"Lord Jesus, the thorns and thistles of the fallen and troubled life are everywhere I turn my eyes. Some days that’s all that I can see, all that I can feel. Their sharp spines tear at me. They steal all my attention." (For the complete prayer, click the link below.)
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Prayer Note #238: A Prayer on an Easter Morning
"In my own body, in my own life, may I have an in-breaking of your Easter Victory over death? You are risen! May I also be raised with you! Amen."
Pastor Notes #7
[From a pastor's notebook; the names and places have been changed to protect identities.] He is in the ICU at the local hospital. His heart is failing. He has a pacemaker, but it is not much help since the muscles of his heart are very weak. Why? I don't know. Before I went up to … Continue reading Pastor Notes #7
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