“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.” — John 15:7-8 As Christians, we are called to stay close to Jesus. This is the essence of what it …
“Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.” — 1 Peter 2:17 We are called to pray for and honor the leaders God has appointed in our city. Think today about your call to honor everyone, love the brotherhood, fear God, and honor our local leaders, like our text calls us to. Journal creative ways you can obey …
“… in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” — Philippians 4:6 Charles H. Spurgeon is known as one of the greatest preachers in history. In his time, his church experienced a type of reformation and revival that we seek in ours. When people asked Spurgeon about the secret to his success, …
Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation. — Psalm 85:6–7 True revival comes from God’s steadfast love and His gift of salvation. Revival is not just about emotional renewal; it’s about returning to Jesus! It begins with humility—acknowledging our need for His …
“Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. aIf anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” — Revelation 3:19-20 Jesus desires those whom he loves to be zealous and repent. Jesus reproves …
“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” — Matthew 2:1-2 Jesus was not born to become …
“But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us…”— Nehemiah 2:19 Just as the momentum is at its peak, opposition arises. Nehemiah’s critics, Sanballat and Tobiah, jeered at them, despised their efforts, and even make false claims. This is all in effort to keep them …
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.” And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the …
“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me” — John 5:39 Jesus taught that the entire Bible was about him. The New Testament is overwhelmingly evident that it is about Jesus. The Old Testament, however, can be much harder to notice this reality, therefore we …
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.” -Jeremiah 33:14 Advent is a tradition that has developed over the church’s history as a time of preparation for Christmas Day. It is a season in which we focus on the adoration of Jesus, …
