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Daily Devotional – Day 14 “Thirsting for the Lord” Read: Psalm 63 Most of us have never been thirsty unto death. Realistically, that only takes a couple of days. I remember working hard during the summer heat and experiencing fatigue and dizziness associated with dehydration. I was so overheated from working outside that I jumped…
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Daily Devotional – Day 13 “Fasting For a Problem” Read: Ezra 8:21-23 Fasting and prayer in Scripture occurred for several reasons. Jesus fasted for preparation in His ministry. Ezra fasted because he was facing a problem and needed God’s help. In 538 B.C., the Persians overthrew the Babylonians and the Persian King Cyrus gave the…
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Daily Devotional – Day 12 “Jesus Prays For You” Read: John 17:9-10 “I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them (John 17:9-10).”…
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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,…
stephen R Harrison 