by Mike Woodruff | Aug 14, 2020 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. Jesus, John 15 C.S. Lewis once called joy the “serious business of heaven.” OK, but what exactly is joy? Let me suggest that it is not: a personality trait, something...
by Mike Woodruff | Aug 7, 2020 | The Friday Update
“Save me, O God,” may be the most basic, common, and instinctive prayer of all. Over the years I have also developed a deep appreciation for the “Jesus Prayer” (also called the “Eastern Prayer”). It is: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy...
by Mike Woodruff | Jul 31, 2020 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday. Awake, my soul. Awake, harp and lyre. King David, Psalm 57:8 David faced frequent danger. His response? He sang. Not always of course. But Psalm 57 suggests that singing about God’s glory was one of the ways he managed fear. If you’ve read the Psalms,...
by Mike Woodruff | Jul 24, 2020 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday. We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world. John 4:42 I am hand-copying the Gospel of John – ten verses a day – and in the process noticing...
by Mike Woodruff | Jul 17, 2020 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday. The Lord is my rock and my fortress. Psalm 18:2 The Psalms regularly refer to God as our refuge. David does so in Psalms 2, 7, and 18. In the Psalm 2, he finds comfort with God’s assurance of a good ending; in Psalm 7, he relaxes after reminding himself...
