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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…
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21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Daily Devotional – Day 2, January 13, 2015 “Achieving Your Goal in Christ” Read: Philippians 3:13-15 Every sport with a ball has a goal (even if it isn’t named “goal”) and is used to score points. Football has goal posts. Basketball has a goal. So does soccer. Each player works…
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Hey Family Church, Hope you are ready to experience all God has for you in this 21 days of prayer and fasting. I’m praying for you! I’ll be sending out a daily devotional that contains questions to help you think and apply as well as personal and church prayer requests. As God reveals his plan…
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D.L. Moody once said, “Be humble or you’ll stumble.” What a paraphrase of Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” Humility is one quality that is lacking in the life of many people and several Believers today. The Apostle Paul realized arrogance, pride, conceit, egotism, and the such had no…
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I am a terrible gift wrapper. My philosophy is why go to great lengths to wrap something when it is going to be ripped to shreds anyway? But some people are great gift wrappers, using the fanciest of paper and ribbons. I say throw it in a gift bag and be done with it. But…
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I’ve heard people quote first part of Proverbs 13:12 and leave out the last. “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.” But quoting the first part just states the obvious. It is the last part, “a longing fulfilled is a tree of life” that brings hope. The only One that can fulfill the longings of life…
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There is certainly much more pastors must do but here are the first few big things that came to mind and doing them well will ensure more effective ministry and a longer tenure at your church. I didn’t forget the Gospel here – it is the foundation of all 6 of these. I understand the…
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Have you ever wondered why Jonah was so ready to offer his life to calm the storm for a few sailors (Jonah 1:5) when he was so angry that God saved the lives of more than 120,000 Ninevites (Jonah 4:11)? I think Jonah’s desire to offer up his life in the middle of the sea…
stephen R Harrison 