Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.30.08 in Devotional
Recently I attended a prayer meeting with a group of godly people, the purpose of which was to seek God’s face on behalf of the city in which they lived. I listened as they asked God to unite Christians so that the body of Christ would make a positive witness to the city, they prayed for open hearts, they asked the Fa …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.28.08 in Devotional
After our unplanned visit to the cemetery (see below), my mind drifted back to a scene from the final episode of the John Adams miniseries on HBO. Adams is now almost 90 years old, having outlived his wife, several of his children, and all of his contemporaries (except Thomas Jefferson). His health failing, Adams looks and …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.17.08 in Devotional
“How can I pray for you?”When several friends asked that question during our visit to Chicago last weekend, I gave the same answer every time.”Pray Philippians 1:9-11 for us.”That’s Paul’s prayer for the Christians at Philippi. I discovered it when I preached a sermon series called Praying With Paul in 2003. Of …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.6.08 in Devotional
A friend e-mailed me with the news that his mother’s cancer surgery had been successful. He ended his message with this statement: “God is God, good, and great.” As I pondered his words I was struck at once by their simplicity and profundity. How much truth those six little words contain. They summarize …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.28.08 in Devotional
Yesterday I listened to a sermon on 1 Corinthians 13 by Haddon Robinson in which he dealt with the phrase in v. 5 that says “love . . . is not easily provoked” (KJV). Other translations say “it is not irritable” (NLT), “not easily angered” (NET), “does not take offence” (NJB), is “not quick tempered” (CEV), is “not quickly …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.27.08 in Devotional
Today,For what I am that I ought not to be,Forgive me.For what I am not that I ought to be,Forgive me.Be with my mouth in what it speaksBe with my hands in what they doBe with my mind in what it thinksBe with my heart in what it feelsWork in me…through me….for me….in spite of meIn the precious name of J …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.24.08 in Devotional
This weekend I listened to a podcast sermon by Haddon Robinson in which he told a story about Robertson McQuilkin, former president of Columbia International University. He put up a plaque in his living room that said, “The Absent Are Safe Here.” That meant that neither he nor his wife would speak unkindly about those not p …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.22.08 in Bible Study, Devotional, Good Friday-Easter, Video
The four gospels do not tell us much about what happened on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We know that after Jesus died, the disciples stayed behind locked doors for fear of the Jewish leaders (John 20:19). Their fear was well-founded because on that Saturday, the chief priests and the Pharisees met wi …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.16.08 in Devotional
I woke up this morning thinking about three friends. One recently lost his job, one may be on the verge of losing his job, and third one doesn’t like her job. All three have questions about what God is doing, what he is saying, and why things aren’t going so well right now. I have heard from all three of my frie …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.12.08 in Devotional, Word of Life
This week I’ve been teaching Galatians to 250 first-year students at Word of Life Bible Institute in New York. So far I have given seven lectures covering chapters 1-4. I also spoke at staff devos yesterday and in the Chancellor’s Chapel this morning. So it’s been a busy week. Judging from the response of …
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