Welcome to the Bless Me Network Prayer Wall! You can submit a prayer request or pray for those below who are in need. Let them know you have prayed for them by responding to their request. We will also spread the word inside our large network of ordained ministers, priest and pastors to pray for [...]

Jesus says that I cannot add time to my life by worrying. Neither can I change things by worrying. Proverbs 12:25 says that an worried heart weighs you down. A better option is to trust God and His promises. Luke 11:9-10 tells me to ask God and I will receive. If I seek God, I [...]

If you have every stood on the beach and watched the waves roll in, you get a picture of how God’s love and blessings roll into our lives. The waves keep coming and nothing you or I do can stop them or make them happen. They bring new life, new blessings each day. I am [...]

A short peak into the Bible leads us to conclude that God is willing and able to use us, with all our shortcomings and missteps. For example, Moses killed a man in anger and stuttered, King David was a murderer and an adulterer and sadly lacked parenting skills, Noah got drunk, Peter denied him, Rahab [...]

Even though the news says that economic conditions are improving, not everyone who needs a job can find one. It’s hard to stay positive when you spend time worrying about how to pay the utilities, keep a safe roof over your head and buy food. Jesus tells us not to worry. So I tell you, [...]

The rock group “Green Day” had a popular song of a few years ago called “The Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” The chorus went:             “My shadow’s the only one who walks beside me             My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating             Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me             ‘Til then [...]

Have you watched “The Lion King?” The devil is a lot like Scar. Place Scar and Mufasa side by side and you notice some definite differences. Mufasa is healthy and strong with big claws, good teeth, with a determined profile. Scar slinks and cowers, is thin and week with less weak claws and bad teeth. [...]

Sometimes the world seems to be spinning around me so fast I can’t keep track of things. I get so caught up in the push that I forget to spend time with God. This makes my world spin out of control even faster. I must take time to sit in the quiet and connect consciously [...]

Many years ago, I was on my way to work one morning when a van coming toward me lost the double axle trailer he was pulling and it ended up in my lane coming toward my compact car. On the narrow street, there was no real way to get out of the way except possible [...]

Your day was going just fine until the phone rang and you learned that a friend has stage four cancer that is inoperable. You got an email from work and everyone has been released with no warning. It can happen in an instant. Life hands you something you were totally unprepared for and you are [...]

Youngsters smile typically 45 times an hour, and they’ll “belly laugh” 1 time every 7.5 minutes. By the time we become a grownup that drops to about 15 times a day on average. In hospitals it is almost Zero. When was the last time you had a good laugh? The popular expression, “Laughter is the [...]

If you are thinking of changing careers, then know that you are not alone.  During times of economic uncertainty, changing careers can mean the difference between being gainfully employed or trying to make ends meet on what you qualify for from the department of labor.  Recent reports site statistics that show that Baby Boomers will [...]

In marriage, adultery is the number one fear that spouses have.  When one spouse commits adultery and becomes convinced that the new person is the right person to be with, divorce may seem to be the only option.  Adultery and the deception that it entails can consume everyone involved and eventually, the adulterer and the [...]

If you have ever known a workaholic, you may have heard them use the word like a badge of honor; something that they take immense pride in.  ‘Aholic’ is added to workaholic to bring light to the addictive nature of the behavior of working all of the time and sometimes it is more difficult to [...]

Difficult, isn’t it, that children brought up in a loving, Christian home opt to rebel against their dad and mom, or worse, against God? In the end, they’ve had Jesus’ love served up in huge servings. Quite a few have enjoyed the gratification of a deep Christian traditions – some since the day they were [...]

We have so many ways of communicating with each other today! We have cell phones we can use to talk from virtually anywhere to places all over the world. We can Skype friends and family and see them as we talk to them. We can email, send Facebook messages and Twitter. And if all else [...]

Stanford psychologist Phillip Zimbardo wrote a book a number of years ago called Shyness: What it is, What to do about it, in which he wrote about both the strengths and needs of shy people. He wrote about all of the famous people who were shy, people like Carol Burnett, Johnny Carson and Steve Martin. He said [...]

Every year an estimated 4.1 million children are subjected to violence against a parent or other caretakers by close relatives (Report of the APA Presidential Task Force on Violence and the Family, 1996). Domestic violence affects every family member, including youngsters. Domestic violence creates a home atmosphere where children don’t feel safe and live in [...]

 As we grow up with our parents, we rely on them for so much.  We then move from under the roof of our parents and live our lives.  As time goes on, our parents may become weaker, their senses may begin to fail them or they could become ill and not be able to take [...]

My colleagues from www.blessmenetwork.com and I pledge together to honor God by enacting ourselves afresh to God’s first institution — marriage. We feel that marriage is a holy union of one man and one woman in which they devote, with God’s help, to create a loving, life-giving, faithful relationship which will last for a lifetime. [...]