Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Prayer

If you are too busy to pray then you are too busy. – W.E. Sangster

In this section you will find articles and resources that will help you develop a full and God centered prayer life.

We take seriously the Lord’s command that His Church be a house of prayer. Several prayer meetings are held each week, including men’s, women’s and mixed groups. On the right is a list of upcoming prayer meetings. They are open to all and we hope to see you at one or more this week!

The Joy of Obedience

HEBREWS 11:23-26 –  By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God…

The Abundant Life Or The Bored Life?

JOHN 10:10 – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE ABUNDANT LIFE OR THE BORED LIFE?  One of the predominant characteristics found in our world is the ease people become bored.  It isn’t just children who lament to parents, “I am bored. There…

Sometimes All We Can Do Is Cry

PSALM 137:1 – By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SOMETIMES ALL WE CAN DO IS CRY.  Today’s scripture is the opening verse in a short but moving Psalm.  Derek Kidner, in his excellent commentary on the Psalm, wrote “Every line is alive with pain, whose intensity grows with…

Prayer And The Christian Life

COLOSSIANS 4:2 – Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;” THEME OF THE DAY: PRAYER AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.  How would we define prayer?  Talking to God?  Asking God for things or for Him to do something?  One of the best definitions on prayer ever penned came from the author of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan.  Read over it…

Small Or Big Prayer Lives?

HOSEA 4:1-3 – Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Therefore the land mourns, and…