Blessings in the Midst of Trials

Today’s prayer is from Romans 8:28: Lord, this past year has been hard for all of us, but right now, we just want to pause and thank You for the good things You have brought out of our trials. For the ways You have transformed our hearts. For the unexpected blessings. For the joy ofContinue reading “Blessings in the Midst of Trials”

Arm Us with Strength

I love to take courage from God’s names. So many times, He has been my Healer, my Mighty Warrior, my Comforter, my Advocate and so much more. What about you? When you look back at how the Lord carried you through 2024, what names of God stand out to you? Let’s ask Him to armContinue reading “Arm Us with Strength”

Kenya, Gaza, Ukraine, Trinidad-Tobago Headline Prayers

KENYA: At least 82 government critics have gone missing, possibly abducted, after a protest began in June, which resulted in the deaths of at least 50 students. This week, dozens of people protesting the alleged abductions were arrested. Pray in the midst of all this turmoil, people will turn to Christ. Pray those missing whoContinue reading “Kenya, Gaza, Ukraine, Trinidad-Tobago Headline Prayers”

A Somber Beginning to 2025 in Montenegro and the USA

MONTENEGRO: Ten people died, including two children, and four others were seriously wounded on New Year’s Day in a mass shooting in Cetinje. USA: Three women died and more than 20 people were injured, several of them critically, in an explosion in Honolulu, Hawaii, caused by a large New Year’s firework falling over. USA: AContinue reading “A Somber Beginning to 2025 in Montenegro and the USA”

Christians Face Mob Attacks at Christmas

INDIA: In one city, a mob of Hindu extremists stormed a Christmas service, causing such chaos the police intervened. In another city, crowds of Hindus pressed together outside a cathedral, yelling and chanting as Christians worshipped. In yet another location, radical groups forced Christians to end their Christmas celebrations. (Global Christian Relief, FB reel, DecemberContinue reading “Christians Face Mob Attacks at Christmas”

New Orleans, Ethiopia, Korea and Other News for Prayer

USA: At least 15 died and perhaps 35 were injured in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, early on New Year’s Day, when a Muslim terrorist drove a pickup truck through barricades and into the crowds for several blocks, while firing at them with a gun, before police killed him. Lord, please heal thoseContinue reading “New Orleans, Ethiopia, Korea and Other News for Prayer”

New Year Prayer

Lord, open up our eyes to see as You see, to not be distracted by other things in our view that move us away from You. Please, God, get up in our face. Invade our space. Make sure we SEE what You’re doing, such that we can’t miss it. Grab our face in Your handsContinue reading “New Year Prayer”

New Year Awakening

A prayer for this coming year from Romans 12:3: Lord, awaken my heart with fervor to worship You. Teach me to offer up my body as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to You. Don’t let me conform to the pattern of this world, but transform me by renewing my mind and giving me Yours, soContinue reading “New Year Awakening”

Christians Arrested, Released in Iran

Praise God, Morteza Mashhoodkari is now free after completing 2.5 years of his five-year sentence for participation in a house church. In April of 2022, he and two other Iranian Christians, “Youḥanna” Ahmad Sarparast and “Farzin” Ayoub Poor-Rezazadeh were arrested and sent to Lakan Prison in Rasht for activities contrary to Islam. (Article18, December 24)Continue reading “Christians Arrested, Released in Iran”

God’s Word for Your 2025

What did God do in your life this past year? Did you ask Him at the beginning of 2024 for a word, verse, vision, purpose, or something else He wanted to speak over the year? How did He fulfill that? Share in the comments, if you like. Last year, as I asked Him for 2024,Continue reading “God’s Word for Your 2025”