Through this kind of praying, the very Kingdom of God is sown like seeds in the fertile soil of our broken hearts and across the tortured landscape of our broken world.
Listen Now! July 23, 2018 Mark 1:14-15 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God
We need to tell the story often, we need to rehearse it for each other, and we need to sing it with the psalmist—the Lord is on our side!
Listen Now! July 20, 2018 Matthew 6:9 ““This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father . . .” CONSIDER THIS WARNING LABEL: Today’s reading will frustrate some, be off-putting to some and seemingly irrelevant
Listen Now! July 19, 2018 Matthew 6:9 ““This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, CONSIDER THIS Hallowed be your name. This would be the opposite of “taking
When Jesus’ passion, which is his Kingdom, becomes our priority, our problems become his priority.
Why has it never occurred to me to do exactly what Jesus said to do in his abundantly clear instructions?
The Lord’s Prayer is more about reminding ourselves of our real needs and who can be trusted to meet those needs.
In time, God will heal the sick and raise the dead. But, in the meantime, we learn the gift of waiting.
Listen Now! July 13, 2018 Matthew 6:5-8 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen
Listen Now! July 12, 2018 Matthew 11:25-26 Blessed are you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father,
God comes to earth in the form of a first-century Jewish peasant. He lives out before our very eyes a revolutionary life behind which is an extravagant life of prayer.
