A Pasture for Peterkin by Agnes Sanford is infused with practical teachings on prayer and faith so interwoven into the story that I expect I will remember them—and be able to implement them—for a long time. Teaching in stories was one of the primary ways Jesus taught. He knew how…
God, give us complete knowledge of your will, and spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that the way we live will always honor and please you, and our lives will produce every kind of good fruit, and we will grow as we learn to know you better and better. Adapted from…
Leave a Comment… my heart is always full and overflowing with thanks to God for you as I constantly remember you in my prayers. I pray that the Father of glory, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would impart to you the riches of the Spirit of wisdom and the Spirit of…
Leave a CommentI pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God (Ephesians 1:16-17 NLT). Photo: Unsplash
Leave a CommentI also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him (Ephesians 1:19 NLT). Photo: Unsplash
Leave a CommentFor they did not believe God or trust him to care for them. They did not remember his power (Psalm 78:22, 42 NLT). A root of the breakdown of trust in God is to forget God’s power and what he has done with it. To forget the miraculous signs and…
Leave a CommentAnd may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is (Ephesians 3:18 NLT). Do I understand? Not yet. The apostle Paul prayed for the Ephesians to understand. But not just that, he prayed for them…
Leave a Comment“I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit” (Ephesians 3:16 NLT). Do you need inner strength? How does this happen? Paul prayed for it to happen for others. The Creator drew from his glorious, unlimited resources. God gave the inner…
Leave a CommentOur physical struggles–our pain, our sickness–are rooted in the reality of a larger struggle. We have an enemy, one who is working hard to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10). But we have a savior, who came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). God, equip me…
Leave a CommentI had already read many of Agnes Sanford’s nonfiction books, and a couple of her fiction titles, so I thought I knew what to expect when I picked up her novel The Second Mrs. Wu (Lippincott, 1965). I was wrong. As much as I have learned from, been challenged by,…
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