Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott

Pray for Rain

    Rain!   Clearing the air Watering the earth Filling the reservoirs Rain, beautiful rain, ending our dry spell. For this rain we prayed. There’s another kind of rain, coming down from God above. It’s rain for our spirits. … Continue reading

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Safe Shelter at the End of Life

  When life is good, we wrap our mortality in a distant fog, hoping some far-off day to go to sleep in bed and wake up in heaven. But when pain and suffering take hold, we dust off our hope … Continue reading

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Heroic Heart

How to be a hero (from the mouth of God):   Acts 13:22 (NIV) I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.   Be a hero. … Continue reading

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Who’s Your Hero?

  It’s simple: Jesus is my hero.   Who is yours?  

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Be a Hero

  Hebrews 11 gives us a list of heroes: Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses (and his parents), Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, David and Samuel.   Hebrews 11:16 (NIV) God is not ashamed to be called their God. … Continue reading

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The Fixer-Uppers

  I see a bit of me in Jehoiada. I’ve been cleaning and painting at church, fixing it up.   We find Jehoiada the fixer-upper in 2 Chronicles 24. He’d helped rescue young Joash from the wicked Athaliah and set him … Continue reading

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Bible Character

    Does someone in the Bible remind you of you?   Jacob (the deceiver) David (the poet) Peter (the bigmouth) Jehoiada (the fixer-upper) Jehoiada? Not a name to top most lists. He reminds me of me–I’ll tell why tomorrow. … Continue reading

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Safe Cities

There are big problems in our big cities: homelessness, gangs, crime, addiction, dysfunctional schools, poverty. Inner-city churches need our help. If you’re close by, volunteer. No matter where you are, pray.   Lord, shelter your houses of worship in our … Continue reading

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Simply Pray

  God, bless America.     (for my readers outside the US: God bless the land that you love)

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Free and Brave

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