Poetic Lord’s Prayer

Our Father in Heaven
Hallowed be Your Name
I sing aloud with my voice
I am declaring your fame

Your Kingdom Come
Your Will Be Done
I will follow your plan
And this race I will run

On earth as it is in Heaven
For You know what’s best
I will live your way
And then your blessings manifest

Give us this day
Our daily bread
Food on our table
A roof over our head

Forgive us our sins
For they are not a few
You gave your life
That I might be made new

Forgive others
Who have caused us pain
Hold it not against them
Lord help them to change

Lead us not into temptation
For there are many all around
Deliver me from evil
In holiness let me abound

For yours is the Kingdom
For everything is yours
All the glory, and the power
You, my God, are forevermore

-Danny Cheney-

Winter’s Snow Christmas Song

As a part of our Christmas season, our church does various Christmas songs as a part of our services. The RFA worship team is par none and I am grateful for such a gifted team of musicians and singers. God has truly blessed us as a church. This year, my daughter, Hannah had a solo, singing Audrey Assad’s song, Winter’s Snow. It is such a beautiful song and I wanted to share the video with you.


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Christmas Blessing

In my prayer time this morning I read these words from Pete Greig of 24-7 prayer. Their prayer app Lectio 365 has daily prayers and I loved this blessing from today’s Christmas reading.

You can use this as a prayer over yourself and family this Christmas evening.

Pete Greig writes first about God’s perspective of us, then there is a blessing to pray:

‘I love you. I have no regrets. I gave up everything for you and I’m glad I did! They laid me in that cold, dark, dirty manger, so give me your cold, dark, dirty heart. I am in you, I am with you, I am for you. Be born again today.’

Christmas Blessing

And so, may the love by which the Father sent His son at Christmas, 
    embrace my family and friends, my heart and my home, this day.
And may the sacrifice, by which Jesus was born in Bethlehem, 
    mark all my attitudes, actions, and interactions this day.
And may the joy, by which the Spirit conceives and breathes new life,
    fill me with the holiness of heaven’s happiness now and forever more.**
Amen

I pray you have had a wonderful Christmas.

Clouds of Witnesses Free on Kindle

For the next few days, the Kindle version of my latest book, Cloud of Witnesses, is free. This is a fictional account of a pastor who learns the true keys to success in ministry. Though it is a fiction book, there are many great truths. Not only for pastors, but for anyone in leadership. I believe it will be a blessing.

Since it is the Christmas season, I have dropped the prices on all of my books. You can check them out on Amazon. Here are the links.

White River Fishing Fall 2023

What a beautiful morning at Beaver Dam on the White River. It was a crisp morning with the leaves changing and fall colors exploding. Doesn’t get much better than this. I enjoy the solitude of this spot in Northwest Arkansas. Caught 7 Rainbow Trout on Berkeley Powerbait (Bubblegum with Garlic Scent) and 2 inch Gulp Worms. They were hitting both of these pretty good.