Ruth E. Meyer's Blog, page 7
May 5, 2021
Day 2: Leaders
(For an explanation of this challenge, see the post 12-Minute Prayer Challenge. If you are just joining us, feel free to continue on with us from the current day, or if you prefer, you can go back and start at... Continue Reading →
May 4, 2021
Day 1: Repentance
(For an explanation of this challenge, see the post 12-Minute Prayer Challenge.) If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from... Continue Reading →
May 3, 2021
12-Minute Prayer Challenge
On January 20, 2021, thirteen local churches began a 30-day prayer vigil. Every morning and every evening, folks were invited to come together to pray for our nation and our local community. Partway through the prayer vigil, someone suggested they... Continue Reading →
April 4, 2021
If “It Was Finished” on Good Friday, Why Do We Need Easter?
Years ago my husband and I took a vacation to Florida. One morning as we were on our way to breakfast we got stopped by this guy who offered us a free breakfast and a gift card for listening to... Continue Reading →
April 3, 2021
Paid in Full
How does it feel to pay off a bill that’s been looming over you? A mortgage, a car, student loans, credit card debt… It’s a liberating feeling to officially pay off a debt. If you lived in New Testament times,... Continue Reading →
April 2, 2021
April 1, 2021
So Very Alone
There’s a fun little website called Despair that sells demotivational products, a spoof on those motivational posters you see in office buildings. There’s one titled “Loneliness” that has a picture of a solitary tree in a bleak white winter landscape. The caption... Continue Reading →
March 31, 2021
Water is Thicker Than Blood
The sword was piercing her own soul. As Simeon had predicted thirty-three years ago in the temple, Mary now understood what he’d meant as she watched her innocent Son bleeding and dying on the cross. What greater pain for a... Continue Reading →
