#jay-mccarl

  • POTD: Feeling Dry? Here’s a Desert Prayer

    In a desert? King David was many times, and this is what he prayed. Let’s join in… O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary…

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  • POTD: A Prayer in a World of Conspiracies

    A world of conspiracies is no match for the King of all kings. Time to pray… How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you. In the shelter of your presence you hide them…

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  • POTD: One Who Really Needs Your Prayers

    If there was ever a reason to pray, here’s a good one—especially now. Pray for your Pastor—they’re under enormous pressure to do the right thing for their flock in a time of great uncertainty—where the best information contradicts, making errors inevitable and regret inescapable. No wonder Paul added to his list of sufferings, “Besides everything…

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  • It’s quite easy for Americans to take a short-term, microscopic view of current events as related to Biblical end times prophecy, but that’s really not how the Bible was written. Middle Easterners just don’t and didn’t think like us. We specialize on the minutia, which Bill Moyers pointed out decades ago: “Americans know everything about…

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  • If God is God, the one great thing I can do with my day surrender as it begins. Let’s pray… I am no longer my own, but Yours. Put me to what You will, rank me with whom You will; Put me to doing, put me to suffering; Let me be employed for You or…

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  • POTD: Dancing on Dismay

    A tremendous inspiration from King David. Let’s pray… I will exalt you, O Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me. O Lord, you brought me up from the grave; you…

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  • POTD: When the World Seems Too Big

    A prayer for when the world just seems too big. Let’s pray… Dear God, be good to me; Thy sea is so great, And my boat is so small. Amen. (Breton fisherman’s prayer)

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  • King David knew all about sheltering. Let’s pray… One thing I ask of the Lord,this is what I seek:that I may dwell in the house of the Lordall the days of my life,to gaze upon the beauty of the Lordand to seek Him in his temple.For in the day of troubleHe will keep me safe…

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