“Follow the leader…” Who is the leader? Human leadership is always flawed and always disappoints. But there is a leader who is flawless, always in control, and upon whose Word and leadership we can rely – the Living God!
Author: Awake Us Now
Thanksgiving
One day, we will see God’s glory in its entire fullness. Until then, we are called to be both thankful and fully awake!
Idol Factory
Crooks only produce counterfeits of things that are real. That’s why we don’t see any fake $3 bills floating around, yet also why there are so many counterfeit gods. Discover the true God and enjoy Him!
The Gospel of John – Week 25
The Gospel of John may be one of the most powerful books ever written. Scholarly and archeological discoveries in recent decades give us new insight on details found within, and we now see many things that we missed before!
Obedience
We may think, “I’ll start obeying God when my faith is strong enough,” but God says: “Follow me TODAY, and watch what I will do tomorrow.” Obedience flows from faith, and then faith grows from obedience.
What Do We Expect?
What do you expect from Jesus? Is He the bringer of massive changes or minor adjustments?
The Gospel of John – Week 24
The Gospel of John may be one of the most powerful books ever written. Scholarly and archeological discoveries in recent decades give us new insight on details found within, and we now see many things that we missed before!
Election Day Devotional #18
A Remnant On Our Knees
Bible Text 2 Chronicles 6:21 May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.
A praying remnant can change everything. A remnant of believers has the ear of God, it’s just that simple. And I believe one of the reasons in these desperate days why God has restrained a hand of judgment upon our land is because of a remnant of pray-ers.
We need to understand how serious the times are. We need to understand that this is a serious and difficult day. We need to understand that the church has often fallen asleep, and we need to pray that God would turn the hearts of His people back to Him. Unless the hearts of His people return to Him the nation will never turn back to Him. The nation will not turn because we say, “You’re doing bad and terrible things.” The nation turns when the hearts of God’s people turn to Him in repentance and say, “Lord, have mercy on us.” A heart that is humble before God, is a heart that God can use to change and motivate the hearts of others.
Take Him seriously and understand the critical nature of this hour. Come before the Lord in constant prayer recognizing that politics will not change the future, but prayer turns the nation around. Prayer is heard by God who does incredible things. If the prayer of Elijah could turn Israel back from drought to fruitfulness, then the prayer of a remnant can change our land as well. Rather than spending our time moaning and groaning about what is happening, and what is going on with our morality, and what is taking place in our culture, I believe God is calling us to be on our knees before Him, and to understand when the enemy says, “Oh, one person can’t do anything about this,” that that one person with God is a majority! One person with the living God is one who is equipped with power to change the future!
I believe the Lord is calling us to take Him seriously and take prayer seriously. Because you can vote, you can express your opinions, you can display your flag, but in the end the prayers of God’s people alone can turn the land around, beginning with the church.
Prayer: Join with us as we get down on our knees today to pray for America.
By Pastor Christopher Dodge
Excerpted from “Light to My Path” https://youtu.be/8OhCp5DlQ_4
Election Day Devotional #17
Heal Our Land
Bible Text 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV) “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Our land, our country, the U.S.A. needs healing, do you agree? There is a brokenness that goes beyond the political, the economic, the social, do you sense it, too? Will the right candidate, another law, more funding, etc., heal our brokenness? Throughout history when God’s people recognized their country going down a destructive path, they called on God, their Father, for help. They recognized their profound need and cried out to God out of desperation.
God, out of his deep love for US(A), who has called us to be His own, spoke these words of promise. He said, “If we will humble ourselves before Him, and pray, and seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways…”(stop!). Can we do that right now? Wherever you are, would you pause, pull over, stop for a minute, and tell God you are sorry for the things we have done, for turning away from Him and for making decisions and pursuing paths that were and are not good…(pause). Can we confess our waywardness on behalf of our country?…(pause).
Prayer: Lord, we recognize we’ve made a mess of things. We need your help. We have turned from You and even pursued evil. We are sorry. I am sorry. Thank You for Your promise that You HEAR US, that You FORGIVE US, and that You desire to HEAL OUR LAND! We stand on that promise. Thank You for Your Son, Jesus, who took on Himself the punishment of humanity when He went to the cross. Thank You for the hope we have in His resurrection. Heal our marriages, heal our schools, heal our business, heal our government, heal our country, through Jesus! We believe You can and will, through Jesus! Amen
By Pastor Kevin Schuessler
Peace
The word “peace” means far more than “no war or conflict.” It means everything being right and in harmony with God. It is a word God desires to make real in each one of our lives today!
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