Conversations around our dinner table are still, you guessed it, about the tornado that came through last month. We, like many families in the area, are swimming in insurance claims while managing the needed repairs. Our stomachs dropped when the first word from our vehicle adjuster’s office was to total our 2017 car. It has a lot of life left in it, but the hail damage outweighed its value, to them.
We felt differently.
A long long time ago–or, in the latter half of the 1900s, I recall you could bring your broken toys to the fire department for repair.
This fact tells a few things.
Toys were built to last through a repair or two.
Toys were created to be enjoyed by more than one generation, or at least some extra siblings.
And, if a child’s Father wasn’t available to fix their toy, or didn’t have the know-how, the local fire department would do their best to bring new life to a well-loved toy.
I have found verses in the Bible that, if applied today, will bring new life to our neighborhoods. God tells us to pray for our cities. This is an overwhelming thought to many.
The excuses can sound like:
How can I pray for everyone?
How do people remember to pray for their neighbors?
What do I pray for them when I do not know what is happening in their life?
I have developed a twelve-week devotional, designed to pray for your City. Many topics are covered with your top worries and concerns, and some you probably have not thought of.
I hope you will find Two or Three For Our City, a Summer 2024 release, as helpful as those children with broken toys found the firemen who fixed them.
God’s Word will never fail us and will never lose its value or need fixing; although we need help applying it.
What is your favorite scripture to apply?
Watch the newest YouTube video, preparing the way to pray in your City.