Hide it in your heart: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Therefore we do not lose heart.  Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what [...]

my Good Friday prayer

Father of my Savior and of my soul, please make me more like Jesus today and give me the patience to endure the betrayal of friends, the courage to stand up under trial, the strength to take up my cross, the humility to accept Your discipline, the vision to see and share life amidst darkness [...]

Returning to Kenya

  I’m excited about my upcoming return mission to Kenya.  The Lord has opened a door of opportunity for me to further the work we began last January. I and a team from my church will again minister to residents of one of the worst slums on the planet, the Mathare Valley of Nairobi.

My Christmas Eve prayer

Father of light, break into my night with Your good news of great joy. Son of the borrowed womb and borrowed tomb, I pray You find room in my heart to live. Spirit that sends the unborn leaping, in Your safekeeping I place all my days.

Grasping grace means knowing ourselves

How we think of grace depends a lot on how we see ourselves. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love [...]