Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

Men ought to pray always and not lose heart...the more prayer...the more encouragement...the more prayer the more hope that God who hears every prayer will answer with clarity and promptness to meet t...  Read More

Streams in the Desert Let me make one more request. Allow me one more test with the fleece.There are 3 kinds of faith.1. Believing only when we see some sign, or have strong emotion.2. When we believe...  Read More

Blackaby The world hates the Jewish people because they are God's people. God began all that work by the call to one man..one man that had to surrender his future to the unknown..with only the call of...  Read More

Streams in the Desert Shall I not drink from the cup the father has given me? We all need to see the cup is from the father...receive it as if from him alone...if you have surrendered yourself to Jesu...  Read More

Blackaby As I am reading this devo. I tried to find the line or 2 I wanted to share...but it is too relevant...too penetrating to edit..it is about where my hearts desire is located..is it wholly comm...  Read More

Jesus felt compassion for the crowd...because they were like sheep without a shepherd....and he began to teach them...how do you know you have compassion for people? You are moved to teach...we often ...  Read More

Streams in the Desert Because you have not withheld your son, your only son...I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky...because you have obeyed me...the moment of your greates...  Read More

I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place...having faith even if...prayers are not answered in my will, even if waiting turns into weariness, even if the fire is 7 times hotter, even...  Read More

Blackaby Yet I will not forget you...don't let difficult circumstances you are facing convince you that God has forgotten you. Don't ever assume that God is more concerned with the needs of other more...  Read More

Streams in the Desert God...calls all things that are not as though they were. That is genuine faith...believing and declaring what God has said, stepping out on what appears to be thin air and findin...  Read More

Streams in the Desert He knows the way I take, when he has tested me. I will come forth as gold. Faith grows during the storms. Faith is the God given ability to bring the unseen into plain view. Stor...  Read More

Streams in the Desert Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land...Elijah refused to let his dwindling circumstances to come between himself and his God and God's pr...  Read More

Blackaby Righteousness ensures effectiveness in praying. That means we must be declared righteous by God in salvation...but it means more than that. Living righteous each moment by following his spiri...  Read More

Those that wait upon the Lord. Only those who wait upon the moving of the Lord can mount up with wings as eagles. His spirit lifts us to the heights to soar over the mountains that will not move..to s...  Read More

Tim Tebow (Mike & Missy Wilson) When our family 1st moved there, we knew the remainder of our lives would not be easy. But we would rather be where God has called us than anywhere else. God's call is ...  Read More

Blackaby God places much of the burden or what we will become on our response to him. Much of the Christian life rests upon our desire to experience God to the fullest. May we return to God today on S...  Read More

We are hard pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed but not driven to despair. At 15 I had brain surgery to remove the tumor...started at completed chemotherapy. At...  Read More

O God you are my God, early I will seek you. My soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you. In a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I have looked for you in the sanctuary to see your p...  Read More

O God you are my God, early I will seek you. My soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you. In a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I have looked for you in the sanctuary to see your p...  Read More

But we all with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory just as by the Spirit of the Lord. We need to be transformed or God would n...  Read More

God is repulsed by empty performances, no matter how professional. He is not moved to display himself when he is not consulted. He is not impressed with man initiated programming. He leaves the gather...  Read More

Many are they which trouble me...but you O Lord are a shield for me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head. Lord today lift up our heads to see that you are looking right into our eyes enduing us ...  Read More

Streams in the Desert There we saw giants. Joshua and caleb told those who shrunk back in unbelief...we will be stronger by overcoming the giants than if there had been no giants to defeat. We encount...  Read More

A. W. Tozer At the heart of the message of Christianity is God himself waiting for his redeemed children to push into conscious awareness of his presence. Current in vogue Christianity today knows his...  Read More

Tim Tebow Behold I extend peace to her like a river....we won't always know or even understand the purpose of our pain until we get to heaven, but God cares for us in the midst of our heartbreak....wh...  Read More

Tim Tebow That I might preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth...when you want to minimize your problems..magnify your purpose.......  Read More

but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. No ability of man can compare to the revealer of all things. No matter the size of the problem..God alone is the answer. When we are in need of help. ...  Read More

Tim Keller The words of a gossip are like choice morsels. They go down to the inmost parts. Gossip always goes down because it takes others down. They make the speaker look good and the object of the ...  Read More

Streams in the Desert Peter got out of the boat, walked on water and came toward Jesus..but..when he saw. We see that Peter's sight was actually a hindrance. Once he stepped out of the boat, the waves...  Read More

Blackaby They took up 12 stones from the midst of the Jordan...a spiritual mile marker identifies a time of decision when you know that God guided you. Keep track of these moments because they are not...  Read More

saw a vision of God and cried out in wonder, surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not..that was his trouble..and it is ours. A.W. TozerLord reveal yourself to us and Lord wake us up to your...  Read More

Blackaby Can I see his no as the best and greatest answer for me?Lord help my perspective grow to do so and help my faith to see what I cannot understand.......  Read More

Streams in the Desert Grain must be ground to make bread. The most prominent in the Bible were broken, thrashed and ground into bread for the spiritually hungry. Combat comes before victory. If God ha...  Read More

Streams in the Desert All too often we become tired, weak and listless, and our prayers lose their power and effectiveness. We would rather take the easy way than face the obstacle. God says lift up t...  Read More

His ways are higher than ours. His thoughts are too big for our minds to comphrehend..how unsearchable they are. Help me Lord to rest in your wisdom when I dont understand your path.......  Read More

Blackaby There is no way we can understand all that heaven is like. How could we ever comprehend all that is ours as fellow heirs with Jesus. Let us seek to grasp how great that love is that would giv...  Read More

“Hear my son, your father‘s instructions, and forsake not your mother‘s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.”On this Father’s Day as we stand to minister...  Read More

Blackaby Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. No matter if you are the last of a generation, no matter if you are the one who is called to radical acts of faith inspired obedience. No matter if y...  Read More

Blackaby Those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart..they defile a man...a sanctified mouth is a wonderful instrument for the Lord....pray that the Lord would make our hearts holy...  Read More

Tim Tebow To obey is better than sacrifice. Be obedient to what God is asking of you. If you refuse, and do things your way, and plan to make it up to God afterward, you will fail. Obedience is a sacr...  Read More