Category: Spirituality

O Lord and Master, Deliver me and keep me free from a spirit of idleness, despondency, ambition, and idle talk. Rather give me a spirit of chastity, humble-mindedness, patience, and love. O Lord King, grant me to see my faults and not condemn my brothers and sisters: for blessed are you unto the ages of…

You know one thing that growing older gives you, it is perspective. I don’t believe you can get that in any other way. So many things that I thought were absolutely sure when I was younger, I no longer am so certain of. Age brings forth wisdom, if we are open to looking at things…

Why should you pray three times a day? Because David, Daniel, and Peter prayed three times a day. They set a model for us to follow. David said, “Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice” (Psalm 55:17 NKJV). Here it specifically says David prayer…

“For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving, for it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer” (1 Tim. 4:4-5). We should pray before we eat a meal. God is our Provider, therefore everything we receive is a gift. We should therefore receive…

Lately I have been studying the prayer habits of the Christian community through the ages. One practice that has really blessed me is praying the Psalms. I have taken the structure of Psalter in the Common Book of Prayer and modified it to meet my needs. I work a swing shift, so I am not…