Wisdom From Above

September 24, 2024
Prayer for Illumination: May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer. Amen. Lynn Canyon…

The Power of Words

September 19, 2024
Prayer for Illumination: May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer. Amen. In my…
Prayer for Illumination: Gracious God may Your messages come to us through Your Holy Spirit’s power, so that our faith might not rest on the understanding of the human mind,…

You Are the Man

August 7, 2024
Prayer for Illumination O Living God, You speak to us through Your Word made flesh in Jesus. Help us to listen when You challenge us and call us to change.…

David’s Fall

July 30, 2024
Prayer for Illumination God of Grace and Hope, We come before You with attentive ears. Let the Word of Transforming Power speak deeply within us, so that it convicts us,…

God’s Promise to David

July 23, 2024
Prayer for Illumination God of Wisdom and Understanding, open our hearts and minds as we listen to Your life-transforming words. Speak to us, Your servants are listening. Amen. I started…

David and the Ark

July 16, 2024
Prayer for Understanding God of Word and Wisdom, as we listen to the Scriptures today, enlighten our minds, nurture our souls, embolden our hearts, and stir our minds, so that…

The Grace of Giving

July 3, 2024
Prayer for Illumination Father, Like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in season, we delight in Your Word. Please, open up Your Word to us…

Living By Faith

June 14, 2024
Prayer of Illumination: Lord God, our souls wait for You, more than those who watch for the morning. Send Your Spirit upon us as Your word is read and proclaimed…

Here Am I. Send Me!

May 31, 2024
Prayer for Illumination God our Father, True source of light and wisdom, let a ray of Your light penetrate the darkness of our understanding. Holy Spirit, empower us to live…

Can These Bones Live?

May 24, 2024
Prayer of Illumination: For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to divide soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges…
Once again the Bible makes a very strong statement. Last week it was the First Letter of John that told us, in a dozen different ways, that God loves us…

People Who Need People

May 17, 2024
I’d like to suggest a spiritual exercise that could get us all ready to respond to this section of the Bible that we have just heard. Love can be very…

The Good Shepherd

May 2, 2024
Prayer for Illumination Eternal God, our guide and guardian, Enlighten our minds to Your teachings, that we may be servants of Your love. Transform our church, so that we may…

We Are Children of God

April 16, 2024
Prayer for Illumination God of Word and Wisdom, the Risen Christ opened the minds of his friends to understand the Scriptures. Send us Your Holy Spirit to open our minds…

True Fellowship

April 9, 2024
Prayer of Illumination: Holy God, just as You transformed disbelief into faith for Your followers on that first Easter, we pray that You would transform our hearts and minds through…

I Have Seen the Lord

April 9, 2024
Prayer for Illumination: Risen One, help us recognize You this day as we hear Your word. You are “Rabboni,” our Teacher, our Guide. Come, speak to us, that we might…

Going A Little Farther

March 22, 2024
Going A Little Farther In athletics, the margin of excellence is often very small, in some instances amounting to a fraction of an inch or a second or two. In…

Not to Condemn

March 12, 2024
John 3:1-21 The purpose of sermons Sermons often just make us feel guilty. We may even get tired of being stirred but unchanged. God wants to bring genuine changes in…

The Message of the Cross

March 6, 2024
Prayer for Illumination: Holy God, reveal Your presence to us this day as we listen to Your word. Send Your Spirit upon us that we might listen, discern, and take…

Jesus the Son of God

February 21, 2024
Prayer for Understanding God of wisdom, send Your Spirit to prepare our hearts and minds to hear Your Word. Teach us to see You more clearly and love You more…

Faith With Gratitude

February 21, 2024
Faith With Gratitude Scripture Readings: Ephesians 2: 8 - 10 James 2: 14 - 17 1 Samuel 16: 6 - 7   • The issue of the relative importance of…

Knowledge vs. Love

January 31, 2024
Prayer for Illumination Source of Wisdom, still our minds as we listen to the Scriptures. Send Your Spirit to keep us alert and attuned to Your life-giving Word this day.…

The God of Second Chances

January 24, 2024
Prayer for Illumination: Compassionate God, may the authority of Your Spirit bring understanding into our confused minds and truth into our troubled hearts, so that we may be transformed and…

For One of the Least

November 30, 2023
Prayer for Illumination Open our eyes to the truths contained in this passage and empower us to live out the message it conveys. May Your Holy Spirit be our teacher…

Do Not Bury Your Gifts

November 22, 2023
Prayer for illumination: God of the generations, the Scriptures are a legacy to us from Your faithful people over many centuries. Just as Your Spirit inspired and guided prophets, evangelists,…

Be Ready & Be Responsible

November 15, 2023
Prayer for illumination God of prophets and parables, your Word can meet us with a challenge, a puzzle, and a promise. Send your Spirit with the gifts of understanding to…