The Love of God and Love For God
”Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” John 4:7-11 Love. Arguably the most used and misused word...
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An Invitation to Pray God’s Word Over Our Nation Throughout 2022
Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray. In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch. Psalm 5:2-3 NAS The mission of the National Day of Prayer Task Force is to “Mobilize unified public prayer for America.” Despite what our name might lead you to think, we are praying and serving every day of the year. Our celebration and culmination of 364 other days of prayer coming together on the National Day of Prayer which, by...
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Hope in the Lord
"As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before Your eyes"; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You. O love the LORD, all you His godly ones! The LORD preserves the faithful And fully recompenses the proud doer. Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the LORD." Psalm 31:22-24 NAS Greetings! Have you ever felt “cut off” from the Lord? Have you ever been in such despair that you lost hope? We have been receiving prayer requests from hurting and even some self-described...
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Something New in 2022
Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. Psalm 119:73 NASB I have been praying for you and hoping that as you celebrated the birth of our Savior that you took some time to be still and pray, not just into Christmas Day, but also pressing into this upcoming year. I am always in wonder of a God who does not leave us to wander aimlessly through life. The verse above is a prayer, in essence the pray-er recognizes God as the one who gave them life, designed their life and now...
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Pausing to Say, "Thank You"
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. Colossians 2:6-7 NASB We pray that you had a very Merry Christmas reflecting on God coming to dwell with us, Emmanuel! Before we rush into 2022, we want to pause to overflow with gratitude. No one has a perfect life or family; we receive prayer requests every day that take us to our knees before God asking Him to draw the lost...
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Exalt the Lord
Exalt the Lord! Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all the people were on their way to register for the census, each to his own city. Now Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant. While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave...
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Called Higher
Greetings! You and all of our cherished prayer partners have been in our prayers this week, as our staff takes time to pray for all who faithfully serve and support the National Day of Prayer. We are especially interceding for those of you who have been affected by the tornadoes in Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, and Mississippi. In the family of Christ, we rejoice when others rejoice, and we weep when others weep. We pray for the Lord to be a refuge and comfort amid the devastation and loss. As 2021 comes to a close, we reflect on the...
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The Master Creator - And His Co-Creators
“For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So, they are without excuse.” -Romans 1:20 ESV Every morning my husband and I wake up in our new home, a peaceful condo in the Rochester Hills section of Michigan, with a quaint patio that positions us to witness unbelievable sunrises. What captures my heart and attention the most is when my awe of this orange, purple, and golden hued canvas deepens my appreciation for the Master Painter, God, the Creator of...
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Merry Christmas in Word and Deed
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. Colossians 3:17 NASB Merry Christmas! I pray that you had a Thanksgiving overflowing with gratitude and that you are as excited as I am to step into a season of wishing people a “Merry Christmas!” Christmas is not just a culturally accepted holiday on our calendar, it celebrates the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; stepping out of heaven and into the flesh of a human to come seek and save us. The Divine...
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Giving Thanks to God for Generosity
"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. "Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. "Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name. "But who am I and who are my people that we should be...
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