Tag Archives: Prayer

A Prayer on Veterans/Armistice Day

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Michael Summers

On this Veterans Day/Armistice Day weekend: “Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he … Continue reading →

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Putting On the Armor of Light

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Michael Summers

You put on your armor when it is time to go to war. Soldiers preparing to deploy, or receiving the news that the enemy is approaching their camp, know a rush of adrenalin. There’s a sense of urgency. They check … Continue reading →

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Before you vote…

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Michael Summers

Check out @MiwasumSummers’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/MiwasumSummers/status/1057991232062939137?s=09 You read all the election appeals that crowded your mailbox. You checked recommendations from Christian groups. You may have talked to some of the candidates about their policy positions. Check my tweet for advice about … Continue reading →

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A Prayer Against Abhorrent Evil and Lying

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Michael Summers

David prays a powerful indictment of epidemic lying and proponents of wickedness in Psalm 12. He aligns with God’s hatred for untruth. He pleads for the Lord to rescue, to save, to guard. He prays, “Save, O LORD, for the … Continue reading →

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Our Dance with God

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Michael Summers

“If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25 ESV). Prayer is our dance with God. We converse, and as we do, at times in harmony, at times in dissonance, we reveal … Continue reading →

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Praying for Peace when Life’s Storms Overwhelm

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Michael Summers

Psalm 107 begins the fifth book of the Psalms with a song that remembers hardship. Consecutive sections of the Psalm recall different experiences of suffering and fear in which it seemed the Lord might be absent. Some wander … Continue reading →

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Keys to Confidence

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Michael Summers

The apostle John writes, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life”(1 John 5:13). Those words breathe hope. The apostle tells that we … Continue reading →

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