It’s Marriage Prayer Friday!

Let’s pray our marriages into the Christmas season!A prayer for your own marriage—IMMANUEL, thank you for revealing Yourself to us and demonstrating Your nearness. During this Christmas season, I ask that you would break through any obstacles in my marriage that...

It’s Marriage Prayer Friday!

Since Larry is out of town this week and I’m keeping the home fires burning with his support only via prayer and iPhone FaceTime, I am falling behind on some things and shifting priorities.  So I am going to quote from a favorite prayer book this week...

It’s Marriage Prayer Friday!

Early this week, a reflection on gratitude by our worship pastor stirred a deep passion within me. His email came as I was between discussions with several women about their marriages. It was a fairly typical day. I answered emails in the morning, met a woman for...

It’s “Marriage Prayer Friday!”

On a daily basis, couples and families face challenging decisions, questions about the future, hopes, and dreams.  Today’s prayer is for direction.  Please consider praying it along with your spouse.  Even if you usually pray privately or rarely...

It’s Marriage Prayer Friday!

Today’s prayers are based on Psalm 19.A prayer for your own marriage— HOLY REDEEMER, there are many ways I bring offense to my spouse and I am not even aware of all of them!  I admit that sometimes I am defensive about my sins and weaknesses, very often I...

We can tend our Chores while the Lord tends our Fears

Pulling dead flowers from the gardens one afternoon last week led me to tears and a couple days of raw emotion.  I knelt by the phlox and day lilies praying something like this:Lord, I have tried to take good care of the gifts you’ve given me yet they could be...