by Nolan Hollis von Esch
It’s interesting that today’s prayer or a version of it—”Grant me, once again, assurance of Your presence and love”—appears a total of six times in “May It Be So: Forty Days with the Lord’s Prayer” by Justin McRoberts & Scott Erickson. Six of the forty...
by Nim Alvarado
Forgiveness can be one of the hardest things you have to do on your journey to growth and peace. I think I can say I’m a work in progress in that respect. I have learned that if I hold on to hurt, pain, resentment, and anger, it harms me more than it harms the...
by Linda Fattic
When Emmanuel is guiding your life, it is certain to be filled with memorable and purposeful experiences. My mother had recently joined the Seventh-day Adventist church when I had just turned ten. I liked what certain church girls were telling me about their school in...
by Israel Carreón Jr.
Prayer 31: “May my needs be evermore entangled with my charity, benevolence, offering, and care for others.” I am always exasperated when I hear the invitation to be like Jesus. My thoughts trail to the Christan marketing slogan made popular in the 1990s, “What Would...
by Aaron Waters
As I have been reading this book, May It Be So, it has touched so many different cords in my heart and experience. It has opened me to viewing the Lord’s Prayer in a different light. I believe the essence of this book can be summed up in one of the book’s...
by Beth McCalla
I have been intrigued by the times the word, “love,” has been mentioned in the prayers of our book, “May It Be So.” Six of the prayers have to do with how we see, receive, and do love with each other. Six others are petitions for the assurance and presence...
