Category: Stories

Believe and Receive

Oh Lord, I’ll rejoice and be glad for this day! To you, oh Lord, I pray. With thanksgiving, I present my needs to you. I know you’ll find a way. Without you Lord, I have no good thing, I can do nothing apart from you. I find faith in your word; in your time I’ll be heard, Jesus, you’ll know what to do. I lean on you Lord to answer my prayer, As I cast my cares above. You’ll always do what’s best for me, so covered in your love. I pray to you for guidance, on worry, fear or...

A Mother’s Prayer

God, please bless my children Care for them as they grow Fill them with your Spirit to Teach them all you know Lord, count each hair upon their heads As they lay down at night Cover them with loving wing Until the morning light Help me be a mother who is Gentle and is kind Help me give, help me love Bring peace into my mind Thank you for this family I love them with all my heart Watch over them when they are with me Take care when we’re apart Lord don’t let them stumble Catch them if they...

Hands

A football in my hands is worth about $20. A football in Peyton Mannings hands is worth about $15 million. It depends on whose hands it’s in. A basketball in my hands is worth about $25. A basketball in Shaquille O’Neal’s hands is worth about $30 million. It depends on whose hands it’s in. A baseball in my hands is worth about $6. A baseball in Alex Rodriguez’s hands is worth more than $20 million. It depends on whose hands it’s in. A tennis racket is useless in my hands. A tennis racket in Venus Williams’ hands is a championship...

On the Wings of a Prayer

Just close your eyes and open your heart, And feel your worries and cares depart. Just yield yourself to the Father above, And let Him hold you secure in His love. For life on earth grows more involved, With endless problems that can’t be solved, But God only ask us to do our best, Then He will take over and finish the rest… So when you are tired, discouraged and blue, There is always one door that is open to you, And that is the door to The House of Prayer, And you’ll find God waiting to meet you there....

That was the Night Jesus Came From Dawn

That was the night Jesus came and all through the house, not a person was praying, not one in the house. The Bible was left on the shelf without care, for no one thought Jesus would come there. The children were dressing to crawl into bed, not once ever kneeling or bowing their head. And Mom in the rocking chair with babe on her lap, was watching the Late Show as I took a nap. When out of the east there rose such a clatter, I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter. Away to the window...