Dear Heavenly Father: You are so wonderful, so good and so kind. Awesome and majestic in all that you are, it is still incredible that you should engage with your creature. Especially one that actively chose to wander away from your precepts, your principles, your leading and your care. Here I am though. A recipient […]
Read More A Prayer of Thanks: For DirectionDear Heavenly Father: Constantly, you show how much greater you are than the circumstance, in the circumstance and after that circumstance in preparation for the next. For all that and more, you’re worthy of every song of praise offered to you. The song sung in time past and the new song you’ll bring to our […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: A Prayer of Thanks – A Song of PraiseDear Heavenly Father: There is so much to be grateful to you. You have done so much for me that I can understand why a psalmist said that in the light of all that you’ve done, they were glad. I am glad. Father, I thought I knew what love was all about growing up in […]
Read More A Prayer of Thanks: For Your LoveDear Lord. Thank you for your goodness and kindness to me. Thank you for rescuing me from sin and its consequences. Thank you for doing so out of love and showing me that as you loved me first, so I can love you in return. My life was going in the wrong direction, I was […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Seven: Stay Connected for the RestIn announcing His edicts on Kingdom living, the King contrasts what passes for the social and religious norm for the revised norm that expresses Kingdom Life. His social commentary holds nothing back in displaying the flaws of the religious norm. This is particularly evident when it comes to prayer. His critique is not just about […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Practice the Secret Life of PrayerThe deal was that whoever responded the right way would be the winner. The two forces had been competing for the attention of the people. The people had hovered over the two opinions and were favourable to one or the other almost at a whim. Indeed some would make a front of supporting the one […]
Read More Who Rules? Who Responds AppropriatelyIt’s one of the best things about praying together. Praying together and joining our hearts and minds on the same matter can cultivate a closer relationship with those in the group. That closer relationship can give permission for greater vulnerability and honesty. So it was as we connected to pray that one of the group […]
Read More The Difference A Word Can MakeEvery morning their Mum would call them together. They knew the drill. Have you washed? Brushed your teeth? Let me check? Brush them again. You know you can’t go out and let people smell rotting breath. OK, open your Bibles. What does it say? What does it mean? Remember your prayers. Then they were allowed […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Solid FoundationsHe was not on his own. When the edict came down and their livelihood was in jeopardy, he knew exactly where to go. He got in touch with his three friends. And the four of them prayed. And God answered their prayer. As the four of them prayed together. The answer came and from a […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: There Were FourWhen they got married, one of their parents prayed a simple prayer. Dear Lord, let us delight to see this marriage work through the many challenges and thrive through the setbacks and disappointments. The union was fruitful in that they had three children in rather quick succession. Barely five years covered the first to the […]
Read More Pray: For The Married For The Good
