Aligning Our Hearts with God's Heart through Prayer
on April 12th, 2025
"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." - Psalm 37:4  Prayer is not just a means of presenting our requests before God; it is a sacred opportunity to align our hearts with the heart of our Heavenly Father. Psalm 37:4 reminds us that when we delight ourselves in the Lord, He graciously grants the desires of our hearts. However, this verse holds a deeper truth...  Read More
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Abiding and Resting
on April 11th, 2025
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30)  If you are going through difficult times in your life right now, you need to learn the spiritual practice of abiding. But what does it mean to ab...  Read More
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A Ripple Effect
on April 10th, 2025
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. (Mark 16:15)  Yesterday, we talked about the story of D.L. Moody and how he came to know Christ. While his salvation story is one of my favorites, the story doesn’t end where we left off yesterday. In fact, that was just the beginning, for D.L. Moody’s story is proof that you never know the ripple effect your obedience ...  Read More
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A Lifetime Of Surrender
on April 9th, 2025
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” – Luke 9:23-24  Yesterday I told my story of saying “yes” to God. Maybe you said “yes” to Christ when you were 12 like I did. Regardless of where you were 20, 30, 40, or 50 when you ga...  Read More
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A Humble Life
on April 8th, 2025
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne. (Revelation 1:3-4)  Yesterday we talked about how John was fearless and faithful. And ...  Read More
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The Power of Community
on April 7th, 2025
"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." (Hebrews 10:24-25)As believers, our community is the body of Christ. Yes, we have a personal relationship with Jesus, but we were never meant to follow Him alone. That’s why J...  Read More
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Struggling With God’s Will
on April 6th, 2025
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” – Isaiah 55:8-9Sometimes, life feels like a struggle because we can only see part of what God is doing. It’s like looking at a small corner of a massive canvas—we don’t have the full picture y...  Read More
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Risking Rejection
on April 5th, 2025
“Do you now believe?” Jesus replied.  “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.” “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:31-33)  We live in a culture that loves t...  Read More
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Don’t Miss Out
on April 4th, 2025
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God – children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. (John 1:10-13) When Jesu...  Read More
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A Childlike Faith
on April 3rd, 2025
He called a little child to him and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:2-4) In Matthew’s account of Jesus’ life and ministry, he tells this simple yet impactful story...  Read More
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Who Is Jesus?
on April 2nd, 2025
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of...  Read More
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Come and See
on April 1st, 2025
When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.  Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. (John 1:37-39)  After Jesus was baptized,...  Read More
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