Scripture

Chew on This

Written by Dawn Rutan Last night I read Amos 8:11, which at some point I had underlined in my Bible: “‘Behold the days are coming,’ declares the Lord God, ‘when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord’” […]

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Worthy Prayer

Written by Dawn Rutan For some time now I’ve been using the Scripture-Based Prayers to Pray for Your Pastor card that was put together by Terry Teykl. I’ve added to that a list of prayers mentioned in Paul’s letters. Paul’s prayers are packed full of theological details, and could take a year-long sermon series to

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Sitting at His Feet

Written by Dawn Rutan Yesterday I was thinking about a difficult situation and enlisting the support of those I know will pray about it. Later that evening I was reading the Bible and just happened to be in 2 Chronicles 20. The prophecy of Jahaziel jumped out at me: Do not be afraid and do

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Faithful Hope

By Dawn Rutan I recently read The Healing Path by Dan Allender. He invites us to look at our lives through the lenses of faith, hope and love. The difficulty we all face is that humans are imperfect. Faith in people will eventually result in betrayal by someone. It may be in some small way

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