VoV – The All Good

I have been re-discovering the Valley of Vision prayers lately. Each time I do this, I wonder why I don’t read it every day. (Forehead smacking soon follows) Today I read “The All Good” – I’ve re-worded it below – updated the translation a bit, hopefully this still captures the main ideas: My God, you […]

Prayability of Psalms (119:33-37)

Psalm 119:33-37 (NIV) says Teach me, O LORD, to follow your decrees, and I will keep them to the end. Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Direct me in the path of your commands for there I find delight.Turn my heart toward your statues and […]

Canceled

We all have a past, some have more colorful pasts than others. I, unfortunately, have a very colorful past. Recently, I’ve been rather painfully walking thru it, as God has been further working on me thru a trial. Today, the Lord brought to mind, thanks in part to my good friend, John Piper, Col 2:13-14 […]

In the Valley

I have been a fan of the “Valley of Vision” for a while now – I love to read it in the morning…usually right before I go to prayer and reading the Word. I’m going thru a season now…a bit of a painful season. God is really digging up some painful things – that he […]

You can’t (and shouldn’t) always get what you want

As Mick Jagger says…you can’t always get what you want… So, how do we react when the things we pray for intensely get answered with a big fat NO? Have you ever experienced that? In my daily reading today, in the Valley of Vision I came across this wonderful little paragraph: I thank thee for […]