How to Change Your World Pray. Before you react to today’s events – Pray. Ask God to show you His perspective. Ask Him to give you the right words to speak. Ask Him to show you what to do. Instead of worrying about tomorrow – Pray. Ask God to show you how to pray for the future. Ask Him to give you vision for tomorrow. Do you really want to...
The Challenge – Week 1 Day 5
There are some promises so great in the Bible that they seem to good to be true. They are so great that we rationalize why they can’t be true or we try to rewrite them so that they can fit into our paradigm of a “God who is only willing to give us just enough to get by and is more concerned with our suffering than our joy.” Here is...
Pray
Falsely imprisoned. Chained. Bound. Peter peacefully slept while others prayed for him. While he was sleeping, his deliverance came. While he was resting, chains were broken. When he didn’t understand what was happening, he was set free. Our prayers are powerful. We may have a loved one bound in sin, chained in addictions, enslaved by fear. But we can petition our Father on their behalf and He can set them...
A Mother’s Heart
To all the moms this morning who are believing God to restore, heal, and save their child. To all moms whose relationship with their child is strained. To all moms who are hurting or saddened because your child is engaged in destructive behavior. To all parents who have cried themselves to sleep, wondering if your child was safe. Allow me to speak life to you this morning: 1. You are...
Today is a Good Day to Change Your World
Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to change your community, your place of work, your state, your nation? You have at your disposal a mighty weapon of warfare, a stealth bomb that is unstoppable with an accurate guidance system. It can reach the most remote places. What is this secret, powerful weapon? Prayer. Our prayers are effective. We have a confidence that anything we pray according...
Ask!
There lived a man who had five beautiful daughters, no sons. Unfortunately the man died before reaching the promised land which meant his daughters would have no inheritance, for in this culture, women could not inherit land. What were these women to do? Five women with no father or brother to protect them. Five women living in a society where women were treated like property, denied basic rights, and thought...
WWJD? Pray
The crowds thronged Him. Everywhere He went they were there. He tried to mourn after his cousin’s brutal death, but the people found Him. Some came to hear His teachings. Others came for healing. Some came to be fed. Some came looking for a king. Others came just to watch. But they all came – looking, searching, needing. And Jesus did not disappoint. He taught. He healed. He fed. He...
A Prayer for the Church
My prayer this morning: Father, you have given your church the greatest ministry of all – the ministry of reconciliation. Grant us the desire and the wisdom to first reconcile your children to you and secondly reconcile the world to you. Let the church arise and be an example of unity. Let us be a place that welcomes the hurting, the lonely, the sexually confused, the adulterer, the murderer, the...
Begin 2017 with Prayer!
We have confidence in prayer. We know when we pray according to His will, He hears and He grants (I John 5:14 – 15). So how do we know His will? One sure fire way of knowing His will is to pray His word! I’m starting 31 Days of Prayer and Declarations for myself and my family. For 31 days beginning January 1, I will pray scripture – the prayers...
Where Will You Turn?
King Hezekiah was being threatened by the King of Asyria. Asyria was a mighty nation and had subdued many lands. So this threat was real and imminent. So what was King Hezekiah’s response? He prayed. He sought the Lord God Almighty. What is your response to danger? Fear? Worrying? When we think of the dangers facing our country, who are we trusting? A man? A woman? A political party? When...