Meditation Focus: The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath This year’s Lent Devotional Series: Be Thou My Vision resumes tomorrow after today’s Sabbath rest to meditate and worship. === If you’re already signed up on my Home Page sidebar to receive posts, you’ll get the 2020 Lent Devotionals automatically. Or you […]
Prayer Focus: Boundaries are an act of love Thank You, Father, for giving us boundaries for our health and our protection. May we never look at Your commands and requirements as being burdensome or feel a resentment over Your desire for our holiness. May we always see that Your holiness–and desire for us to be […]
Prayer Focus: God’s Glory in Creation Lord Jesus, help me to see Your glory as it is reflected back to You in Your creation. It’s beautiful that You rested on the seventh day, that space and time for resting was blessed by You, and You called it holy. Your creation will be forever reflecting Your […]
Prayer Focus: A Father’s Love Thank You Father, that I am deeply loved by You even though I don’t deserve it. I praise You Father, that You know my frame, You know my weakness, You know how much I can bear, and that You never give me more to bear then I can do with […]
Prayer Focus: Being Better Together Lord God, forgive me. You know how often my heart prefers solitude. To go it alone. To be my own master without having to take into account anyone else. To long for the simple life of selfishness that seeks the satisfaction of only one person’s concerns: mine. The minute another […]
Prayer Focus: Gratitude Lord God, loving Father, Lord of all creation, we praise You and offer thanks to You for the wonders of creation. Not only that You would delegate responsibility to care and nurture the created world You have made, but also, Lord, for the way our creation provides for us as Your provision […]
Prayer Focus: Stewardship of Creation Gracious Lord, Your creation is something amazing to behold. The diversity of animals and plants. The splendor of the stars and sky. The complexity of every form of life. The genius of reproduction, both sexual and asexual, the beauty of innocent life, and the grandeur of maturity. When I think […]
Meditation Focus: His Name is to be Praised This year’s Lent Devotional Series: Be Thou My Vision resumes tomorrow after today’s Sabbath rest to meditate and worship. === If you’re already signed up on my Home Page sidebar to receive posts, you’ll get the 2020 Lent Devotionals automatically. Or you can “Like” Seminary Gal on […]
Prayer Focus: Walking with God Father, as I reflect upon the words of the hymn “In the Garden” I am overtaken by the knowledge that Adam and Eve once had the continual joy of a close and perfect walk with You in the perfect place called Eden. The hymnist wrote, “I come to the garden […]
Prayer Focus: God is the Potter, I’m just clay Almighty God, help me to see what it truly means that I am a created being. That You formed all of mankind from the dust of the ground in essence when You created Adam and when You formed Eve from one of his ribs. Lord, we […]
