by Bob | Dec 31, 2013 | New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Resolution, Praying
A New Year’s Prayer for 2014 Note: The following prayer for the New Year is from Billy Graham. “Our Father and our God, as we stand at the beginning of this new year, we confess our need of Your presence and Your guidance as we face the future. We each have our...
by Bob | Jan 2, 2013 | New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Resolution, Vision, Vision Statement
AN MVP New Year’s Resolution 2013 Almost everyone is tempted to make some sort of New Year’s resolution the first week of the year. Unfortunately, studies show that only a meager percentage of us follow through. I find that our resolutions are too small—too focused...
by Bob | Dec 31, 2012 | New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Resolution, Praying, Puritan Prayer, Puritans, Valley of Vision
A Puritan Prayer for 2013 As we enter a new year, this prayer drawn from the collection of Puritan prayers in The Valley of Vision provides perspective. I Launch My Bark on the Unknown Waters of This Year “O Lord, I launch my bark on the unknown waters of this...
by Bob | Dec 31, 2008 | Absalom Jones, Beyond the Suffering, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve
“He Has Seen!”:Absalom Jones’ Historic New Year’s Message, Part IIIThe history of New Year’s Eve “Watch Night” services and of New Year’s Day messages is long and varied, carried out in white churches and black churches. In African American churches, a major part of...
by Bob | Dec 30, 2008 | Absalom Jones, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve
“He Has Seen!”:Absalom Jones’ Historic New Year’s Message, Part IIThe history of New Year’s Eve “Watch Night” services and of New Year’s Day messages is long and varied, carried out in white churches and black churches. In African American churches, a major part of...
by Bob | Dec 29, 2008 | Absalom Jones, Beyond the Suffering, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve
“He Has Seen!”:Absalom Jones’ Historic New Year’s Message, Part IThe history of New Year’s Eve “Watch Night” services and of New Year’s Day messages is long and varied, carried out in white churches and black churches. In African American churches, a major part of...
