Fasting
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What is Your Top Ten for 2011
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Fasting prepares you for a fresh anointing. ~ Jentezen Franklin Let's do some serious things for God in 2011? Let's crash through our walls of Jericho and bring the surrender of those strongholds. Let us also bring before the Lord
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A Snickers Bar….. or God
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Are you willing to forgo a Snicker's bar in the afternoon to over come a recurring sin in your life? —– So what is fasting? It's the humbling of ourselves to draw closer to God. Fasting must be coupled with prayer
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Are You Going to Dream Big in 2011?
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Do you really believe God? Do you read this passage and think this promise is for somebody else?That God really doesn’t care about what you desire deep in your heart? I’m here to tell you that we can believe
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I Dare You!
This is it! The last day of our fast. I don't know about you, but I've had a pretty sweet week. I hope you've gotten closer to God and that you continue to pursue Him passionately all the days of your life. We are officially done at midnight tonight so make sure you do something
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All You Need To Do Is Ask
We have not because we ask not. How many times have we needed God but have been too stubborn to open our mouths and just say so? How many crazy situations have we found ourselves in, only to discover that if we had just spoken up and been honest about our need of help or
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What Are You Feeding Your Brain? – Day Eight!
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. NIV I must tell you the thoughts, prayers, hopes, struggles, scripture, and links all of you have left in
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Weekend Devotion – Isaiah 58
This past week, 1Peter 3 and many readers here have spent a week fasting for our loves ones. It's been a very powerful and promising week for many of us. New things have been revealed and promises reinforced. God is so faithful and good. This weekend is truly a celebration of our God who is
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Day Four: Perseverance, Persistence, and Peskiness
One of the hardest aspects of praying long term is perseverance. Especially in today's society of immediate results, our patience muscle is sorely lacking exercise. Our food, our clothing, our shopping, our work-everything is structured to be quick and easy. You can even watch your favorite TV shows on one site condensed to about five
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Day Three: Believing Like Abraham
Welcome to day three of our week of fasting and prayer. I know many of you have joined us in praying and even fasting for your spouses. I'd like to encourage you to continue, in whatever form God is leading you, to keep your vigil going. For the sake of simplicity for my family as