All Are Welcome
In Luke 7, Jesus teaches that we should go out of our way to welcome the unwanted. Our Savior knew all too well the pains of exclusion.
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Wait for the Lord
Loving Father, help me as I wait for you to show me the way with my decisions, to meet my needs, and reveal your presence in my loneliness. I really do seek you with…
All Things Work for Good
We know…There are so many things we do not know. We do not know if the economy will dip or if our team will win. We do not know what our spouse is thinking…
Come to Me
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
Peace, Joy, and Contentment
The Lord can take an impossible situation—no matter what it is—and move in ways mightier than you can imagine.
A Prayer of Victory
Jesus, l believe You are my victor. I turn my attention away from every distraction and every foe you have defeated. I proclaim Your victory over my life.
Praying for Results
We must enter into an expectant spirit of prayer, knowing that, when we meet His conditions, God will hear and answer us.
I Sought the Lord
Have you sought the LORD lately? Many of us made a commitment to turn all of our lives over to him last week; how have you done at that commitment? God promises wisdom to…
Make Your Prayers Other-Centered
God calls us to a violent form of intercession, where we take on the spiritual forces of darkness on behalf of our race, once invaded, now occupied by the prince of darkness.
How Does Your Life Smell?
So, how do we put off an aroma that is pleasing to God and others in our life?
Cry of the Poor
If we are going to be true children of our Father, his values must become our own, his lost sheep must become our quest.
Assurance in Trials
Keep in mind that trials are fleeting, whereas our Father's love is forever. Remember that God will meet all of our needs
Look Over Your Shoulder
We cannot go where God is not. Look over your shoulder; that’s God following you. Look into the storm; that’s Christ coming toward you.
The Battle for the Mind
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. “ Romans…
A Loving Word
Pray always and be comforted by God's kindness and compassion, hope and love, light and consolation — the perfect cure for a troubled heart and soul.
He Satisfies
The Bible cries out with one recurring truth: God quenches the thirst and satisfies the hunger of those who seek him.
A Secure Future
Let’s remember that the Lord Jesus is coming back to take us to a prepared place. Till then, His peace and grace will sustain us.
Trust and Obey
Trusting the Lord makes obedience easier, and obedience produces ever-increasing trust.
Love Like Jesus
We love others because God has first loved us. Our Heavenly Father taught us how to love in Jesus. Our Abba Father has given us security and confidence so we can love more fully.
Knowledge and Wisdom
For a nation of people, many of whom are “educated beyond their intelligence,” as an anonymous wit once observed, America sorely lacks a sufficiency of men with real wisdom – that which is given…
Provoking to What?
Lord, Build me up so that I might reflect your loving mercy to others, and provide for me people who can stir that up so that it flows out of me without thinking. In…
