I'm glad I grew up in a church where The Lord's Prayer in unison was repeated meaningfully. We did not rush: Even we children could keep up, conscious of the meanings as we prayed with everyone. Jesus said, “when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans .... This...
Over the course of the 15 years we've lived at our current address, we've lost about 6 or 7 trees off of our property. Some died due to disease, some to a couple of consecutive dry years, but the results have been the same: Our beautifully-treed property has some...
In the fourth part of the series beginning with "C" subtitles we come today to two more subjects... Coming "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In the first month on the first day you are to take a young bull without defect and purify the sanctuary." (Ezekiel...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 5, we saw from looking at the mention of the Ark of the Covenant in Revelation that we have access to the presence of God through the blood of Jesus, and since Jesus paid such a high price to gain us that access, let us never,...
"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you." (Joel 2:25, NKJV) When I read this verse, I can't help but substitute words for "Locust."...
"Then...he.. began to see everything clearly." (Mark 8:25) This morning I was hurrying to finish getting ready to leave for the weekend. I washed up and put on a little makeup, but it didn’t look quite right. Maybe the eye drops were causing my vision to still be a...
Numbers 11 tells a sad incident in the history of the Israelite nation. They had been wandering in the wilderness for months with only manna to eat, and needless to say, they were tired of it. I can totally relate. The rare times my husband and I go out to dinner, you...
Today's mini-sermon is the 1st of a 12-part series on the 9th chapter of John. It will be appearing in the Saturday, Sunday and Thursday additions of the Answers2Prayer newsletters. “As he (Jesus) went along, he saw a man blind from birth.” (John 9:1) When Jesus...
The following Scriptural Nugget is the fifth in a mini-series based on John 11. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may...
Why should we pray, anyway? Just what is the point of having a "prayer ministry"? Dumb question, you may say. After all, this newsletter is part of Answers2Prayer, an internet prayer ministry! Yes, the answers to this question does seem kind of...