Hunger and Thirst

“The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie.  It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world.  It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night.  For all [...]

being honest with God

Prayer of confession of self-interest: Merciful Savior, we confess our sins.  We have turned away from the living God and turned toward vain things to save us: our careers, our relationships, our own power.  You made all things and rule over all things, but we prefer to serve as our own masters-and blame You when [...]

the Greatest of these…

  1 Corinthians 13:1-13  1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but [...]

Sennacherib and Hezekiah

Isaiah 36:1-7 1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 2 Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the commander stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper [...]