Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.6.08 in Devotional
“He who looks upon sin merely as a fiction, as a misfortune, or as a trifle, sees no necessity either for deep repentance or a great atonement.He who sees no sin in himself will feel no need of a Saviour. He who is conscious of no evil at work in his heart, will desire no change of nature. He who regards sin as a slight affair will think a fe…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.5.08 in Devotional
8:03 AM At the moment we are sitting at the Delta terminal at Kennedy Airport in New York waiting for our flight to Raleigh, NC. This is the final stop on our trip that began two weeks ago when we left Tupelo for the MEF Conference in Colorado Springs (that seems like a long time ago) and then on to Schroon Lake in upstate New York for a very busy …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.3.08 in Devotional
Tonight I met a pastor who shared a thoughtful insight with me. Sometimes in our attempt to reach out to the prodigals we know, we can intervene too soon. Do remember what happened to the prodigal son in Luke 15? After he had wasted all his inheritance in wild living, he ended up feeding the pigs. As Eugene Peterson puts it, “He was…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.30.08 in Devotional, Word of Life
After the service tonight, we attended a get-together at the home of Wayne & Ruthie Lewis. Near the end Wayne asked Don Lough to share his vision for the future of Word of Life. In three years Don will become the new Executive Director of the worldwide ministry of Word of Life. During his talk Don shared that when he was named to succeed J…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.28.08 in Devotional
Twenty-four hours ago we were in Colorado Springs. Tonight we are at beautiful Word of Life Inn in Schroon Lake, New York. As Jack Wyrtzen liked to say, we are high in the Adirondack Mountains, north of Albany and south of Lake Placid. I first came to Word of Life in the summer of 1971 when I was a student at Tennessee Temple College in Chattanooga…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.24.08 in Devotional
The MEF Bible conference always begins with a Monday seminar that runs from 9 AM-3:15 PM. Yesterday 500 people gathered in a local hotel for the seminar. Carol Kent spoke twice and held us spellbound with the story of how their son was convicted and sent to prison for first-degree murder. You can read about it in her book When I Lay My Isaac Down. …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.22.08 in Devotional, Personal, Travel
We’re up early this morning because we’ll be traveling all the day, partly because we’ve got a long way to go and partly because there is no quick way to get from Tupelo to Colorado Springs. All week long we (I mean Marlene mostly) have been packing and getting things ready for this first leg of our summer conference schedule…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.21.08 in Devotional, Personal
On June 4 I wrote an entry called We Need Another Miracle, Lord about our dear friend Heather Bosgraf who had surgery that day to remove a tumor at the base of her brain. Though the surgery was successful in removing the tumor, she never fully regained consciousness. An MRI late last week showed that the cancer was spreading and had returned to the…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.19.08 in Devotional
A friend asked me for a blog entry on a very important topic:Write a blog entry for me (and everyone who is facing death for someone that they love). Tell me what the Scriptures are that you read in the hospital when someone is dying. Where do we find hope? What gives comfort to the sick and the family? I remember people reading from Revelati…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.18.08 in Devotional
This Sunday I’m going to be visiting your church for the first time. I’ve heard good things about it, and I’m coming to see for myself. Here are a few things that you might like to know about me before this Sunday: Remember that I don’t know what to expect and am probably a bit nervous about your church. A friendly “Hell…
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