Day 15: Battle Darren focuses in todays' devotional about the things that we daily battle with in our Christian walks. "For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12)
Day 14: Kingdom Come We hear from Rebecca about the tension of God's kingdom being with us now but at the same time, it's not with us yet in its entirety. "your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10)
Pastor Tom continues our series and speaks about the freedom that awaits us if we step through the open door that God has for us.
Day 13: Unity Pastor Thomas' thoughts on the vital topic of unity is our devotional for today. He's sharing his from Paul's letter to the Ephesians. "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." (Ephesians 4:3)
Day 12: Greatest Is Love Claire continues our daily devotionals by looking at Paul's letter to the Corinthian church and shares thoughts of why love is the greatest of qualities. "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 Corinthians 13:13)
Week 2 of the Sisterhood series on the 10 Commandments.
Day 11: God So Loved Alan shares from John 3:16 about the incredible love of God and how He gave His Son for our salvation. "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16 AMP)
Week 3 of the Sisterhood series on the 10 Commandments.
Week 4 of the Sisterhood series on the 10 Commandments.
Day 10: No-One Perish Today, Heather opens up 2 Peter and talks about the love of God and His desire to see everyone come to repentance. "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)
Day 9: Ask, Seek, Knock We hear from Sarah today about the princples of ask, seek & knock in our approach to God. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." (Matthew 7:7)
Day 8: Pray Grace opens up Paul's letter to the Philippians and shares why we can't go without praying. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." (Philippians 4:6)
Pastor Iain kicks off our vision for the year series called Beyond the Open Door. Looking at Isaiah 54, Pastor Iain shares with us what we need to step through the open door that God presents before us.
Day 7: Boldness To complete the first week of devotionals, Andy looks at the book of Hebrews and shares on the topic of boldness. "So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most." (Hebrews 4:16)
Day 6: Holiness Leanne opens up about light and darkness in our lives and shares how 1 John 1 encourages us toward a path of holiness. "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin." (1 John 1:7)
Day 5: Consecration Today, Tease looks at the topic of consecration and highlights a few points for us to consider what it means to be set apart for God and offer ourselves up to Him. "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship." (Romans 12:1)
Week 1 of the Sisterhood series on the 10 Commandments.
In another devotional based on the Psalms, Kath encourages us to cry out to God to search our hearts and remove everything that does not belong there. "Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts." (Psalm 139:23)
Day 3: Humility Elizabeth shares today's devotional from 1 Peter 5:5 on the importance of humility. "...All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” (1 Peter 5:5)
Day 2: Gratitude Pastor Tom opens up Psalm 107:1 and uncovers why gratitude is such a vital part of our Christian lives. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. (Psalm 107:1)
Day 1: Faithfulness Pastor Iain begins our devotionals for our 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting by looking at 1 Samuel 7:12 and shares about God's faithfulness. "Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” (1 Samuel 7:12)
Pastor Tom kicks off the year by looking at the book of Ezra and why prayer and fasting are important in the life of a Christian.
