As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, let’s pray God will cover our family times together and fill our homes with His presence, peace, joy and love. Also, please take a moment and ask the Lord if there is someone He wants you to bless during the holidays, perhaps with a special dinner or gift. Do youContinue reading “Prayers for a Blessed Thanksgiving”
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Prayers for Family Gatherings
Are you anxious about seeing certain family members during the holidays or encountering strained situations? Here are some helpful prayers: Lord, please fill that whole room and house with Your presence and Your angels, and send the enemy out. Build a shield of protection around our time together and block any plans the enemy hasContinue reading “Prayers for Family Gatherings”
Hand Me Your Future
A word from the Lord’s heart to those dealing with anxiety: I am here. This future you dread, the thoughts that spiral you into panic and fear for your children’s future, none of it changes the fact that I am still here. I am still all-powerful. And I still love you and your children moreContinue reading “Hand Me Your Future”
Are You Listening?
Has something happened to make you anxious or worried? Is your heart feeling troubled? Nothing happens unless God allows it. And if He has allowed it, then He’s doing something in the midst of it. Prayer is not just worrying with your eyes closed and words coming out of your mouth. Our conversations with theContinue reading “Are You Listening?”
Arm Us with Strength
What trials have you been through this year? And what has God shown you in the midst of them? How will He pull you through the trials yet to come? I have allowed these trials because there are ways I am pursuing you. I am not hidden. I’m right here with you. Always have been.Continue reading “Arm Us with Strength”
Stepping into My Role
The Lord has a very specific role for you to play in the trials of today and the days to come. Do you know what that is yet? Ask Him. What is He saying to you? Can you hear Him? If you don’t know what He’s leading you to do yet, start here: Matthew 22:37-40Continue reading “Stepping into My Role”
This Weekend in the USA
At least four died and eight were wounded when an ex-Marine rammed a vehicle through the front of a Mormon church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, yesterday, opened fire, and then burned the building. Police shot and killed the terrorist. A gunman in a boat opened fire at a waterfront bar in Southport, North Carolina SaturdayContinue reading “This Weekend in the USA”
Using Our Trials Well
What have the trials of these past five years nudged you to do that you might not have done otherwise? Has your prayer life increased? Have you shared the gospel all the more boldly? Have you pushed into the Lord in your quiet times, asking Him to set you free from that pesky stronghold thatContinue reading “Using Our Trials Well”
Worship in the Midst
Whatever you’re going through, however the struggles of this world have weighed you down, lay it all at Jesus’ feet now. And worship Him. Oh, Jesus, great are You and worthy to be praised. For You were there before the beginning of time, and all things were formed by Your hand. It is in YouContinue reading “Worship in the Midst”
Shiekh Meets Jesus in Uganda Mosque
It is not uncommon for Jesus to appear to Muslims in their dreams to point them the way to salvation. In fact, earlier this month, God surprised a teacher of Islam during Friday prayers at a mosque in Mayuge, Uganda. Wambuzi Maka Uthman, a 39-year-old sheikh, fell asleep in a corner as he was praying.Continue reading “Shiekh Meets Jesus in Uganda Mosque”
