Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.24.09 in Devotional, Keep Believing Ministries
Herewith a collection of (mostly) unconnected items . . .*This morning I’m going to be on American Family Radio from 11 AM-12 Noon Central Time. To listen live, click on the link and then click on “AFR-Talk.” You can also watch the live video stream.*We have just posted a new sermon called Miracles Come in Many Varieties. We sent …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.23.09 in Devotional, Prayer
Over the weekend I received an email from a friend who said:We need your prayers, all hell has broken loose in our lives the devil has attacked me on my job, in our finances and upon my ministry. Please keep us in your prayers we need a breakthrough.It occurred to me that in these uncertain economic times, when so many are losing their jobs and whe…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.21.09 in Current Events, Devotional
A leftover thought from our Thursday night Men’s Bible study:You find out how much you love money when you have less of it today than you had six months ago. …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.20.09 in Devotional
Yesterday I shared a short poem by the Canadian poet Ethelwyn Wetherald called “My Orders.” I happened to find that poem in a blog entry by Tullian Tchividjian. In doing further research I found another poem by Ethelwyn Wetherald called “Prodigal Yet.” It is shattering in its power. If you do not deeply understand this, then…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.19.09 in Devotional
Until this week I had never heard of Canadian poet Anges Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857-1940). Here is a short poem she wrote called “My Orders.” It’s a good word for Christians who find themselves in a difficult situation with no quick end in sight. Her words apply equally to someone trapped in a bad relationship or someone who feels l…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.18.09 in Devotional, Sermons
We have just added a new sermon called Four Cracked Pots, based on the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, four very flawed, very human, very fallible heroes from the book of Judges who made many mistakes (some of them disastrous) and yet they are mentioned in Hebrews 11:32 as men who lived by faith.It’s the sort of sermon that bri…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.11.09 in Bible Study, Devotional
“If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse” (Proverbs 27:14). I hadn’t thought about this verse in a long time until a friend in China asked me about it via Facebook IM this morning. How could it be,…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.9.09 in Devotional
This morning Brian Bill announced a new idea called the 60/60 Experiment. I like it so much I think we should all do it. It goes like this.1) Set the chime on your watch (or your iPhone) to go off every hour on the hour. The chime reminds you that God is with you every moment of every day. Now here’s the cool part. When you hear the chime, yo…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.8.09 in Devotional, Sermons
On Friday I sent out a new sermon called From Rahab to Jesus based on the story of the prostitute who hid the spies when they came to search out the city of Jericho (you can find the story in Joshua 2 and Joshua 6). Because she hid them and then hung a scarlet cord out her window, she was spared when Joshua and his army destroyed the city. One sing…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.7.09 in Devotional, Prayer
This morning the email brought sad news of the sudden death in the family of someone we know. A friend’s father died last night of a sudden and massive heart attack. He had just turned 60. The whole family is in shock right now even as they begin the process of making funeral arrangements. What do we say in a time like this? How should we pra…
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