“When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, he didn’t give them a formula for getting what they wanted. He gave them a prayer that begins by saying, ‘God, you are God — and I am not.’ It’s a prayer of surrender.

Think of Florence Nightingale on the battlefields of the Crimean War. Every night she prayed, ‘Use me for your work, Lord, not mine.’ Or think of Desmond Doss, praying, ‘Lord, help me get one more,’ as he carried wounded soldiers to safety.

The Lord’s Prayer calls us to let go — to open our empty hands for daily bread, to release our grudges, to trust God with the trials ahead. Because prayer isn’t just about changing our circumstances. It’s about being changed — about letting God’s grace rise up in us like a song.”

“Maybe it starts small. Ten minutes on the porch. A deep breath before a hard conversation. One moment of stillness in the chaos.

But these small moments matter.

They become seeds of peace in a restless world. They soften the ground where grace can grow.

Because when Christ is in the house — there is bread for the hungry, rest for the weary, peace for the anxious, joy for the brokenhearted… and power for the road ahead.”

“The truth is: We’re not just the priest who hurries by. We’re not just the Samaritan who stops. We are — every one of us — the person in the ditch. But here’s the good news: the story doesn’t leave us there. Jesus comes — without fear, without hesitation — binds up our wounds with his own hands, lifts us onto his own shoulders, takes on the cost of our healing. This is the gospel:
Not that we go out to save the world, but that the Savior of the world comes for us, pours out mercy for us, does the impossible for us.”