Tag: revival

The Word of God Speaks, and God’s People Listen and Obey

Today I am changing the format of the presentation of the Devotional that I have been writing for over 18 years.

I will not be writing five days a week unless that LORD gives me something more to say.  I just published my first devotional book.  Information about the book is found at the bottom of this page in the SIGNATURE BOX. I’m also writing a journal daily and will see with the unfolding of time if a second book will be the fruit of my labor together with our LORD.

I am deeply concerned about the division in my homeland; the United States of America. If you are citizens of another country, I believe that you have concerns for your homeland also. The whole world is changing, but our God remains the same.

Numbers 23:19 (NKJV) 

 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? 

One of my mentors in leadership and writing is John Maxwell, and he has written a book about it.

John C. Maxwell

Good Leaders Ask Great Questions

All of us are leaders, and the first person we lead is ourselves. I have started asking myself better questions, and I have talked to my family about the importance of asking themselves better questions.

How can we heal the divisions in our country among the left, the moderate, and the right?

What outcome do you have in mind for the position you know hold? Will it result in a better opportunity for everyone?

God Words Speaks:

1 Peter 5:5-7 (NKJV) 

 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 

 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 

 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 

When God’s People Pray the Word:

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) 

 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 

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Title: 31 Days of Hearing God Speak

Daily Bread

Title: It’s Time for God’s People to Pray

Text:

James 5:16-17 (HCSB)
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.
John 9:31 (HCSB)
31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.

Observation:

Prayer is the most powerful resource that the believer has to enable us to fulfill the purpose for which God made us and redeemed us.

There is nothing that is beyond the reach of prayer. There is no need that we have in our life that our Lord cannot meet; there is no problem that we face that our Lord cannot solve.

Therefore, let’s flood the throne room of God with the prayers of God’s believing and faithful people. Don’t just pray for yourself; pray for others also.

Ephesians 6:18 (HCSB)
18 Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.

Prayer:

Father God, we stretch our hands to thee; we cry out to you with our whole heart. Lord, look down from your throne room in heaven, and pour out your favor on your people. In Jesus name, Amen.

My Prayer for America_ Part 1 of 4

Title: What will it take to Have Revival in America?

Text:

2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV)
14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Observation:

One of the conditions for revival is for God’s people to humble themselves. This is not an appeal to the Government. Rather, it is an appeal to God’s people.

The word of God says, “If my people”. In your heart, child of God, do you sincerely want to please God? If so, then humble yourself before God in prayer.

Trials and temptations are the common lot of all. The good news is that God will give his people sufficient grace in every circumstance.

James 4:6 (ESV)
6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Would you be willing to join with me in prayer for humility among God’s people that would result in God healing our nation?

“Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer.”  — Joseph M. Scriven

Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, by your divine power, will you create a burning desire in the hearts of your believing people to humble ourselves at the feet of our almighty heavenly Father. In Jesus name, Amen.