The Daily Prayer

Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. Ephesians 6:18 Singer/songwriter Robert Hamlet wrote “Lady Who Prays for Me” as a tribute to his mother who made a point of praying for her boys each morning before they went to the bus stop....

Let’s Finish the Race

Two are better than one . . . . If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 In the 2016 Rio Olympics, two athletes in the 5,000-meter race caught the world’s attention. About 3,200 meters into the race, New Zealander Nikki Hamblin and...

The Best Portion of All

I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation. Philippians 4:12 “His piece is bigger than mine!” When I was a boy my brothers and I would sometimes bicker about the size of the piece of homemade pie mom served us. One day Dad observed our...

Watch the Conductor

Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. Hebrews 12:1–2 World-renowned violinist, Joshua Bell, has an unusual way of leading the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, a forty-four-member...

Stay Awhile

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. Hebrews 11:13 During a discussion of The Lord of the...