How far along: 25 weeks! How big is the baby: She’s about the size of an eggplant. Total weight gain/loss: Surprisingly no weight gain since my last appt in December. Stretch marks: I’m thinking about deleting this section : ) Best moment this week: Snow! Food cravings: Ice cream, coffee with whipped cream Gender: GIRL! […]

Every week in my email inbox I receive a “Weekly Prayer Tip” from the National Day of Prayer Task Force.  Each prayer tip includes a scripture and a suggested prayer related to the selected scripture. Thus far, I have found every one of these…

One of the central themes in my prayer ministry seminars and the online prayer ministries course that I teach at the seminary has to do with cultivating a culture of prayer in the local church. Until I am able to publish on the subject, here is a resou…

While reading 2 Thessalonians 3:1 this morning, I was reminded that it is okay to pray for the rapid spread of the Good News (a.k.a., the Gospel). In fact, Paul requested that believers would pray for him–“that the message of the Lord may spread rapi…

On Tuesday I had just arrived at the Minneapolis airport after conducting the Minnesota prayer gathering with the Church of God. There it was on every flat screen: the earthquake in Haiti. My friends, let us pray for God’s mercy to be showered over th…