Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  Psalms 139:23-24  NLT   Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. That passage came screaming at me when I was a teenager.  It was that time when a friend I was very close to was moving across country.  This friend was a special part of our youth group. Our group spent time together 3 or 4 times every week.  We were tight.  We studied the Bible together, we served people together, we played together, we ate together and spent lots of time together.  There were about 10 of us that were almost inseparable.   But one of our friends was moving.  We might ever see her again.  She took my Bible for a couple days and marked some verses for me to look at later.  The two verses above were some of those, and this was most likely the first time I have ever seen them. That is why they were important, but tha...

Acts 4:24   NLT When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God: “O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— I had the privilege of traveling to Williamsburg, a city in Virginia rich with our nation’s history, for a time of prayer and being inspired to lead others to pray for our government officials, local, state and federal as well for the needs of our nation.   Testimonies from pastors to all levels of politicians talked about the impact of prayer as well as the influence that we have on others when we choose to pray. For more many years my life has been shaped by the people who poured in to my life, and it really is an honor to be part of the lives of great men and women who love of God and pray for others.   Some of the grateful people in the world are the ones who few people recognize. I speak of the Sunday School teacher who began to shape my life when I was 5 or 6 ...