by debracelovsky | Jun 1, 2020 | Prayer
Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance, but laying hold of God’s willingness.Martin Luther If God will do what He wants to do when He wants to do it, why pray? Agnostic pundits and chronic doubters love this question. In their minds it makes...
by debracelovsky | Apr 22, 2020 | Family Life, Prayer
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. ...
by debracelovsky | Mar 23, 2020 | Prayer
To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him. John Piper When I was 17, I went to Haiti on my first short-term missions trip. It was the first time I had seen people – block after block of them – sleeping on sidewalks. Even then in the early...
by debracelovsky | Mar 16, 2020 | Family Life, Lent/Easter, Prayer, Word
When I was in my teens, a newly-minted driver, my sister and I stopped at Fosters Freeze one blazing hot afternoon for the largest possible chocolate swirl ice cream cones. It was the middle of a typically sweltering summer in Redding, CA and there we were sailing...
by debracelovsky | Aug 5, 2019 | Family Life, Prayer, Word
A few years ago, LifeWay Christian Resources surveyed more than 1,300 evangelical leaders from around the world and asked what they perceived to be the “Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Church.” What was #1? Prayer. The need for more ongoing, passionate...
by debracelovsky | Dec 5, 2016 | Prayer, Travel
Earlier this year it was announced that our church was sending a team to Cuba in November with Forward Edge International, a Christian relief and development organization. Our team of 7 from Thrive Church in Santa Rosa, California and 4 from Meridian, Idaho landed on...
