Pray for the Persecuted Church – March 2024

PRAY FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING CHURCHES AND PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS MARCH 2024 – Prayer Focus Update is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information, and for inclusion in church magazines. It is … More Pray for the Persecuted Church – March 2024

Friday’s Feature Quote and Devotional- “Prayer” – 02-23/2024

Prayer. The activity of bringing all our desires and thanksgiving to God with full humility and submission to his will, confident that God will hear and respond. Understood in this way, prayer is directed to God through Christ and by the Spirit, rather than through confession to priests or prayers to *saints. There is a … More Friday’s Feature Quote and Devotional- “Prayer” – 02-23/2024

Watch: Weatherman Breaks Down, Starts Praying on Air as Tornado Barrels Toward Town

This past Friday evening a series of tornados swept through NE Louisiana and MS. We were blessed that in our immediate area, there was little damage. Normally when an event like this occurs especially when there is a loss of life I am packing my bags to support some disaster recovery operation. Due to continuing … More Watch: Weatherman Breaks Down, Starts Praying on Air as Tornado Barrels Toward Town

Devotional Thought for Today – 03/20/2023

Instead of the normal references to scripture and context here please see this link to our series on Beatitudes “Persecution.” (note that the series pulls up in reverse order.) The other day we had a post entitled War on Prayer by Atheists, Socialists & Communists: (update). To that post, we received an interesting response on a … More Devotional Thought for Today – 03/20/2023

Devotional Thought for Today – 02/04/2022

Prayer Series XXVII PSLAM 141 CONTEXT: From the Treasury of David: TITLE.A Psalm, Of David. Yes, David under suspicion, half afraid to speak lest he should speak unadvisedly while trying to clear himself; David slandered and beset by enemies; David censured even by saints, and taking it kindly; David deploring the condition of the godly … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/04/2022

Devotional Thought for Today – 01/31/2022

Prayer Series XXIII We continue with excerpts from: Reformed Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer. Our Posture in Prayer Holy Scripture does not bind us to any gesture particularly; but we find these four gestures . . . spoken of there, viz. standing (Mark 11:25), lying along on the face (Matthew 26:39), Kneeling (Daniel 6:10; Ephesians 3:4), and sitting … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/31/2022

Devotional Thought for Today – 01/18/2022

Prayer Series XV As previously stated, until we further note I will be posting from Reformed Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer. Today we continue with The Ingredients of Prayer Confession Ingenuous and unreserved confession of sin [is made] to the glory of that God who has been dishonoured by it. John Colquhoun When man uncovers his sin, God … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/18/2022