My childhood music minister Gerald B. Ray died at 92 recently and I was pleased to be able to attend the service celebrating his extraordinary life. His daughter Kristy shared that her father was in the habit of reciting the 23rd Psalm each night as he went to sleep. While he was in hospice care,Continue reading “Lullaby and Goodnight: What’s Your Bedtime Routine? Micah 2:1.”
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A Father Prays Through the 23rd Psalm. Psalm 23.
I am my family’s shepherd. Father, help me to provide for all their needs. Help me to find green pastures for them, moments of peace and calm and rest. Help me to lead them to quiet waters, where their needs are met and where there is no anxiety, no drama. Give me words of graceContinue reading “A Father Prays Through the 23rd Psalm. Psalm 23.”
THE LAMB WHO IS A SHEPHERD. Revelation 7:15-17.
When I was a child our church published “THE ORBIT.” ‘The Orbit’ was a great name for a paper coming from a Houston church in the early 1970s—the space race was the biggest news of the ’60s and ’70s and our city was its home. One of the best features of the Orbit was aContinue reading “THE LAMB WHO IS A SHEPHERD. Revelation 7:15-17.”
The Role of Praise. Psalm 100.
Christians know they should pray. Most of us confess sins now and then. We talk about reading, studying, and memorizing the Bible. But do you think about PRAISE? The Book of Psalms reminds us that we are here to praise God, and when we spend time praising Him, it blesses Him and it blesses us.Continue reading “The Role of Praise. Psalm 100.”
Fire Insurance is Not Enough. John 10.
Children are so sweet and so innocent. They trust Jesus, they love Him, they want to please Him. They go to church and trust Sunday school teachers and preachers and they ask Jesus into their hearts. And they mean it. Soon they get baptized and they do whatever adults tell them. They really want toContinue reading “Fire Insurance is Not Enough. John 10.”
This is a Rescue!
John Eldredge compares the saving work of Jesus to the work of Tom Hanks and his cohort in the film SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. Jesus is not the Fuller Brush man, knocking on a housewife’s door to sell her a new broom. He’s not the ice cream man, trolling the neighborhood, offering something sweet to anyoneContinue reading “This is a Rescue!”
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