Posts with the category “devotionals”

There are times when the weapon of mercy demonstrated through generosity is what is needed to awaken the conscience of those doing us harm. It's a weapon that can change the heart.. ...  Read More

Partnered with your faith and your trust in God, spiritual warfare is a means to victory for the glory to God. It is a means to victory because Jesus already won the ultimate victory....  Read More

The way to stand firm in the victory is by embracing the cross in our lives/putting off the old man and clothing ourselves with the finished work of Christ. ...  Read More

We "make room" every day when we make choices to intentionally set aside or clear the space of a lesser thing to welcome or replace it with what we deem more important....  Read More

Submission, love, and obedience…this is what should permeate from our homes, whether we are married or single. This is the kingdom blueprint for the home. ...  Read More

God is a God of order. Proper alignment is important to Hm and He should be the focal point in our households. ...  Read More

When we think about discipleship, many times we tend to focus on the cost (as we should) but it is also important to focus on the rewards....  Read More

As followers of Christ, we are not only called to be disciples; we are called to make them. ...  Read More

Kingdom discipleship will cost us EVERYTHING....  Read More

As we continue to lay down our plans and yield to the master plan of Jesus, we will bear much fruit and our joy will be full....  Read More

May Jesus brand us with His fiery love in such a way that we never turn back....  Read More

When we are meek and single minded, we will be rewarded in the age to come. ...  Read More

Let us take advantage of the invitation to enter into God's rest....  Read More

Quick obedience is one way in which we show our affection and loyalty to King Jesus. ...  Read More

It is time to obey all God has spoken even if it is difficult. ...  Read More

Meekness and loyalty are some of the outcomes of repentance....  Read More

We can place our hope in the one who offers both physical and spiritual healing....  Read More

The Holy Spirit is preparing a highway in the hearts of God's people. ...  Read More

Confession and repentance are powerful and necessary tools that rip us open in the best way and allow the Holy Spirit to bring us life again....  Read More

True repentance allows us to bear fruit that pleases God. ...  Read More

Those with pure hearts will see God....  Read More

We remain cleansed and pure when we learn to live in the tension with Jesus....  Read More

In our time on earth, it is our job to get ready for the return of our King. Submitting to the refiner's fire helps to prepare us....  Read More

Godly sorrow leads to repentance....  Read More

God gives his people an undeniable promise. We confess our sin then we receive forgiveness and purifying....  Read More

Let us mourn over sin....  Read More

We are not only required to confess our sins, but we must also renounce it....  Read More

With real repentance, our heart breaks when we have sinned against God....  Read More

Brokenness is the first indication we have something that is wrong and that we need to be made right. ...  Read More

My prayer is that the incomplete work that is taking place within each of us will produce a complete wholeness when we come together as a beautifully united body, with its many parts uniquely fitted, ...  Read More

God’s mission is not dependent upon our own clever expertise, but rather our increasing surrender of Self and growing dependence on His Divine Presence. His Divine Presence in and among us as His Chur...  Read More

When you surrender to God (not the enemy in the movie definition), the outcome is not death or torture. Just like those movie characters you are going to have to give yourself up in order to live....  Read More

God has a mission for each of us...there are no exceptions. Our goal in fasting is to make ourselves available to obey what He wants us to do. He saves us to bring us into his service. Don't allow ...  Read More

Sometimes as believers, we can mistake waiting for inactivity or idleness. Let me encourage you church, there is an “active” way to wait on God! Being focused, ready, in season and out of season, wit...  Read More

God uses “ordinary” women and men to astonish the world. If we look back to Mark 16 and read verse 20, we see that God worked with the disciples as they went out and proclaimed the gospel. He gave the...  Read More

Mission exists because the “not yet” of the Kingdom vision will ultimately become reality. Mission exists because there is more Kingdom work to do in the “present evil age” before the Victorious Son r...  Read More

What I am saying is an invitation into God’s family is not meant to be a passive experience. We’re meant to receive this priceless inheritance from Jesus and demonstrate it anew in our generation. ...  Read More

What am I cultivating in my children that would point them to Christ? What pruning must take place in order to bear more fruit? What fruits am I even trying to grow? Are the conditions and the environ...  Read More

We always talk about God being a good Father, and we should, since it's the way the Scriptures describe Him most of the time. However, there are beautiful attributes of God that reveal Him in a Matern...  Read More

As siblings of Jesus, we are called to share in His sufferings in order to share in His glory. It is God’s will for us to be conformed into the image of His firstborn Son that we may be glorified wit...  Read More