Jesus Christ provides the greatest example of Prayer. The Lord Jesus Christ in Luke 3:21 .....”and while Jesus was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove and a voice came out of Heaven. ‘You are my beloved Son, in you I am well pleased.’ Luke 5:16 “But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness or deserted places and pray.” If Jesus, the Son of God, needed to pray, how much more do we? Jesus was a man of prayer

How often do we look at the clock on a daily basis? Beyond that, how often do we let the clock dictate our mood or anxiety level. I know personally there are so many times in life that I catch myself letting the time on earth dictate what I do, how I feel, and even stress over it. It is so easy to let the world and its expectation of getting so many things done creep in on us that we start to bump the priority of things to spend time in the wrong areas. Take a moment today an

I was the last one to leave the church around 4 P.M. that day, others having left much earlier. My car was parallel parked on the street closest to the church. As I headed toward my car, I noticed I had a flat tire. At the same time I heard a car speeding down the street and waited on the sidewalk for the car to pass, having no thoughts yet of what to do about the flat. Immediately I heard the screeching of brakes and four car doors swung open and four men jumped out of the c

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Romans 6:15 God forbid! This is a very strong phrase. The Life in the Spirit Bible says this phrase corresponds to the Hebrews, chalilah lanu, “May it be far from us!” Basically, don’t let it happen! Christ was sinless. He suffered physically and was humiliated by the power of sin because of us. He died so that sin’s influence would die too. Christ triumphed over sin and its power. That me

Life seems to be completely out of control right now. I could use about five extra hours every day to just feel like I am back in control. The other day I was bold enough to say God I just cannot handle one more thing on my plate. The next thing I know the phone rings and something else was added to my plate. I sat in frustration and just said God we just had this conversation about life unraveling. I felt like I could not breathe just thinking how in the world I was going to