Spiritual Digest for Today

QUOTE FOR THE DAY
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. - Epicurus

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BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY
"But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it" (1 Timothy 6:6-7 NIV).

Spiritual Digest

QUOTE FOR THE DAY
The Lord is not done with you yet. He will arise in His appointed time and manifest His power in your life. - Bayo Afolaranmi

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BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY
"When the LORD brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, 'The LORD has done great things for them.' The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy" (Psalm 126:1-3 NIV).

GREAT QUOTES

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'He makes His ministers a flame of fire.' Am I ignitible?... 'make
me thy fuel, flame of God.'"
-Jim Elliot

"An empty Christian talks out of his head, but a Spirit-filled
Christian talks out of his heart. The Holy Spirit does not live in our
brains but in our heart. A head religion will talk anything, but a
heart religion talks Jesus and the Holy Spirit." - John T. Hatfield

"What are all your kings, all your nobles, all your diadems, when
you put them together, compared with the dignity of winning souls
to Christ?" -  C.H. Spurgeon

"Doubt is having faith in Satan."
-C.H. Spurgeon

"Before God uses the man, God breaks the man."
-C.H. Spurgeon

"The Holy Spirit is grieved when ministers of the Gospel and other
Christian workers more earnestly desire His gifts than Himself; when
they are more eager to be clothed with His power than to be filled
with His presence; when they prefer popularity to purity; when they
rely more on polished rhetoric than on the power of the Holy Ghost;
when they are more concerned about preparing the sermon than
themselves; when they are more ambitious to please the church than the
Head of the Church; when they subordinate the ministry of the Lord
Jesus to themselves and not to the Lord Jesus; when they use the
sacred office as a ladder to personal fame or gain instead of a
stairway up which they may lead repentant sinners to the bosom of
God." - Daniel Steele

we are called to be the bride of christ

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne" — Revelation 3:20-21, NKJV The bride of Christ has a desire to be great, noble, and successful. This deep human longing is answered by God as He enthrones us as His bridal partner throughout eternity. As the bride of Christ we have the highest position of honor and authority in eternity, a position far above all the angels. The highest position of honor for all of God's creation is reserved for the bride who will partake of the wedding table of Revelation 3:20. The bride who sits at the table feasting with Christ is the one who sits with Him in the position of government and authority as well. The bride of Christ is the queen of heaven because she is married to the King of kings. Believers are priest and kings. As priests we are wholehearted lovers, but as kings we are indeed in the government of the city of God. *PRAYER * Lord, Your desire for me to be Your bride satisfies the deep longing of my heart to be great, noble, and successful. I am great in You and will rule and reign with You in glory forever. *Greatness in God is not defined by earthly circumstances—greatness in God focuses upon His greatness.*

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

"One of the miracles of the grace of God is what he is able to do with the torn nets of lives surrendered to him." - G. B. Duncan

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"If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes."
- Corrie ten Boom

"The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of
affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines."
—Samuel Rutherford

"God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be
condemned with the world, He permits the world to condemn them,
that they may not love the world, the world hates them...."
—Richard Sibbes

"We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power."
— R. A. Torrey

"A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing."
- W.B. Dunkum

"Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be better men and women. Do not
pray for tasks equal to your strength, pray for strength equal to your
tasks." - Phillips Brooks

"It's Jesus - only Jesus"
- Denny Kenaston

JOURNEY TO THE FATHER

Journey to the Father

By Bob Mumford www.lifechangers.org


I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Jesus’ job description is to lead us into an intimate love relationship with God. At the same time, God, the Father, is reaching for us through His Son–Jesus Christ. Ponder for a moment an inconceivable thought–God, Himself, passionately desires an intimate relationship with each of us! The path that leads to an open connection with God is called the Agape Road. It is a path of Love He laid out to bring us to Himself, one that Jesus pioneered during His earthly life. He invites us to journey this path to knowing and loving God as Father, but the choice is ours. It is important to understand that heaven is not the goal.
If you are a Christian and you die, you have to go to heaven, there is no place else to go! The goal is knowing the Father Himself!
When we choose to follow Jesus and we give our hearts to Him, we do experience some intimacy with God. However, it is often sporadic and inconsistent. Let me illustrate this from my own life. I was sitting on my back porch when I heard God clearly say to me, I want you to love Me with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and I want you to love others. This will require spontaneity and risk.
The more I thought about God asking me to love others, the more I felt resentment, discomfort, and anger. I felt it was unfair for God to ask me to do what I could not do and, really, did not even want to do! I believed I might be able to love God—but not His kids! I was simply too immature to know how to receive or give love on God’s terms.
Without realizing it, I was initially attracted to God as Father because I wanted to use Him for my own comfort and success. Essentially, I wanted Him to do what I wanted, not have a free hand to do what He wanted with me. When you think about this, it summarizes most people’s initial experience with God. As I began to realize how much of my prayer life was centered on getting things from God, I was devastated. I found that I did not even know how to pray without attempting to control God. When my prayer life crashed, I took a pendulum swing to the other extreme and became afraid that if I really loved God and opened to Him, He would send me to some forgotten backwater to rot. In an effort to please Him, I basically lied to Him—I vowed, committed, and promised what I knew I could not give Him—my whole heart. Like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, I ran, hid, and shifted blame—the essence of sin. Eventually, discouragement made me feel like Peter who said to the Lord, “Depart from me for I am a sinful man.” But, Jesus was faithful to take me up the Agape Road where I found the grace to say, “Abide with me for I am sinful man.”
When God tells us to love, the ability to give and receive love begins to grow. As we discover our real motives and attitudes and come to terms with the “real” us, Jesus will begin to walk us up the Agape Road toward genuine Love.
QUESTIONS & THOUGHTS
• In what ways has your intimacy with God been sporadic or interrupted?
• How do you feel about developing an intimate relationship with God?
• In what ways are your prayers aimed at getting God to do what you want?

Defence Mechanisms: Why and How we Block Intimacy

Defense Mechanisms: Why & How We Block Intimacy

By Junior deSouza www.juniordesouza.com


Hello beloved,
Intimacy can be incredibly elusive! Though we all desire and need it, oftentimes we ourselves are the very reason it escapes us. May the Lord illumine our eyes to see and move beyond our defense mechanisms into fulfilling, lifelong intimacy with our loved ones.
Authentic Connection- What is intimacy?

Intimacy is the meaningful and fulfilling connection between two or more authentic selves. Vulnerability and trust are assumed, since the authentic self is essentially and perpetually vulnerable, needing assurance of safety for expression. Intimacy is when the real Me meets the real You in a moment of trusting, soulical intercourse.

Just as intimacy can happen between people, it can also happen with God. In our relationship with Him, we enjoy intimacy when our truest self is presented regularly in His presence--the good, the bad, and everything in between. When the deepest Me approaches Him, the deepest Him can reciprocate and sweep over me (Ps 42:7); I become one with His heart and soul, beyond His deeds, gifts, and Lordship.
Emotional Fears - Why do we block intimacy?

Intimacy blocking is when a person employs certain behaviors to fend off potential intruders to their heart and soul. These behaviors are commonly referred to as defense mechanisms, or simply defenses. We'll get to them in a sec. In general, we block intimacy for four reasons.
Fear of buried pain Those with unresolved, buried emotional pain are terrorized at the thought of ever reliving that pain. The greater the trauma, the greater the buried pain, the greater the fear of that pain. Consequently, they block persons, interactions, or scenarios whereby that pain might be triggered and relived.
Fear of judgment Who likes to be judged, criticized, or picked apart? No one. Some personality types and maturity levels can absorb or deflect it better than others, but nonetheless it is not desirable or good (Mt 7:1-5). Some block intimacy when they anticipate judgmentalism.
Fear of ridicule Affirmation is a basic need. Unfortunately, many grew up in families where validation was scarce and shame was abundant. These wounded souls tend to shut down if they sniff out potential shame, canceling all meaningful self-expressions. Who wants to let their true self out, only to be laughed at, belittled, or ridiculed? Saul hid himself at his kingly proclamation for this reason (1Sam 10:21,22), which ended up happening anyway just as he feared (v27).
Fear of rejection Just as we need appropriate doses of affirmation, so also we need a social niche in a group or community, or acceptance. Some block intimacy for fear that their self-expressions would cause them to be disenfranchised, or rejected, by the very group they seek identification with.

Defense Mechanisms - How do we block intimacy?
Defense mechanisms are behaviors people employ to fend off potential intruders to their heart and soul. All of us, at one time or another, for one reason or another, have used these barriers. However, as God continues to heal us emotionally, free us from the fear of man, and purify our overall personality, defenses should become less and less important. Keep in mind also, these defenses are, at times, erected subconsciously; we might not realize when or how much we depend on them until a moment of clarification dawns on us. May this be our moment.
Marketing accomplishments Some divert attention away from their heart and soul by marketing their accomplishments. In other words, they continually spotlight their successes, victories, and achievements in their conversations and interactions with others. This is a form of "putting your best foot forward". In a job interview that might be okay, but not so with loved ones or the Lord who need us to be deeper and broader than our successes. The needy and naïve are often impressed by such self-promotion; the stable are bothered by it and spurn it as bragging; the emotionally whole and spiritually discerning perceive the defense mechanism for what it is.
Playing to strengths Some play to personal strengths, such as talent, beauty, heritage, wealth, and so on. This is slightly different from accomplishment-marketing in that playing to strengths spotlights what one has, while the former spotlights what one has done. This is also a form of "putting your best foot forward". Again, this might be okay in a job interview, but not for intimate relationships that require a comprehensive self-presentation.
Anger How well does this work? Very. Occasional rage, a violent explosion here and there, an aggressive tone, a seething irritability, a tense face, quick movements...who wants to mess with that? Anger is certainly among the most successful defense mechanisms. It begins to crumble though, when one comes along unmoved and unbothered by such childish temper tantrums.
Staying busy Martha avoided intimacy with Jesus by staying busy (Lk 10:38-42). Extreme busyness, being always on the go, and hyperactivity are defensive schemes to keep meaningful connections at bay. Who can be close--truly close--to a person who won't slow down enough to bond? This is true of both our relationship with people and the Lord (Ps 46:10).
Intellectual garble At times, the head can be the enemy of the heart. Some, especially the intelligent, barricade themselves from intimacy by being a "talking head". They use intellectual garble, rhetoric, and diversions to avoid raw emotional vulnerability and bonding.
"Parenting" Parents do not share full intimacy with their kids. The mental and social gap created by the age difference is simply too great. Similarly, adults who play the "Parent" role with other adults also maintain such a distance. Those who arbitrarily and continuously seek to parent, pastor, and patronize those around them do so as a defense mechanism. Their conscious and subconscious logic goes something like this: If I'm your parent I don't have to relate with you heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul...because I'm your parent remember? The Parent game is simply another intimacy blocker.
Superspiritualism A tricky defense found often among Christians is superspiritualism. Christians hide their real person behind excessive Christianese, Scripture quotations, dramatic spiritual stories, "God told me" lines, and so on. These annoying brethren occasionally need to be interrupted in the midst of their performances and asked, "Hello, is the real person in there somewhere?" I'm not at all doubting the validity of their relationship with God or their experiences, only the validity of their spiritual maturity, emotional wholeness, and relational fulfillment.
Hyperindependence Independence is good and necessary, but hyperindependence is a hiding place from intimacy. Isolation, seclusion, extreme privacy, and lonerism are protective reactions, so also the extrovert who advertises an I-need-no-one persona.
Codependence Codependence is not intimacy, it is survival. It's not a meaningful connection, it's a desperate lifeline. It's one person sucking life out of another, or two people sucking life out of each other, but not two people floating in the buoyancy of genuine vulnerability and trust.

Precious Lord and Father, we identify our fearful defenses, we repent of them and ask your forgiveness, and we ask for more grace to practice better, biblical ways of responding to our emotional needs and crises. In Jesus name, Amen.

Defenses vs Boundaries - Guarding Our Hearts

Proverbs 4:23 tells us, Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Solomon is not urging us to be defensive or nonintimate, but to have wise personal boundaries that others cannot trespass. The opposite of defensive is permissive. Swinging to a permissive extreme makes us vulnerable to the wrong people, at the wrong time, in the wrong way. Psalm 48:12,13 tell us the city of God had watchtowers, ramparts, and citadels. John 2:24,25 tell us Jesus Himself had boundaries. How much more we? Not only do boundaries guard individuals from the harmful, they also guard relationships. When intimacy begins to blossom, such boundaries will protect the vineyard in bloom from intrusive foxes (SS 2:15).
We establish boundaries through selectivity in four areas: talk, time, touch, and tangibles. We are to be selective with our talk, the type of personal information we share with others (Ps 141:3, Pr 13:3, 18:6,7). We are to be selective with our time, carefully predetermining and administrating the time we spend with certain persons and in certain places (Ps 101, Pr 12:26, 22:5). We are to be selective with our touch, monitoring with whom, when, and how we experience physical contact with others (1Sam 20:41, SS 2:7, 1Th 4:3-6, 1Ti 5:2). We are to be selective with our tangibles, screening who, when, and how our belongings are shared with others (Ezr 8:21, Job 5:24, Pr 12:27 NIV).

Lifelong Intimacy

God desires that we enjoy lifelong intimacy with others. This is done by understanding intimacy as four "right" connections.
Connecting with the right people There is a type of person that is ideal for intimacy (Ps 101). We should all seek to be that person, and we should all pray for these persons to be sent or cultivated for us. This type of person is, for the most part, nondefensive; they are willing and wanting to emerge from their fortress to share their soul with someone. This type of person understands boundaries; they are willing to maintain limits around their talk, time, touch, and tangibles so that any blossoming intimacy would be safeguarded. Most of all, this person is intimate with their First Love (Rev 2:4); intimacy with Jesus is the foundation and schooling for all human relationships (Mt 7:24-27).
Connecting for the right reasons Intimacy is the equal giving and receiving of authentic selves, giving being the beginning and the basis (Ro 12:10, 1Co 13:5, Php 2:3,4). Those who approach relationships to receive first do not have an intimacy mentality. Connecting for the right reasons means giving first, receiving last. Relationships implode or explode when one or both persons put receiving first.
Connecting at the right times Intimacy is an opportunist--it can be heightened and microwaved at certain times. Victories, crises, and change are golden opportunities to connect profoundly (1Sam 20, Ro 12:15). More energy, thought, and prayer should be exerted in these times. Connect at the right times.
Connecting in the right ways People have different love deficits, based on past experiences. People have different love preferences, based on their personality and calling. Sensitivity and observation will reveal these. Connecting in the right ways means customizing love so that deficits are healed and preferences are satisfied (Eph 4:29, Php 2:4).

STANDING BEHIND OUR WALL

Standing Behind Our Wall
by Francis Frangipane www.frangipane.org

The sense of distance we often feel between Christ and ourselves is an illusion. As we enter the days prior to Christ's Second Coming, the Lord shall begin to remove that falsehood. Indeed, He promises, "In that day you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you" (John 14:20).

The Scriptures tell us that Christ is the vine, we are the branches; He is the head, we are His body; He is the Lord and we are His temple. From start to finish, the Bible declares the Lord not only has a dwelling in heaven, but that He also abides perpetually in redemptive union with His people. The ever-present focus of His activity is to guide us into oneness with Himself.

Thus, for all that the Holy Spirit has come to establish in our lives, whether through gifts, virtue or power, His highest purpose is to lead us into the presence of Jesus. The Holy Spirit labors ceaselessly to establish intimacy between ourselves and the Lord Jesus. Someone once said that intimacy means "into-me-see." This holy transparency fills the letters and words of the Bible with the heartthrob of God. Like sheep, we actually hear the Shepherd's voice speaking to our spirits, bringing comfort, correction and direction (see John 10:27).

Not only are we privileged to know Christ's teachings, He is so close to us in spirit that we can discern the tone of His voice as He instructs us. This is heart-to-heart intimacy. Listen to His wonderful promise:

"I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and My own know Me, even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep" (John 10:14-15).

Jesus says, "I know My own, and My own know Me." How intimate is this relationship? The union between Christ and our hearts is of the same quality as His union with the Father. He says it is "even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father."

Yet, the sense of distance between Jesus Christ and us persists. You may have prayed, "Lord, You said You are with us forever but I feel alone. I cannot perceive You." If Christ is within us, how can we find the living flame of His presence?

In the Song of Solomon, this quest to find the secret place of His presence is given wonderful expression. The bride says, "Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, climbing on the mountains, leaping on the hills! My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag" (Song of Sol. 2:8-9).

This is our Lord, full of vitality! He is "climbing on the mountains, leaping on the hills." To see Him on mountains, though, is to behold Him from afar. He is still distant. How do we live in a moment-by-moment sense of His indwelling presence? We still ask, "Where within me are You, Lord, within me?"

The bride continues,

"Behold, he is standing behind our wall, he is looking through the windows, he is peering through the lattice" (Song of Sol. 2:9).

Yes, Christ dwells within us, but He is standing behind our "walls." The walls between us and the Savior are primarily the work of unrenewed minds and hardened hearts. We have barricaded ourselves behind fears and carnal attitudes; we are held hostage by sin and worldly distractions.

Yet these barriers can be eliminated. To the degree they are removed, we possess oneness with Christ and experience true spiritual advancement.

Removing the Walls
Even now, let us pursue the removal of these barriers. How? Imagine that, even as you are reading, the Lord Himself has quietly entered a nearby room. You look, and suddenly the room is vibrant and alive, shimmering with waves of light. Instantly, your senses are flooded with His holy presence as the living, probing light enters you and descends into your heart. The darkness that shrouded your inner sin nature is gone and your heart is exposed.

My first question: Knowing that Jesus Christ is in the room, would you enter?

If you could not bring yourself to move toward the room, what would be your reason? If it is because you feel you have failed the Lord too many times, then shame has become a "wall" between you and Christ. If fear keeps you distant, then fear is the barrier between God and you; if an unrepentant heart is keeping you from intimacy with Christ, then heart hardness is your cause of isolation.

Remember, the pure in heart see God (see Matt. 5:8). If we repent of our wrong attitudes and sins; if, instead of shame and fear, we clothe ourselves with the garments of praise and salvation, the barriers between ourselves and the Lord shall be removed.

But let me ask you a second question: How would you enter Christ's presence?

It is my opinion that we would not pick up tambourines and dance into His glory. No. When the greatest apostles and prophets beheld Him, His presence caused each to fall face down as a dead man before Him. For me, it would be with great trembling that I would approach the room of His presence. I would inch my way closer.

How can we break the sense of distance between ourselves and Christ? In the same way we would repent of sin and shame before entering the room, let us turn our gaze toward His living glory. In trembling obedience, let us enter the fire of His presence for, in truth, He is closer than the room next door. He is, even now, standing behind our wall.

Lord Jesus, I remove the wall created by my fears, sin, and shame. Master, with all my heart I desire to enter Your glory, to stand in Your presence and love You. Receive me now as I bow before Your glory.

DEEPER LEVELS OF PRAYER

DEEPER LEVELS OF PRAYER
by Robert Fitts
While in a group prayer meeting recently, the Lord revealed an exciting truth to me.  It was a simple word that started me to thinking. He said, "You are always receiving more in the Spirit when you pray than you can experience or express." As I thought upon this word, I was encouraged, for who cannot testify that he has often felt very dry in his times of prayer? I certainly have, even in group prayer! I should say, especially in group prayer!
 
My first teachers in the life of faith leaned heavily on logic, intellect and reason. They taught me, not in so many words, but strongly implied, that in order for anything to have any spiritual value it had to pass the test of reason, knowledge and understanding. As if anything outside the realm of our understanding could possibly have any value. This is a defective teaching in the light of the fact that there are so many mysteries in God that go beyond the reach of our intellect and our understanding. 
         How can Jesus actually come into our spirit and make His home there?
         How can the fullness of God in the person of Jesus Christ make my spirit His dwelling place?
         How does He change me into His image and likeness from one degree of glory to another?
         How can He communicate to me in the spirit without the use of words or consecutive thoughts?
         How can I commune with Him in the spirit without speaking words to Him?
 
All of these questions, and many more, make it clear to me that if we wait upon our understanding to catch up with reality, we will not experience very much growth in the things of the spirit.  Spiritual growth does not depend entirely upon grasping truth with our minds. The deeper mysteries of God are perceived in the spirit and embraced by faith. Paul speaks of just such an experience when he says, "When I pray with my spirit, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful . . . He that speaks in tongues, speaks not to men but to God for no man understands him, howbeit in the spirit he is speaking mysteries . . . He that speaks in tongues edifies (builds up) himself.”
 
Those who have experienced speaking in tongues will agree that this is a form of communion with God and a release in the spirit into a new dimension of prayer that was not open to them in their own language. There is an opening up into a new realm of spiritual reality as we enter into this form of prayer.
 
There is another level of prayer that also enters into the realm of the mystical and supernatural and which also goes beyond the reach of the intellect.  This is a very simple form of prayer.  Some may question as to whether it is actually prayer at all.  It is mentioned in Romans 8:26, "The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that we cannot express . . . he intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will." This is prayer that supersedes our intellect and reason, for words are incapable of expressing this kind of prayer. But we know, according to what Paul says here, that it is prayer to God and that it is intercession for us and for the saints that is always in accord with God's perfect will. It is perfect prayer birthed in our spirit by the Holy Spirit.
 
Charles Spurgeon said of this kind of prayer, “There are some prayers that break the backs of words.”
 
In Romans 8:15: "You have received the spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry 'Abba', Father."  The Spirit we have received is a praying Spirit. He came into us "crying” which means “crying out to the Father.” The Spirit of Jesus within us is a crying (praying) Spirit. And He is continually praying, non-stop, if He is not grieved, resisted, or quenched. This is unceasing prayer.
 
In Galatians 4:6 Paul says, "Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, 'Abba, Father.'"  In Romans 8:15 it is 'we' who are crying "Abba, Father" by means of the Spirit of His Son, but in the Galatians passage it is the Spirit of His Son in us who is crying, “Abba, Father.” This is a form of silent prayer. Even when we are not crying, or groaning, or speaking in tongues, or in our own language, there is a silent prayer ascending from our spirit to God by means of the Spirit of Jesus within us. Some have called this, "The prayer of silence".
 
There is a prayer of silence that we can enter into by a total surrender to the indwelling Christ. He prays for us, interceding for the saints, crying out to our Abba, Father, for us and through us in a prayer of silence. (the English equivalent of “Abba” would be “Daddy.“)
 
The interaction between my spirit and the Spirit of God is not limited within the boundaries of my intelligence, knowledge, or understanding. There are levels of prayer that extend beyond into the mysteries of God that go beyond felt experience, or expression in human terms. There are times when we can only exclaim with Paul: "By faith we understand." (Hebrews 11:3)
 
 
Robert & Joni Fitts
www.robertfitts.com

Where it all Starts
All fruitfulness flows out of intimacy. Out of the womb of prayer, praise and worship all things in the kingdom of God are conceived, nurtured, and brought to birth to the glory of God and for the good of mankind.

 A Declaration of Unity
I belong to everything that belongs to Jesus and everything that belongs to Jesus belongs to me! It's not us and them. It's just us! There's only one Body of Christ, and the problems of the church, the whole church, are our problems, for we are the church and we can do more united than we can do divided! So let's unify, simplify, and multiply!
 
Divine Appointment Prayer
Father, give me a divine appointment today with someone who is hungry for God, or sick, or in need, and give me grace to minister the love of Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit.
 
A Prayer for More Workers and More Miracles
Father, send more laborers into this harvest and grant us boldness to speak your word, by stretching forth your hand to heal and that signs and wonders be done in the name of Jesus. 

Winning the War on Terrorism Through Prayer
"Father, give every terrorist in the world an encounter with Jesus like Saul of Tarsus had on the road to Damascus."

LAW, NO! GRACE, YES!
The law demands, demands, demands, but gives me neither feet nor hands.
Now Grace and Truth are better things, they bid me fly and give me wings!