Category Archives: Morning Prayer

Nearsighted or Eternal-Sighted

I’m very nearsighted. Without my glasses, I can’t recognize faces and read signs. God has eternal vision. He sees every event that led to me being who and where I am now. He sees the impact I will have on … Continue reading

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Making More Room

  1 Corinthians 13:11 (NLT) When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.   As I mature spiritually, I let some things go. I’m … Continue reading

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Space Enough for My Big God

You’ve probably seen a demonstration on fitting sand, gravel and rocks into a jar. If we start with the sand and then add the gravel, there’s no room for the rocks. It only works if we start with the big … Continue reading

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Abundantly More than I Can Think

  The DNA contained in one cell of my body, stretched straight, would be about six feet long. The DNA in all the cells of my body would reach to the moon and back — 1000 times!   I cannot … Continue reading

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Beyond the Boundaries of My Imagination

I dreamt I was working a jigsaw puzzle. After I fit all the edge pieces together, I started on the big picture in the usual way, connecting lines, shapes and colors. Suddenly, the pieces came together — and it was … Continue reading

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Our Work

  Colossians 3:23 (ESV) Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.   Picture yourself doing your work for Jesus, with Jesus. If you can’t imagine Christ’s nod of approval, you might want to rethink … Continue reading

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The Enemy’s Work

In Genesis, we discover the enemy at work: Genesis 3:1 (NIRV) The serpent said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden’?” From the get-go, he twists the truth. His … Continue reading

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Adam’s Work

  From the very beginning, God intended for man to work.   Genesis 2:15, 19 (NIRV) The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden. He put him there to farm its land and take care of it … Continue reading

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God’s Work

  Genesis 1:1, 31 (ESV) In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth … And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Creation was/is God’s work, and He says it’s good. God’s … Continue reading

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Good Work

Here in the US, today is Labor Day, a day to celebrate the contributions of workers and their trade unions to our national progress and prosperity. Attitudes shift, and many folks no longer celebrate work. They see it as an … Continue reading

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