Renee Gotcher
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain. – Hebrews 6:19 (ESV)Please Pray:Heavenly Father, As I enter another new year, help me let go of my expectations and trust You more deeply, knowing that You...
…But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” And Jesus said to him, “If I can! All things are possible to him who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father cried out and began saying, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” – Mark 9:22b-24Please Pray: Heavenly Father,...
Anneta Pinto-Young
“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” -- I Thessalonians 5:18Please Pray: Lord, we thank you for your grace. Thank you for creating us in your own image. Thank you for sending Jesus Christ to die for our sins on the...
Renee Gotcher
“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” – Psalm 136:1Please Pray:Heavenly Father, thank you for all the ways your mercy and goodness have completely transformed my life. You are love, you are faithful, you are good—and your mercy endures forever! I couldn’t...
Laura Maser
Therefore, having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. -- Romans 5:1 (NKJV)Please Pray:Dear Heavenly Father,You knew us before the world began, before we were knit together in our mother's womb. You know all things about us, and You alone know the number...
Our children / grandchildren need to know how to pray, but how can we teach them in a way they will understand? Prayer is simply talking to God but explaining that to a little one may be difficult. They may have a very active imagination but still struggle to understand...
It is important for us to understand and recognize the difference between discernment and accusation. We do not want to be guilty of mis-representing the heart of God and we do not want to use God given information for purposes not intended by the Giver. Spiritually mature people can distinguish...
Sarah Freymuth
… make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. – 1 Thessalonians...
The Bible doesn't tell us Mary's exact age when she accepted God's call to be the mother of the Jesus. But, since she was betrothed to Joseph at the time, she was probably no more than a young teenage girl. Why would God have chosen her?Because of her heart for...
Many times people confuse talent and anointing. They describe a talented preacher, teacher or singer as someone who is “anointed” when in reality, they are just very talented communicators. People also confuse an emotional response they may have to someone as a sign of the anointing when it is really...
He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God. (2 Cor 1:4)God may currently be allowing certain things to happen to you this very moment, not because of...
"And the heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron" Deut 28:23The "heavens are brass" is a common expression signifying a sense of spiritual dryness, a lack of divine favor, or the experience of unanswered prayer. In Deuteronomy 28:23,...
“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” – Hebrews 12:11Please Pray:Dear Triune God,Form in me the little virtues—gentleness, humility, kindness, patience, honesty, gratitude. Let them shape the way I move...
“The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3: 17“We are living in unprecedented times.” I have lost count of the number of times...
It’s been almost a year since the Lord told me I would be leaving my foxhole. At the time He said this to me, I had been feeling like I was buried beneath a barrage of enemy fire for quite a while so I interpreted foxhole to mean a hiding...
Has the Lord told you to do something and you are resisting? Are you weighing pros and cons? Are you questioning whether you really heard right? Has the Lord asked you to surrender something to Him and you are still holding on? Namaan reached the same impasse. Merriam Webster defines...
I had a conversation with one of my sons recently where we discussed the state of the church in our area. Compared to a lot of other regions of the country, we do not have many churches, and among the ones we do have, there seems to be a lack...
I prepared a devotional to share with you on forgiveness. As I was reading it over, ready to publish, Holy Spirit stopped me and told me to take a look at the picture (above) that I intended to share as a part of the devotional. “What do you see in...
Schools have started across the nation. Let's unite in prayer for our children and grandchildren, as well as those that minister on the front lines; school administrators, teachers, counselors, bus drivers, lunch room workers, classroom aides, etc. These workers, for good or for bad, have great influence over our children,...
A word for those who are pressing in… ‘I will come to you as the dew.’ I heard these words whispered to me this past week, and as is often the case, I needed to press in to see what God was speaking to me…to us. I first need to...