One of the best ways we can pray for those we love is by praying God’s Word for them. Paul wrote these words for people He dearly loved in Ephesus, Philippi, and Thessalonica. They reflect God’s heart for all of us. Ephesians 1:17-23 Glorious Father, I thank you for (my loved one), and I bless them. I…
Jesus began His ministry by defining His call and His eternal relationship with you. He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because he anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the…
When tests come through those who irritate me, I have to ask myself, “Am I loving God by loving them?” If I am not loving them, I am not loving God. John’s repeated admonitions in 1 John about personal relationships convicts me every time. For example, “If someone claims, ‘I love God,’ but hates his…
With your spirit receive God’s Word for you from Proverbs 8:30-31. “Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence, rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.” And in Ephesians 2:10 NLT. “For we are God’s masterpiece…” God delights in how…
We are all living in unsettling and unusual times. Sometimes we don’t even know why we feel the way we feel because we have never experienced anything like this before. When everything feels like shifting sand, we cling to our loving Father who never changes. There are hundreds of names and attributes for God in…
Listen with your spirit to the Word of God and be blessed with the passionate cry of the psalmist in Psalm 63:1. “O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you.” And in Psalm 42:1, “As the deer pants for streams of water, so…
Hear God’s Word for you in John 11:25. “I am the resurrection and the life.” And in 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 a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”…
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. Zech. 4:6 Lord, bless me indeed. Your kindness and commitment of covenant love leads me to repentance and is unchanged by my blindness and failures, great or small (Rom. 2:4). Don’t let me confuse this world’s wood, hay, and stubble with eternally significant gold, silver, and…
Spirit, listen to God’s Word in Ephesians 2:10. “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus…” Accept and receive this truth deeply in your being. Your Father had His eye on you long before you loved Him. He intended you and wanted you. He planned you; you were not an accident. You are a product…
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen…If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk…then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isa. 58: 6,9-10 Time and again, God brings me to my knees over my heart attitude expressed out…
Father, we come boldly to Your throne of grace, and find mercy and grace to help in time of need. Grant (my loved one) release from bondage to strongholds of the enemy. We plead the blood of Jesus to cancel all commands of the powers of darkness in (my loved one’s) life. Jesus came to…
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe. Prov. 18:10 Be blessed to find refuge and strength in the name of the Lord, for it is a strong tower where the righteous find safety and deliverance. Run to Him with confidence, knowing that He is your…
