Ministry > DanielParker
"O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name,
For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
For You have made a city a ruin, A fortified city a ruin, A palace of foreigners to be a city no more; It will never be rebuilt.
Therefore the strong people will glorify You; The city of the…
"Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “
Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”
When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled,…
Christ Brings Peace
In the summer of 2010, I was reminded anew of the healing and reconciliation that Jesus brought to earth by His birth, death, and resurrection. Our church family studied the Old Testament book of Malachi. The series was titled Reset and focused on resetting worship, marriage, and justice. The last message addressed resetting injustice in the world beginning with addressing and…
Scripture portion : Mark 12:38-44
"She, out of poverty, put in everything-all she had to live on." Mark 12:44
I use writing to worship and serve God, even more so now that health issues often limit my mobility. So, when an acquaintance said he found no value in what I wrote, I became discouraged. I doubted the significance of my small offerings to…
Scripture portion: Psalm 13
"I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation." Psalm 13:5
It’s not uncommon during a long (or short!) trip for someone in a group of travelers to ask, “Are we there yet?” or “How much longer?” Who hasn’t heard these universal queries coming from the lips of children and adults eager to arrive at…
Scripture portion: Revelation 4
"Day and night they never stop saying: "'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,' who was, and is to come." Revelation 4:8
“Time flies when you’re having fun.” This cliché has no basis in fact, but experience makes it seem true.
When life is pleasant, time passes all too quickly. Give me a task that I enjoy, or…
Scripture portion: Psalm 96
"Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods." Psalm 96:4
Sitting in his wheelchair at a senior citizens home, a man joyfully listened as a group of high school teenagers sang about Jesus. Later, as some of the teens tried to communicate with him, they discovered he couldn’t talk.…
Scripture portion: Genesis 3:1-10
"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him." 1 John 4:9
One morning my daughter gave her eleven-month-old son her cell phone for a moment to entertain him. Less than a minute later my phone rang, and as I picked it…
