Devotional for September 3, 2010

Do You Need to Change Your Expectations? As a pastor, I witness people accepting their circumstances with a “crippling” mindset rather than believing God for something better in life. They are like the lame man in Acts 3 who sat by the gate, Beautiful, begging for money.  His only expectation was that a passerby will [...]

Devotional for September 2, 2010

We All Have Expectations Life is filled with expectations.  Look at our everyday lives.  Some of us wake up expecting the best in our work day or with our family or in our health or in our finances.  Others dread the day, or at best, never expect anything to change for the better. Childhood dreams [...]

Devotional for September 1, 2010

Why Did God Make Marriage? When we read in our passage for today that Adam and Eve were naked before each other, I want us to realize that the word used here means more than physical nakedness. It means they were transparent. They were open to one another. They had become best friends. Is your [...]

Devotional for August 31, 2010

Marriage is God’s House If you were to come over to my house, I would welcome you inside but there would be a set of rules by which to abide. Just like I would need to abide by the rules for your house. For example, in my home, I don’t allow smoking. So if you [...]

Devotional for August 30, 2010

Marriage Is A Covenant Marriage is a covenantal union designed to strengthen the capability of each partner to carry out the plan of God in their lives. Whether your marriage has drifted off course or was never on course at all, God can redeem your marriage to make it satisfying and whole. One way of [...]

Devotional for August 29, 2010

God’s Intention for Marriage As Christians our job description is to demonstrate the power of Christ in everyday situations – and there’s no place where the resurrection power of Jesus Christ needs to be seen more graphically today than in the area of marriage and family. Too many Christian husbands and wives say they can’t [...]

Devotional for August 28, 2010

Be Strong in the Lord Most of us know what it means to be locked in spiritual warfare. There are times when even the strongest believer will be tempted to give up in the battle. That’s why we need to pray for one another. Prayer defeats the enemy right where he stands. Prayer also encourages [...]

Devotional for August 27, 2010

Do You Know That You ARE an Overcomer? When Paul established the church at Ephesus, he wanted the believers to understand they had the power to withstand the attacks of the enemy, Satan. He wanted them to know that they could stand firm in their faith and refuse to yield to sin and thoughts of defeat. [...]

Devotional for August 26, 2010

Revival in the Valley of Dry Bones Spiritual collapse places us in the “Valley of Dry Bones,” a situation in which we experience hopelessness and helplessness. God, however, has provided a way out. We must be willing to listen to the Word of God. When in a “dry place,” a place of no hope and [...]

Devotional for August 25, 2010

Requirements for True Revival When God’s people are disobedient, we suffer His wrath because we have rejected His way. God desires a restored relationship with His people, but we, as believers, still have a responsibility in our own revival. That responsibility, outlined in 2 Chronicles 7:14, calls for specific action:”If my people, who are called [...]

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