"My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." (John 17:15, NIV2)"Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets." (Psalms 55:11, NIV2)There is a puma who has been living in our...
Sliding to DisasterIndeed prayer does change the world, but even more so it changes me!A real prayer warrior is one who is willing to forsake his own interests and is able to love those he prays for with sacrificial compassion.One of the earliest examples of such...
Luke 11:9-10 – So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. (NIV)It was summer. Four of our...
During my quiet time with the Lord on the morning of Wednesday, October 22nd, at precisely 10 a.m. (noticing the time because I had to go to an appointment later), the Holy Spirit spoke to me through this Scripture:1 Timothy 2:1-2 – I urge, then, first of all, that...
Romans 8:26 “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that Words cannot expect.”How many times have I read this verse? Many I know and really never had an...
Matthew 6: 25. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?" (Matthew 6:25 NIV)What makes up the bulk of our prayer time? Prayer for...
In last week's lesson on parenting, we learned that the first, most-vital step you must take in order to influence the children in your life for the Lord is for you, yourself, to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But once that is taken care of, then what...