Powering Up for 2023

As hard as 2022 has been, this next year will see its own trials. Are you prepared? Prayer is your pathway through. New year’s resolutions will not get you where the Lord is taking you. Instead, ask Him what He wants to do in you and through you this coming year. And then step intoContinue reading “Powering Up for 2023”

Christmas Prayer

Praying God will meet you and your family in deep, meaningful ways as you celebrate Christ today. Lord, please protect our family time together this Christmas. Fill our homes with Your felt presence and block any enemy plans. Guide all our conversations into You. Help us forgive one another and listen to each other. TearContinue reading “Christmas Prayer”

Prayers for the Persecuted this Christmas

As we gather with loved ones this Christmas and worship God freely in our churches, let’s take a moment to pray together as a family for persecuted Christians throughout the world who don’t have that freedom. Pray for protection, strength, courage, and the Spirit’s empowering to endure suffering and share with the lost. Lord, weContinue reading “Prayers for the Persecuted this Christmas”

When Christmas Is Forbidden

Did you consider not celebrating Christmas this year? What got you thinking along those lines? Commercialism? Traditions with pagan roots? Some other reason on an ever-growing list?  Christmas takes on a whole new meaning when you live where it is forbidden. Where even one decoration in your home could get you arrested. Where telling theContinue reading “When Christmas Is Forbidden”

When Christmas is Hard

Let’s continue praying for missionary pilot Ryan Koher, imprisoned nearly two months now in Mozambique without charges. Pray God will open the way for his immediate release. Pray for his wife and sons as Christmas approaches. Continue praying here: Missionary Pilot Imprisoned in Mozambique Let’s pray also for those mourning the loss of loved ones andContinue reading “When Christmas is Hard”

Prayer for Our Hearts and Homes

As we spend time with family and others in the coming days, let’s ask God Mikaela Vincent and her husband are missionaries who live by faith, trusting in God to provide for their needs as they pray for and share Christ with the nations. If you would like to help their ministry through a donation,Continue reading “Prayer for Our Hearts and Homes”

Malaysia: How a Seeker Found Christ

The death toll from Friday’s landslide is now up to 23, with 10 still missing. Let’s continue to pray for these families. To be Malay is to be Muslim. It is written into the constitution. Ethnic Malays who convert to Christianity from Islam break that law and face severe persecution. In fact, Muslims have beenContinue reading “Malaysia: How a Seeker Found Christ”

Malaysia Landslide Buries Campers

A landslide pushed mounds of mud and uprooted trees atop the tents of sleeping primary school teachers and their families camping in the forest of Batang Kali, Selangor State, Malaysia on Friday. At least 19 people have died, including four children, and 14 are still missing. Because of Islamic oppression, Malaysia is included among theContinue reading “Malaysia Landslide Buries Campers”

Tornadoes, Snow and Ice

This week before Christmas, at least three people are dead in New Orleans and dozens are injured following a storm system that unleashed at least 50 tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, leveling thousands of homes and leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark. The same system has slung iceContinue reading “Tornadoes, Snow and Ice”

Helping Our Children Hunger for Truth

We MUST fight NOW for the things that matter most, or our children aren’t going to make it in this cruel and twisted world. Already, the enemy has begun weaving into their experiences and thought processes lies to combat whatever truth they have learned. He is ruthless, and so we must also be ruthless inContinue reading “Helping Our Children Hunger for Truth”