We mark one year since Liza Fletcher lost her life this coming weekend. Hundreds, maybe thousands, will “Finish Liza’s Run.” It is a solemn occasion. Richie Fletcher was profiled in The Daily Memphian today because he wants folks to know about his bride in the way he wants her to be remembered. It is moving… Continue reading Community Healing
Tag: Memphis
Peace and Prosperity for the City
7 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 Lord, we pray for our city tonight. We lift up the new graduates of Baptist Nursing school to You. They will… Continue reading Peace and Prosperity for the City
Fearless
A scared world needs a fearless church – A W Tozer Lord, call your believers together in Memphis to love this city. May the Cross be the aim. Protect us from evil and lies, divisions sown by the adversary. Lord, we pray for thriving community. We view the fight to love our neighbors, who see… Continue reading Fearless
The Rules
4 Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but… Continue reading The Rules
Superintendent
1 Samuel 16:7 (New International Version) But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Lord, open our eyes to the… Continue reading Superintendent
Sista 2 Sista saves
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). Lord, bless the work of Tricia and Lacey at Sista 2 Sista in Binghampton. They are loving their neighbors, women caught up in drugs and prostitution, and providing respite and Your truth.… Continue reading Sista 2 Sista saves
Guard Your Heart
Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company;2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble. Proverbs 24:1-2 Lord, may those quiet righteous be blessed. May their promote their good works. Lord, for Memphis, align our hearts with Your good. We celebrate our music in Memphis and the artists that create it.… Continue reading Guard Your Heart
Brevity
Beware of the scribes, because they for a pretense make long prayers. Their relationship with God was far more show than substance. The scribes thought they were more spiritual because of their long prayers. But G. Campbell Morgan wrote that when a man is away from his wife and the journey is short, the letters… Continue reading Brevity
When Little is Much
The Widow’s Offering 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. 43 Calling his disciples to him,… Continue reading When Little is Much
Get out of the boat
25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell… Continue reading Get out of the boat