Yesterday we looked at the word “walk,” but there is a second verb in Galatians 5 that speaks of living our life in the Spirit.  In verse 18 Paul says, “But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not u...  Read More

Yesterday I wrote about Paul praying for “fullness,” and I want to come back to that.  When you read the book of Acts, the Spirit of God comes into people, and everything changes.  The church booms, t...  Read More

I closed yesterday’s sermon with Ephesians 3:19, “and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled with all the fulness of God.”  I said to you, but please understand I w...  Read More

How do we pray for the lost or the prodigals in our lives?  2 Corinthians 4 gives us insight as to why they are lost or why they may have moved away from the truth, “And even if our gospel is veiled, ...  Read More

One page of my Prayer Journal simply had the prayer of Paul in Philippians 1:9-11.  Years ago, I memorized it in the NIV and that tends to stick with me as I come to this passage.  I absolutely love p...  Read More

This morning, I found myself in the midst of James 1 where he speaks about temptation…basically he says, it doesn’t come from God; rather, it comes from the desires that are inside of us.  As I wrote ...  Read More

The pages I’m sharing from my Prayer Journal are the ones I start with after reading the Scripture.  This morning, I read Hebrews 13 and spent a while in the writer’s benediction.  In verse 21 he remi...  Read More

Got back from Southeast Asia yesterday…from the time we left the hotel to the time I arrived back at home only took 32 hours!  Jetlag does a lot to the body, but one of the best parts of it is that I ...  Read More

As I read the Word of God, the Holy Spirit often takes me to other passages and those passages often lead me to prayer.  For example, I was meditating on Romans 8 and came across these words, (vs 5) “...  Read More

We’ve been looking at Paul’s incredible statement about what God did to save us.  As I prayed through Colossians 1 I found myself in these incredible words (1:21-23).  I had just praised Him for who H...  Read More

So, we’ve been looking at Colossians 1:21-23.  We saw what we were, we saw what Jesus did to change us, and today I want you to consider the evidence of that change as we seek to learn to pray and pra...  Read More

Yesterday we looked at Colossians 1:21 and saw what we were.  Today I want to draw your attention to verse 22 and let’s see how we were changed.  “He has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his dea...  Read More