The God of all grace
A prayer at the close of the week's reading, from the end of Peter's letter.
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The One Who Commands the Sea
When Jesus stills a storm, his disciples ask a question the song of Moses already answered.
A Prayer From the Far Shore
Shaped by the song of Moses and the waters of Marah in Exodus 15.
A Prayer Under the Blood
Shaped by the night of Passover in Exodus 12.
A Prayer After a Bad Week
Shaped by Moses' complaint and God's answer in Exodus 5 and 6.
A Prayer at the Bush
Shaped by the calling of Moses in Exodus 3 and 4.
Devotional
What the Law Could Not Do
Romans 8:1-17 fills the gap that chapter 7 left open, and fills it with the Spirit.
A Prayer for Monday
A prayer for the start of the working week, from Romans 6:15-23.
A Prayer for the Lord's Day
A Sunday prayer drawn from Romans 6:1-14.
Devotional
Two Men, Two Histories
Romans 5:12-21 tells the whole human story through the actions of two people.
A Prayer for Peace With God
A prayer shaped by Romans 5:1-11 for the end of a week.
A Prayer to Remain
Asking the gardener for the grace to stay connected and to accept his pruning.
A Prayer for the Week's Beginning
Asking for the Advocate's help and the peace Jesus left behind.
Devotional
The Genealogy at the End
The book of Ruth ends with a list of names, and the list is the point.
Devotional
As It Turned Out
Ruth picks a field at random, and the narrator lets us see the hand behind the accident.
Bible study
Not What I Will
In Gethsemane Jesus prayed the prayer James's whole letter has been pointing toward.
Bible study
Wages That Cry Out
James turns on the rich who withhold pay, and he says the money itself is testifying against them.
A Prayer With Everything
Offering the four parts of ourselves to God
Devotional
Not Far From the Kingdom
A scribe asks a good question and gets an answer that is also an invitation
A Prayer for Fruit
Asking God for more than leaves
A Prayer of the Ransomed
Thanking Christ for the price and asking to follow the pattern
Devotional
The Cup and the Seats
James and John ask the wrong question, and Jesus answers the right one
Living
When You Do Not Know What to Say
Peter spoke from fear, and Mark kept the record so we could learn from it
A Prayer to Listen
Asking for ears as well as eyes
Devotional
Knowing Him
Paul's ambition in Philippians 3 is not to achieve something for Christ but to know him, and the distinction changes everything.
Devotional
The Boy Under the Bush
Hagar and Ishmael are sent away into the desert, and God hears the boy crying.
A Prayer of Intercession
A prayer modeled on Abraham's plea for Sodom, for the places and people we carry before God.
Devotional
The Man Who Argued With God
Abraham's plea for Sodom is the first extended intercession in the Bible, and God invited it.
A Prayer Under the Night Sky
A prayer for those who have waited a long time, shaped by God's promise to Abram in Genesis 15.
A Prayer for Those Who Must Go
A prayer shaped by the call of Abram for anyone standing at the edge of obedience.
A Prayer from the Outside
A prayer for those who feel they have no standing before God and come anyway.
Devotional
He Saw Them Straining
Between the feeding and the landing, Mark shows us a Jesus who watches, prays, and comes.
Bible study
What Are They Afraid Of
Observing the fear of the townspeople in Mark 5 and what it reveals about us.
Prayer in the Boat
A prayer for anyone crossing rough water, shaped by Mark 4.
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Who Is This
The calming of the storm ends not with relief but with a question, and Mark wants us to answer it.
Prayer for the Family of God
A prayer shaped by Jesus' words about his true brothers and sisters.
You Are With Us
A prayer from Psalm 23 for the valley and the table
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The Cup He Did Not Refuse
In Gethsemane Jesus prayed the honest prayer of the psalms and then said yes
But We Trust
A prayer for the waiting, from Psalm 13