WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him. —Acts 12:5 I want to tell you a story about a sleepless church that was involved in desperate and deep prayer. They were…
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. —Philippians 4:6 I find it interesting that the word “worry” has its origins in a…
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? —Psalm 85:6 What does the word “revival” mean? We can gain a better understanding of this word by looking at its close relative,…
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2013 We like the idea of change, of starting over again, of becoming someone different than we are. Sometimes we move to a new place, thinking we can escape our problems. Sometimes we think if we had…
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. —Habakkuk 3:2 From…
THURSDAY, September 12, 2013 You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. — Psalm 16:11 Whenever we took the freeway through Anaheim when I was a kid,…
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 “Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.” —Hebrews 11:10 We think so much about the here and now, but God thinks more about the by…
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said,…
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. —Revelation 21:8 I believe there…
