
Matthew’s Hearts of Hope
Pray for Marie Hatcher’s young son, Matthew, on his third complicated heart surgery.

Pray for Marie Hatcher’s young son, Matthew, on his third complicated heart surgery.

Planting Roots is a new ministry that seeks to present Christ-centered, engaging events for military women, sharing the gospel of Christ while challenging and equipping believers to flourish in faith.

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and hear God say, “I gave you so many gifts and talents. I had so much I wanted you to do. I would have opened doors for you! I would have equipped you with everything you needed—but you let fear win out and you never took that first step on the journey.”

As children of the Lord, we are welcome to approach Him with our shortcomings–and not just for comfort when we don’t perform as well as we’d like or when we make an innocent mistake. He longs for us to come to Him with our tough stuff. Our willful trespasses. Our unloveliness. Our rebellion. Our all-out sin.

A professional photographer in Australia documents his family’s love for an unlikely pet, Penguin the magpie.
We hope you’ll join us for the Good Friday Day of Prayer event, scheduled for 7-5pm, Friday, April 3 at Mizzentop Day School (formerly Peale Center) 66 East Main Street in Pawling, NY.

In this excerpt from Daily Talks with God, Karen Barber shares how you can harness God’s power.

Never take God’s handiwork for granted. Thank Him for the gift of another spring, for days with warm sunshine and a soft breeze. Delight in the amazing beauty He’s created,

My prayer for Easter Wednesday is to stay alert. To look for the signs. To listen. To wait. To be better prepared. To be ready. Good things are coming.

It is a way of remembering, of walking through the Passion with Jesus, of identifying with Him and His sufferings–a way to “survey the wondrous cross, on which the Prince of Glory died.” Here are three ways to pray through the stations.