by Kevin Murray | Oct 14, 2015 | Prayer
There are many times when I begin to pray from an earnest place of deep-felt need, only to find that the words bloat into superficial adornments meant to sway God to my point of view. What a low view I take when I try to flower my petitions and thanksgivings with...
by Kevin Murray | Sep 29, 2015 | Challenges
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Rom 8:28) In the teeth of the night, when I’m down, way down, that verse is tough to accept. I know it’s true. It just doesn’t feel true at...
by Kevin Murray | Sep 15, 2015 | Life Lessons
No country is lastingly great apart from the will of God. Once, and for a good while, our country was great. For a time it stood upon the durable principals that our Founding Fathers spelled out in the Constitution. They were meant to be durable anyway. They were the...
by Kevin Murray | Sep 3, 2015 | Encouragement
God-empowerment (a working definition): relying on God every second of every day and in every circumstance of life. Does anyone really believe in the old expression, “Lift yourself up by your own bootstraps”? It bears all the marks of an impossible task. Try it and...
by Kevin Murray | Aug 13, 2015 | Life Lessons
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)...
