Let Him hold up your heart. May you have endurance and patience with others, and may you be filled with joy as you remember how much endurance and patience God has with you. May you give thanks to the Father today as you remember how the blood of Jesus makes you worthy to be called God’s Child. May you rejoice today that Jesus delivered you from the darkness of sin and brought you into the light of forgiveness.  Receive His forgiveness. May you remember that since you didn’t deserve any of these gifts, you...

Reading "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" by Eric Metaxas tunes my imagination to what might happen in my own lifetime.

Some cry “discovery” and “deliverance” while others cry “danger” and “division. Help us, Lord, to not fall prey to fear or arrogance, neither to feel that we have it all together, nor to forget that You do. Help us, Lord, to “maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” (Ephesians 4:3) –(amen)– Did you like this post? >> If you haven't already, click here to subscribe and have new posts delivered right to your inbox. >> Also, why not use the buttons below to share it with a friend, or click here to leave a comment and join the conversation! Related PostsIs God Contradicting Himself? As a pastor, I often get questions of a more theological nature. Thursdays are the day I like to pos

To the young and the young-at-heart: It is a sad and subtle thing to exchange big dreams for achievable goals, and to do so often results in a life that finds its hope and answers in list-based follow-through, rather than life-giving faith. Beware the shrinking of your horizons and do not too quickly surrender the half-wild fire of youthful ideals for the tame coals of premature age. O God, protect us from surrendering to the ideal of safe options, and keep us recklessly dependent on Your provision ’til the end. Did you like this post? >> If you haven't already, click here to subscribe and have new posts delivered right to your inbox. >> Also, why not use the buttons below to share it with a friend, or click here to leave a comment and join the conversa

If I am a leader, how should I pray? “[Jesus] said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.’” - Luke 22:25-27 The true leader’s prayer of thanks is not, “Thank You for these people to lead,” but rather, “Thank you for these people to serve.” Indeed, the heart and essence of Christian leadership is Christ-like service, which places the good of the others above our own...