The Precious Gift of Prayer

The Precious Gift of Prayer

You can talk with God. And God will listen. The most powerful Being in this universe, and you have the ability to come before His throne—once, twice, a hundred times a day. You can ask Him for help. You can tell Him what you’re struggling with. You can request the...
When the Answer Is en Route

When the Answer Is en Route

Sometimes it’s hard for me to remember that the God who is unbound by time and space allows His actions to be bound by these same things. When we pray, it’s with the knowledge and understanding that God can (and sometimes will) immediately answer our prayer in a...
The Day the Heating Elements Quit

The Day the Heating Elements Quit

Yesterday was a funny day. Our dryer—that is, the dryer we were generously gifted 12 years ago when a family friend was upgrading their already decade-old appliances—finally decided to stop performing its primary function. The motor still turned, the barrel still...
The Assembling of Ourselves

The Assembling of Ourselves

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one...
Do I Really Deserve to Be Here?

Do I Really Deserve to Be Here?

Out of all three questions we’ve been discussing these past few weeks, this is the easiest one to answer. No. Of course you don’t deserve to be here. But that’s the point, isn’t it? We talked about this earlier. No one in the Church is perfect. No one here deserves to...