HOLY SPIRIT: Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Holy Spirit

When my children were young, we opened our Christmas presents on Christmas morning. The night before, however, I carefully chose one for each of them to open early. With eyes as big as quarters, they tore into the wrappings in one fell swoop and took in the gift selected just for them.

As joyful as the moment was, I always saw something more in their eyes. Gratitude mixed with, perhaps, a little disappointment.

PRAYER: Waking Tired Praying

On Mondays, I try to schedule fasting and prayer time for special situations and people I know. Today as I prayed for some of the ones who haven’t yet surrendered their lives to Christ, I listened to my own words. They sounded like the same old prayers I had prayed for these people last week and the week before. I couldn't help but wonder if my prayers for my lost loved ones had become tired. Did I really expect them to make a difference?