My fearless two-year-old will often leap off whatever ledge she can climb up to and assume I’ll catch her – whether I’m aware she’s about to jump or not. Fortunately, she’ll learn. As we get older, we gain...
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Thy Will Be Done – Submission to a Good God
I’m big into symbols. I visited an Anglican church a ways back, in which they began each service with a processional, all the clergy walking into the sanctuary to great fanfare – but all of them behind a small altar boy with a deadly...
Read moreMorning Prayer – Hasten Your Kingdom, Lord
Ascribe to the Lord the honor due his Name, bring offerings and come into his courts – Psalm 96:8 I call with my whole heart; answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes. – Psalm 119:145 Open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall...
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One of my favorite Disney movies is The Lion King. It’s easily got the best soundtrack, plus there are some incredible redemptive themes throughout the movie. If you don’t remember it, it’s the story of Simba, a young lion...
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O God, the Author of all good, I come to thee for the grace another day will require for its duties and events. I step out into a wicked world, I carry about with me an evil heart, I know that without thee I can do nothing, that everything with...
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The words of Jesus’ prayer – simple on the surface – are starting to get a little tougher. This line in particular is where His prayer and mine start to part ways. When we pray these words, we are asking Him to align our...
Read moreHallowed Be Your Name
What do you live for? What defines you? If your best friends were to sum up the single idea that describes your purpose and where you’re headed in life, what would it be? To put it more bluntly, “why are you here?” Existential...
Read moreI Will Call Upon the Lord
I will call upon God and the Lord will deliver me. In the evening, in the morning, and at the noonday, I will complain and lament, and He will hear my voice. He will bring me safely back…God, who is enthroned of old, will hear me. –...
Read moreOur Father in Heaven
One of my favorite movies is Rudy. Have you seen it? It’s a movie based on the story of Daniel E. “Rudy” Ruettiger – a small, athletically-unremarkable kid with dyslexia from a blue-collar family in the Rust Belt. But Rudy...
Read moreHow Great is Your Goodness! A Morning Prayer
How great is your goodness, O Lord which you have laid up for those who fear you; which you have done in the sight of all. -Psalm 31:19 I will bear witness that the Lord is righteous; I will praise the name of the Lord Most High. – Psalm...
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When the disciples asked Jesus, “teach us to pray,” He obliged them. But it’s interesting how He begins: “Our Father in heaven…” A German New Testament scholar named Joachim Jeremias did a study in which he...
Read moreThe Red Phone
In Cold War-era spy movies, the President had a “red phone” that was his direct line to launch the nukes in case the Russians did something crazy. The mere presence of the phone was uncomfortable because of the awesome power attached...
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