Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  A couple years ago I received a book that has really encouraged my prayer life.  We have also been using it for over a year in our Sunday church services, and I want to comment this book to you.   The book by Daniel Henderson is Praying the Psalms , and it continues to be a blessing.  A huge one as I use it often daily in my personal life.  Yesterday I read Psalm 93 which is a great Psalm and a reminder I needed. Psalm 93:2-5  NLT   Your throne, O Lord, has stood from time immemorial. You yourself are from the everlasting past. 3  The floods have risen up, O Lord.  The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves. 4 But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore— the Lord above is mightier than these! 5  Your royal laws cannot be changed. Your reign, O Lord, is holy forever and ever.   The simple truth of that Psalm is that the world is in a storm, the...

  For several years my commitment to reading the Bible each and every day of the year.  Since we are at the start of a new year, I want to remind you of this once again!   We need the Word of God.  It is t he Bible that changes us because His letter and love is for each of us.  Dig in.  Read the Bible. I want to follow Jesus.  How about you?  How do you know who God is and how He works?  The best answer is in His word.   Job 23:11  NLT For I have stayed on God’s paths; I have followed his ways and not turned aside.   There are so many promises that are tied to the Word of God.  The more time we spend with God and in the Bible, the more of those promises we know and can claim.  Take a few minutes to look at these truths about His word. Hebrews 4:12  NLT   For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It ex...