Let’s face it. Waiting is hard. It is usually stubborn family situations that get to me, of course, for they have been going on the longest and require the most patient endurance in the midst of waiting. The good news is it is not up to us. The Holy Spirit enables us to wait. Gal…
These prayers are personalized Scriptures that will challenge men to pray for their wife from head to toe. (If you are single, pray for your wife-to-be. You can pray for your daughters or friends as well.) Present every part of her to God, as His vessel of righteousness and grace (Rom 6:13-14). O Lord, help…
These Scripture-based prayers will challenge wives to pray diligently for their husband. (You can pray for sons and the other men in your life using this prayer. Single women, can pray for your husband-to-be.) Plead for God’s mercy upon him; give thanks for all God will do for him (1 Tim 2:1). Using the Word…
Hear God’s Word for you in Psalm 42:5,11; 43:5. “Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Spirit, come to the front to be blessed in the light of God. You are a blessed covenant…
Have you ever thought about God’s heart being satisfied? In the holy place in the Old Testament where the priests ministered, the bread of the Presence was before the priests entered the holy place. The priests offered this bread to God for six days and they ate it on the seventh day. The ritual foreshadowed…
“If Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he … will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you” (Rom. 8:10-11)….
As Paul prayed for his disciples he asked God to do what only God could do, to take the written word and make it a living epistle in their transformed lives. These personalized, paraphrased scriptures are powerful swords of the Spirit. Pray them for the people for whom you are concerned that they keep growing…
A lot of days don’t you feel like Simba in The Lion King? Simba’s evil uncle (the enemy) has led him to believe that he’s alone in the world, he has failed in such a way that he can never be forgiven, and he no longer has a purpose or identity. Simba believes that he…
Last year on August 21st a historic solar eclipse occurred over the United States. God was awesomely on display, the heavens were telling His glory. We were not in the part of the country that experienced a total eclipse. We only experienced 93%. At the height of the action, a confused deer ran across the…
… Because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace. Luke 1:78-79 We all go through hard times in our lives. Often life…
Continue reading 1 Peter 1:3-9 slowly, allowing your spirit to connect with the Spirit of truth and grace in this passage. Verses 3-6 were highlighted in last week’s devotional available on our website. 1 Peter 1:7. “These have come so that your faith, of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire,…
Don’t miss the weight of these words from God, one phrase at a time. Let your spirit lead in connecting with the Holy Spirit of truth in this passage. 1 Peter 1:3. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into…
