January 2015
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In this new year perhaps one of your resolutions is to get your finances in order. If you are upside down in your finances here’s the hard truth: no one is going to bail you out of your economic troubles. It’s always harder to get out of debt that it was to get into it. But
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Daily Devotional – Day 11 “Esther’s Fast” Read: Esther 4:12-16 King Ahasuerus of Persia had been convinced by Haman, his second-in-command, to kill all the Jews because the Jew Mordecai would not bow down to him. Esther, a Jew, had been chosen as a queen of this kingdom and was in a crucial place to
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Double digits was always fun as a kid when it came to birthdays! Remember turning 10? Today is day 10 in our 21 Days of prayer and fasting. Today, I am praying for everyone in our church database by name. I pray you connect closer with the Lord today and extend that to someone else. God bless! –
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Daily Devotional – Day 9 “Persistent Prayer” Read: Luke 11:5-10 The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray and Jesus gave them the Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11:1-4). After this, Jesus tells an unforgettable parable to describe the motivation and boldness the disciples should have in prayer. The parable (Luke 11:5-10) is of a man
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21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Daily Devotional – Day 8 “Jesus’ Test” Read: Matthew 4:1-11 Before He began His ministry, Jesus fasted forty days and nights. Who wouldn’t be starving and physically weak after a forty day fast? After all, Jesus was fully human while He was fully God (John 1:14; Colossians 2:9). Why
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Daily Devotional – Day 7 “Bow Your Head and Close Your Eyes” Read: John 17:1, Mark 6:41; 7:34; Matthew 26:39; Luke 18:9-14 Does bowing your head and closing your eyes make your prayer time more effective? Can you connect with God better that way? Does the Bible command us to bow our heads and close
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Daily Devotional – Day 6 “When You Fast” Read: Matthew 6:16-18 “Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you,
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Daily Devotional – Day 5 “This Is How You Should Pray” Read: Matthew 6:9-13 Directions are a good thing. Every Christmas and birthday for my kids I eventually resort to the directions for assembling gifts. Notice I said “eventually resort to”. There’s something in me that wants to try it on my own as if
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21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Daily Devotional – Day 4 “And When You Pray” Read: Matthew 6:5-8 In the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), Jesus preached and taught the basics of Christianity. Prayer is one of those foundations Jesus taught on to remind us it was not a suggestion but a necessity. He
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21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Daily Devotional – Day 3 – January 14, 2015 “Return Your Heart to the Lord” Read: Joel 2:12-13 The book of Joel in the Bible is about Judah’s experience with a severe locust plague. It is so brutal that, “What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have
stephen R Harrison 