What are your passions and priorities?

Dear Friends in Christ, “Because of all this we make a firm agreement in writing, and on that sealed document are inscribed the names of our officials… The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who...

Four Directional Praying

Dear Friends in Christ, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting…” (Nehemiah 9:5b) The longest prayer in the Bible is recorded in Nehemiah 9:5b-37. Upon the completion of the wall, God’s people gather for the public reading of Scripture...

Let giving be joyful…

Dear Friends in Christ, “For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9) This past weekend I was blessed to worship with...

A Transformational Gift

Dear Friends in Christ, “When the seventh month came-the people of Israel being settled in their towns- all the people gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had...

“Your kingdom come…”

Dear Friends in Christ, “Your kingdom come…” (Matthew 6:10a). We pray the Lord’s Prayer a lot. This is the last prayer I pray at the end of my personal morning petitions. Every morning of every day. This is the prayer we pray corporately at...