This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. If youâve been blessed by this devotional, you can leave a review on Amazonâthat would bless me. Day 20: God's Promised Compassion âSeek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to t...
May 09, 2025â˘7 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. If youâve been blessed by this devotional, you can leave a review on Amazonâthat would bless me. Day 19: Renewed by God's Strength "He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might, he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but...
May 07, 2025â˘7 min
In our last podcast-post, Why Pray for Persecuted Christians? 7 Reasons Our Prayers Make A Powerful, Global Impact , we explored: 1. Godâs Word Commands Us To Pray 2. Prayer Strengthens our Brothers & Sisters in Faith 3. Intercession Invites God's Power & Presence in the Midst of Any Battle 4. Prayer Unites Us with the Global Body of Christ in Love 5. Prayer for the Persecuted Awakens Us to the Cost of Discipleship 6. Those Risking It All to Follow Christ Simply Seek Prayer 7. Prayer Builds the ...
May 05, 2025â˘11 min
1. Godâs Word Commands Us To Pray The Word of God calls us to remember, honor, and intercede for those who suffer for the name of Jesus. It says in Hebrews 13:3 , 3 âRemember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.â In 1 Corinthians 12:24-26 , we read that, 24 ââŚGod has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the ...
May 02, 2025â˘12 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. If youâve been blessed by this devotional, you can leave a review on Amazonâthat would bless me. Day 18: Overflowing with Praise "I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name...
Apr 30, 2025â˘8 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. If youâve been blessed by this devotional, you can leave a review on Amazonâthat would bless me. Day 17: A Thankful Heart in Prayer "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God...
Apr 28, 2025â˘7 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. If youâve been blessed by this devotional, you can leave a review on Amazonâthat would bless me. Day 16: God's Great Faithfulness "The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 'The LORD is my portion,...
Apr 25, 2025â˘7 min
Jesusâ Great Commission: Who is it directed to? Does it apply to me? In the introduction to our new GOD AT WORK IN THE WORLD series, entitled EVERY CHRISTIAN is CALLED to play a CRUCIAL ROLE in JESUS' GREAT COMMISSION, we explored the answers to some big questions related to Jesusâ Great Commission: Who is it directed to? and Does it apply to me? Why is it that we can so quickly disregard Christâs invitation to play an active role in His beautiful plan of redemption across the world? What else d...
Apr 23, 2025â˘21 min
TETELESTAI! IT IS FINISHED! Jesusâ last words before He bowed and gave up His spirit, recorded in the book of John, chapter 19. 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), âI thirst.â 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, âIt is finished,â and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. - John 19:28-30 We know thi...
Apr 21, 2025â˘11 min
Jesusâ Great Commission: Who is it directed to? Does it apply to me? Welcome to a new LIFE ON MISSION series on GOD AT WORK IN THE WORLD. Weâre so happy you have joined us in journeying with Jesus, living on mission, & responding to the Good Shepherdâs call and invitation in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). 18 And Jesus came and said to them, âAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Fa...
Apr 18, 2025â˘11 min
God is at work in Paris đŤđˇđĄ Thanks for joining in praying for this set apart city. Paris needs prayer. My daily reminder to âPray for Paris đŤđˇâ rings at 4:44 PM. Feel free to set a calendar alert or alarm reminder to Pray for Paris đŤđˇ at 4:44 PM. We can pray in faith together! If not then, pick another time and cover this city in faith-filled prayer. Before I pray in English and in French, hereâs a quick note about God at work in Paris. While there are so many lost souls in this dark, spi...
Apr 16, 2025â˘11 min
Meditation on the Word Psalm 99 1 The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! 2 The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples. 3 Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he! 4 The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity;you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he! 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was...
Apr 14, 2025â˘9 min
Weâre laying the groundwork for Godâs beautiful design for faith-filled work, service, and worship. More to come on: Avodah with God; Why does it matter to God? and What does it mean for us? In the initial Introduction to AVODAH WITH GOD: Working with God, God's Way, we dove into Understanding Avodah with God, Avodah: A Word That Changes Everything, What is the equivalent to Avodah in the New Testament? and we came to the conclusion that based on Godâs Word, it is clear that we are designed to â...
Apr 11, 2025â˘31 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. If youâve been blessed by this devotional, you can leave a review on Amazonâthat would bless me. Day 15: The LORDâs Proven Protection "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, 'My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom...
Apr 09, 2025â˘7 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 14: God's Trustworthy Guidance "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you." Psalm 32:8-9 "Trust in the...
Apr 07, 2025â˘6 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 13: Spiritual Growth & Thanksgiving "Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." Colossians 2:6-7 "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Sav...
Apr 04, 2025â˘7 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 12: The Unfailing Love of the LORD "For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." ...
Apr 02, 2025â˘7 min
This series is inspired by seeking the Lord in prayer and in the Word regarding full freedom from lust & sexual immorality, and with these, addiction & shame. It is also inspired by walking alongside other young men who are struggling or have struggled under the immense weight of shame and the consequences of struggling with lust, addiction, porn, masturbation, etc. Victory is Christ has been given through Christ, the victorious Lamb of God who was slain. Real freedom from slavery to sexual immo...
Mar 28, 2025â˘19 min
Weâre laying the groundwork for Godâs beautiful design for faith-filled work, service, and worship. More to come on: Avodah with God; Why does it matter to God? and What does it mean for us? In the initial Introduction to AVODAH WITH GOD: Working with God, God's Way, we dove into Understanding Avodah with God, Avodah: A Word That Changes Everything, What is the equivalent to Avodah in the New Testament? and we came to the conclusion that based on Godâs Word, it is clear that we are designed to â...
Mar 26, 2025â˘16 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 11: The Gift of Godly Relationships "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another ...
Mar 24, 2025â˘6 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 10: Serving God by Serving Others "For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" Galatians 5:13-14 "Do ...
Mar 21, 2025â˘7 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 9: Creation Points to the Creator âFor thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): âI am the LORD, and there is no other.ââ Isaiah 45:18 âWhen I look at your h...
Mar 19, 2025â˘8 min
One of the countless many ways the Lord has confirmed His will for me to be in Paris as an ambassador of Christ and His Kingdom came through a particularly powerful series of events involving Isaiah 54:10-12, the motto of Paris, and a very shy girlâs response to Godâs love. Yesterday, after church I got to share the following testimony with two women we met, one from Germany and the other from Colombia. Thatâs one thing I really love about living on mission in Paris: it seems that nearly every t...
Mar 17, 2025â˘14 min
Weâre laying the groundwork for Godâs beautiful design for faith-filled work, service, and worship. More to come on: Avodah with God; Why does it matter to God? and What does it mean for us? Understanding Avodah with God Letâs start with a question: What if your workâyour 9 to 5, your house chores, your endless emailsâwas actually worshipful and pleasing to God? Not just something you do to pay the bills, but something you do with God, something that serves God and draws you closer to Him? I kno...
Mar 12, 2025â˘13 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 8: The Gift of God's Forgiveness "He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remo...
Mar 10, 2025â˘7 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 7: God's Good Word "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Psalm 119:105 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work...
Mar 07, 2025â˘8 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 6: God our Healer "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like t...
Mar 05, 2025â˘7 min
Weâre laying the groundwork for Godâs beautiful design for faith-filled, interconnected work, service, and worship. More to come on: Avodah with God; Why does it matter to God? and What does it mean for us? Itâs Monday: Let the Workweek and Test of Faith Begin Itâs the start of the workweek. There are meetings, calls, emails, messages, conversations, deadlines, projects, and pressure to come. Sunday was only yesterday yet it seems to be long gone. âWhat was the sermon about again? What were thos...
Mar 03, 2025â˘11 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 5: Grateful Hearts in Difficult Times "I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! I sought the LORD, and he answ...
Feb 28, 2025â˘7 min
This free devotional comes from my book, Thank You, Father: 30 Days of Gratitude, Prayer, & Praise - Menâs Devotional , available on Amazon: Ebook , $7.99 (or $0.00 for Kindle Unlimited) or Paperback , $13.99. Day 4: The Offer of God's Wisdom "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For tha...
Feb 26, 2025â˘8 min
