Spring of Hope

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   Perseverance in Prayer      A little boy was kneeling by his bed with his mom to say his nighttime prayers. He began to shout to the top of his lungs, “Dear God, I’ve been real good this year so please let me get a new bicycle for my birthday.” His mom said, “Son, God’s not deaf; you don’t need to yell.” He said, “Mama may be God’s not deaf, but Grandma cant hear well, and she’s in the next room." He was not ashamed to make his need known to the person who he knows will respond favorably.  Jesus was teaching how to pray without shame by telling the crowd a parable about a person who went to a neighbor in the middle of the night asking for help because of a guest that showed up and there is no food in the house. It talks about extreme hospitali...

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   Connected by Prayer                An article in a newspaper reported about a 15-year-old girl who sent and received 6,473 cell phone text messages in a single month. She says about her constant communication with friends, “I would die without it.” And she is not alone. Researchers say that US teens with cell phones average more than 2,200 text messages a month.  This ongoing digital conversation offers a remarkable illustration of what prayer could and should be like for every follower of Christ. Paul writes in Philippians 1 Verse 3, "I thank my God every time I mention you in my prayers.  I’m thankful for all of you every time I pray, and it’s always a prayer full of joy."  The Scripture is where God c...