Please Pray for Philip’s Mother

Philip Cunningham is a really good friend of mine. Unlike so many we have kept in touch over the last several years and I really appreciate his initiative in much of that communication. I wanted to make you aware of the need to pray for his mother who has cancer. Here is a link to [...]

Should We Pray for the Hands of Doctors? Praying Too Small

I always thought the prayer, “Lord, please be with the hands of the doctors…” was a strange prayer. We are asking for God to intervene without having to ask Him to do it all himself. It’s like saying, “God if you have time could you help this person?” We are asking for the doctors to [...]

Free Small Group Curriculum Available at Kingdom Living

I will be posting our small group curriculum at Northwest here at Kingdom Living over the next few days. Feel free to download it, use it, or whatever other use you can find that will bring glory to the kingdom of God. I haven’t put any copywrite information on it whatsoever. The only thing I [...]

If You Ever Thought You Had it Rough…

I met a really sweet lady today. She called the church and was needing some assistance. After talking with her I cannot imagine complaining about anything. Imagine having no friends, no family, and no transportation. Add on top of that having cancer and taking chemo treatments she cannot afford. Her credit is shattered due to [...]

Gordon MacDonald on Prayer

“Until we believe that prayer is indeed a real and highly significant activity, that it does in fact reach beyond space and time to the God who is actually there, we will never acquire the habits of worship and intercession. In order to gain these habits we must make a conscious effort to overcome the [...]

Don’t Judge Too Quickly

The following two clips remind me of something that happened to me four years ago this month.

I had just gotten engaged to Missy. We were attending Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis. A friend of mine found out about our engagement and he asked if he could pray with me about it. I thought [...]

Celebrating God’s Deliverance (Acts 12)

Word came back to the disciples that James had been killed and Peter was arrested. With a political system in flux and a need to find favor with the Jewish constituents, Peter’s life hung in the balance. The Christians began to pray. I wonder what it is they prayed for. I think if I were [...]

Letter from a Prisoner

In light of the previous post, Living Out Jesus’ Mission, I wanted to share this letter with you as it was written to me by a brother in Christ who is behind bars. Although he is in prison I can assure you that Jesus has set him free. Keep him in your prayers. Also keep [...]

Prayer Request

I am turning this comment from this post into its own post to bring it to your attention. Please pray for this family. Here is her request:
I am here to ask for prayer for my family that is in crisis right now. My husband of 8 years, (been together 10), walked out on me and [...]

Homeostasis - The Challenge of Spiritual Maturity

Homeostasis - a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group - Webster’s Dictionary
 
We tend to gravitate toward the things we are most comfortable with. We are most comfortable with the things we have done [...]