The Deceitful Heart
Prayer: Righteous Father, please help me guard my heart and be wise enough not to place things into it that would rob it of its devotion to you.
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Prayer: Righteous Father, please help me guard my heart and be wise enough not to place things into it that would rob it of its devotion to you.
A hard heart ruins, not only your life, but the lives of your family members.
This past week I’ve had to pray with people battling heavy odds against cancer, children’s health issues, relationship problems, addictions, emotional distress, a burnt down house and many other issues. They all felt overwhelmed…
Praise is a form of sacrifice. Ninth, praise makes for a more joyful life. Tenth, praise enhances human relationships. Eleventh, praise is a supernatural expression of faith.
Is there something in your life that keeps you from seeing and hearing God? What does it mean to really surrender everything to God?
In today’s world, believers need an infallible moral compass to ensure they don’t surrender to popular opinion.
...pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man has great power and wonderful results" James 5:1
Don’t make the same mistake as the Israelites. Go straight to the Lord when you have a need. He is the only One who can provide for you.
You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you. Only by letting him wash your feet can you have strength to wash those of another.
A Blessing to Everyone - Words of Blessing. Put aside sarcasm and bless others with kind words.
Have you ever gone to the grocery on an empty stomach? You’re a sitting duck when you do. When you’re lonely, you do the same in life.
When we all do our part in the body of Christ, everyone gets a job, everyone gets honored and everyone's important.
May you know the love of God in its fullness, in its endlessness, in its loveliness, in its tenderness—
Stay strong in the Lord in His words and His promises. Hold onto Him, cling onto His every Word What you sow is what you reap. God's love is eternal; there's no boundary to…
We live beneath the protective palm of a sovereign King who superintends every circumstance of our lives and delights in doing us good.
I will never be able to live the Christian life through my own self-efforts. My only hope for victory, power and fruitfulness is to trust Christ to live His resurrection life in and through…
Can you call God your peace? Do you lean on his peaceful ways to get through trials?
Have purity within your heart and never allow others to taint your wishes and beliefs. Ezekiel 36:26 "And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you.…
Why do we sometimes feel as if our prayers go no farther than the ceiling? We’re speaking, but is God listening? The truth is that the Lord is always attentive to the prayers of…