#7 The Great Hymn We Misunderstood
I remember my surprise to learn that Lamentations 3:22-23, which inspired the lyrics to "Great is Thy Faithfulness" was the end of a lament. I thought it was simply a ...
# 6 Pour Out Your Heart Like Water!
When I pray with my charismatic brothers and sisters, I feel like a dripping faucet next to a roaring waterfall. Jeremiah tells us to CRY OUT! POUR OUT YOUR HEART ...
#5 Beginning Lamentations
We'll spend two weeks on the opening chapter of Part II: Learning to Lament We need to not only learn to lament, we need to learn from lament. Why? Indeed, is this what God is ...
# 4 God Moves In A Mysterious Way
Last week we contemplated the lyrics of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," this week we'll contemplate the rich lyrics of Cowper's "God Moves In A Mysterious Way." I've been working on ...
#3 The Bridge Over Troubled Water
Sometimes God chooses to work through unbelievers. He called Cyrus, though he did not know Him, to free the Israelites. I also think He led Simon and Garfunkel, though they ...
# 2 Bring Your Complaints
Meditate on this promise. Though complaining sounds negative, there is a way to do it that is profitable. Most people complain to others, which is hurtful, for a broken spirit ...
#1 Keep Turning to Prayer
Newcomer Lynn Marie expressed what many of us felt as grief for atrocities poured through the pages last week, particularly Chris's terrible story of her beloved Daniel's death: How is ...
Intro to “Dark Clouds Deep Mercy”
Several of you who are beginning this summer study on the lament expressed the concern that the lament seems negative. That's true, but what I want you to know, the ...
Announcing our 2020 Summer Study (Beginning Next Week)
During this time of Covid 19, I've experienced God's presence more profoundly than I have in a long time. Despite all the suffering, that has touched my family as well, ...
Hearing from God During Covid 19
CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL WHO WENT THOUGHTFULLY THROUGH MARK! You've been a blessing to me, and to one another, and I see His promise fulfilled in you: If you abide in ...
The Beginning (#23)
Why did the tiny band of twelve disciples explode over all the Roman world? What news could have turned that world upside-down? As Keller writes in this final chapter, there were dozens ...
The End (#22)
My daughter Sally was reading "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" to her young daughters. They realized someone was going to have to die to set Edmund free from ...
A Different Kind of Revolution (#21)
My friend Sylvia (yes, the same friend as last week!) and her husband always go to the National Prayer Breakfast, eager to see how the Lord will show up, for ...
THE CUP: He drank it all. (#20)
Have you ever thought these kind of thoughts? I deserve this sorrow -- I fail the Lord so much. The Lord cannot still love me, for I keep doing the thing I ...
The Feast (#19)
To share a meal with someone was to have a real relationship with them. (Tim Keller) Jesus showed the disciples, through the Last Supper, that they were family, bound by ...