When do I need to pray? I hear this question a lot. The Bible actually has a lot to say about the best time to pray. In lesson 4 of Prayer School, we talk about when we need to pray. We look practically and scripturally at what it means in I Thessalonians 5:17 when Paul tells the church to never ...
I was 21 years old and I’d been living in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for 4 months, attending Bible college and loving life. It was the first time I had been away from home and family, 998 miles away to be exact. I loved my adventure. I loved what I was learning of God and His Word. I loved the people ...
“How long do I wait? I’m so tired. Tired of waiting. Tired of praying and seeing nothing happen.” Have you ever thought these words? They are words I hear from people all the time. They’re words I’ve thought to myself more than once. Faith. We can read about it. Study it. Walk in it. Pray by it. We can live ...
There’s an old hymn that starts, “Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.” It came to mind today as I read this passage in Mark. It challenged me and shamed me and brought me hope all at the same time. In Mark 8, Jesus describes what it truly looks like to be a disciple. To be ...
Am I the only one who’s felt more than once as doomsday approaches (er…I mean election day) like you’re in one of those nightmares where the bad guy is chasing you but you can’t move? You’re running and screaming and crying for help, but no one hears and he closes in and you’re stuck in quicksand with the feeling of “There’s ...