First, let me apologize for the delay in getting back to this! As many of you know, my husband Dale passed away in February, and there's been lots of extra things to do since then. I am blessed with continued joy and expectation as I consider him in his new "dwelling place!" I think of us as true spiritual partners - his feet established in absolute perfection in heaven beholding the face of Jesus Christ and mine still grounded here by gravity and imperfection on the earth

Such vast eternal riches revealed in just a few words! “Lord, teach us to pray.”  Can you imagine being able to look God right in the eye as you would any other person and ask Him any question - any question at all! - you wanted to?  The New Testament account of Jesus' life is so familiar to those of us schooled in the Bible, that we can sometimes fail to think about what it was to be among Jesus' companions while He was living as a human. It appears that although the dis

Standing in the Gap from Our Knees One of the most amazing privileges we have with God is to help make a difference in our world and in the lives of other people through our prayers. Don't you find that intriguing? Why would God who is, after all, God , need our prayers to accomplish His purposes? And, if He doesn't necessarily need them, why does He want them? Have you ever thought about that? If I have, I'll bet you have. It's one of those, well, "God questions." T