For a long time - I'm talking years - I have wanted to write about the pervasive theme of "dwelling" in scripture. First, I love the word itself. Thinking of a "dwelling place," for example, evokes pleasant thoughts of comfort, shelter, and cheer. Home. Where we live, or "dwell." According to dictionary "authority" - "to dwell" means - dwell (verb) To live or reside in a place; to have one’s home; to abide. To remain or stay in a particular place or condition. To linge

In the mornings when I first wake up, I like to lie there quietly and muse with God over His various wonders. This morning, the wonder that first popped into my mind was, “You NEVER fail!” Think about that! Who NEVER fails? Never, ever, ever? Goodness, I fail routinely as a simple matter of everyday life. But God? He never has failed, and He never will fail, and He has had a very long time to do that. Well, time doesn’t exist for God – He has no beginning or end – but

Whew! We have made it to the final post in this series on Praying the Lord’s Prayer. In so doing, we arrive at a line many of us have heard, memorized, and perhaps even assumed was part of the original prayer: “For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.” And yet… depending on the Bible translation in your hands, reading Matthew 6:13, you may notice something surprising: it is either completely absent or placed in a footnote. Or, your church b