“Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” Jeremiah 29:7 Jeremiah instructed the nation of Israel to work for the benefit of Babylon when they were exiled. This world is not our… Continue reading Seeking Peace and Prosperity for Memphis
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Christmas Continues
11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. – Luke 2:11 Christmas Day has come and gone but our celebration does not end. Lord, we pray for revival in our own hearts and in our community. We pray for Memphis to know Jesus this… Continue reading Christmas Continues
God’s Got Your Number
The Call of Jeremiah 4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew[a] you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” 6 “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” 7 But… Continue reading God’s Got Your Number
Removal Day
17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed.Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 Removal Day is not a day to be celebrated. It is the day a child becomes a ward of the state and enters into the foster system. They begin this journey… Continue reading Removal Day
Jude’s call during Race Week
A Call to Persevere 17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 20 But… Continue reading Jude’s call during Race Week
Keep Building the Wall
When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, 2 and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day?… Continue reading Keep Building the Wall
Prayers for Judicial Commission
In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us.This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” – Isaiah 25:9 Lord, when the world burns, we call on You. Forgive us for our ignorance during peaceful times. Each day… Continue reading Prayers for Judicial Commission
Bring the Wash Basin
The conflict, the massacres in Israel, weigh heavy on my mind. Evil can be seen through the window you hold in your hand. I saw someone quoting Nehemiah on X and it seems appropriate for this entire fallen world. This following is not the passage quoted, but replace Eden for Jerusalem, and here we are.… Continue reading Bring the Wash Basin
Clean Up
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in… Continue reading Clean Up
The New Tom Lee
Psalm 104 1 Praise the Lord, my soul. Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. 2 The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the… Continue reading The New Tom Lee