June 26th, 2021
Matthew 5:44 NIV “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Mark 11: 25 NIV “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Loving our enemies? Praying for those who persecute us? Forgiving […]
June 25th, 2021
Read Psalm 19:14 NIV “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Lord, as we pray today, may our prayers be pleasing to you. We are learning that our prayers don’t need to be worded perfectly and precisely. We are […]
June 24th, 2021
Romans 8:26 NIV “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 through wordless groans.” Are you in a prayer group? Do you meet regularly with others to pray? Several months ago I joined a prayer […]
June 23rd, 2021
James 1:6 NIV “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” Mark 9:24 NIV “I do believe, help me overcome my unbelief.” There are times in life when our fears and thoughts cause us to […]
June 22nd, 2021
Read Acts 16:25 NIV “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” Paul and Silas were in prison. Prison! And yet, they devoted themselves to prayer and singing hymns of praise to God. Can you imagine? The fact that they were locked up […]
June 21st, 2021
Colossians 4:2 NIV “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Matthew 6:7 NIV “And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.” Matthew 26:36-39 NIV “Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to […]
June 20th, 2021
Read: 2 Kings 23:24-30 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord. […]
June 19th, 2021
Read: 2 Kings 23:15-22 Even the altar at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin—even that altar and high place he demolished. He burned the high place and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole also. Then Josiah looked around, and when he saw […]
June 18th, 2021
Read: 2 Kings 23:8-14 Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the gateway at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which was on the left of the city gate. Although […]
June 17th, 2021
Read: 2 Kings 23:1-7 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. He went up to the temple of the Lord with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words […]
