Tricia Duke
God’s Stunning Grace

God’s Stunning Grace

God's Stunning GraceI remember the days of old. I ponder all Your great works and think about what You have done. Psalms 143:5 he men shuffled through the serving line at the Cold Weather shelter, most of them barely looking up as we warmly greeted...

Focusing Our Gaze in the Year Ahead

Focusing Our Gaze in the Year Ahead

Focusing Our Gaze On The Year Ahead One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. Psalms 24:7 ne of my...

Rowboat or Sailboat?

Rowboat or Sailboat?

Rowboat or Sailboat? For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:“In returning and rest you shall be saved;In quietness and trust shall be your strength.”But you would not. Isaiah 30:15 have been thinking a lot about God’s way of love and...

We Remember

We Remember

We Remember God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth should changeAnd though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea…God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved…Cease striving and know that...

One Person At A Time

One Person At A Time

One Person At A Time O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me. Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned...

All We Need

All We Need

All We Need For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ...

Each To His Own Home

Each To His Own Home

Each To His Own Home Behold an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his OWN HOME, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone because the Father is with Me. These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the...

What Are You Thinking?

What Are You Thinking?

What Are You Thinking?Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Phillipians...

No More Goodbyes

No More Goodbyes

No More Goodbyes Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.  Ecclesiastes 3:11 t's a few days after...

Privilege, Presence, Passion & Power

Privilege, Presence, Passion & Power

Privilege, Presence, Passion & Power And pray in the Spirit at all times with all kinds of prayers and requests. Ephesians 6:18 just came across a quote by a man who lived many many centuries ago but spoke of a timeless truth. Saint John...

It’s All About Him

It’s All About Him

It's All About HimI have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. Galatians 2:20 (ESV)J oe and I joined a...

Before You Go

Before You Go

Before You GoAnd Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to...

Listening Prayer

Listening Prayer

Listening PrayerDo not call mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. "Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:18-19 (NASB)...