Sting~Inside
David Boswell~Look Outside
Michael Franks~On The Inside
Brantly Gilbert~Take It Outside
Bible in a Year :
I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you.
“Prayers for an upcoming brain scan.” “That my kids would come back to church.” “Comfort for Dave, who lost his wife.” Our card ministry team receives a weekly list of prayer requests like these so we can pray and send each person a handwritten note. The requests are overwhelming, and our efforts can feel small and unnoticed. That changed after I received a heartfelt thank-you card from Dave, the recently bereaved husband, with a copy of his beloved wife’s obituary. I realized anew that prayer matters.
Jesus modeled that we should pray earnestly, often, and with hopeful faith. His time on earth was limited, but He prioritized getting away by Himself to pray (Mark 1:35; 6:46; 14:32).
Hundreds of years earlier, the Israelite king Hezekiah learned this lesson too. He was told that an illness would soon take his life (2 Kings 20:1). In distress and weeping bitterly, Hezekiah “turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord” (v. 2). In this instance, God’s response was immediate. He healed Hezekiah’s sickness, added fifteen years to his life, and promised to rescue the kingdom from an adversary (vv. 5-6). God answered his prayer not because Hezekiah was living a good life, but “for [his] own honor and for the sake of [his] servant David” (v. 6 nlt). We may not always receive what we ask for, but we can be sure that God is working in and through every prayer. .
Reflect & Pray
Who in your life needs prayer today? How can you remind yourself to pause and pray more frequently?
Heavenly Father, thank You for listening to my prayers.
A man is sitting with his children in a dinghy outside of the family houseboat, waiting for his wife to come home and let them in.
Genesis - Inside and Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHBs7afrtI8
Soundgarden - Blow Up The Outside World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5wRNRtlIUo
Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVPzWkdhwrw
Well, for once, Gizmo and I slept really well last night. Just one storm alarm and it was outside our area and that was it.
I gave myself a haircut yesterday.
Yesterday at Chisolm Trail Park:
How's everyone doing this morning?
I have 4e favorites in the catogory:
Diana Ross "Inside Out"
Chuck Loeb "The Music Outside" and "The Music Inside", two songs.
And
George Benson, "Inside Love".
How's everyone doing this morning?
-PJ
“Feeling easy on the outside
But not so funny on the inside
Feel the sound, pray for rain
‘Cause this is the night we ride
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
This ain’t the Garden of Eden
There ain’t no angels above
And things ain’t what they used to be
And this ain’t the Summer of Love”
“This Ain’t the Summer of Love” - Blue Oyster Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T72-ccjq5wE
“All my instincts, they return
The grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside”
Peter Gabriel - “In Your Eyes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU8OJAOMbPg
Leon Russell- “Out In The Woods” and “Stranger In A Strange Land”. .
Looking In from the outside...Savoy Brown
Inside out, outside in,
Perpetual Change...Yes