During seasons of fasting and prayer, I find myself reading, watching and reflecting upon the human relationship with food. Ellen G. White’s Counsels on Diet and Foods (1938) is filled with inspiring insights worth considering. Those who follow her guidance are among the longest lived, healthiest people on earth. Although I am not a Seventh …
Seeking the Wisdom of God for President Trump through Fasting and Prayer Ephesians 5:8-14 “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless …
Gigantic decisions require God’s guidance and this comes through fasting and prayer. From my perspective a spiritual battle is raging in both the seen and unseen worlds over the upcoming selection of a nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States. It is surprising to read Republicans explaining their support and the Democrats organizing …
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Sometimes I listen with such intensity to music and voices and sundry sounds that I can’t hear my life. What is my life saying and singing and sounding? Frederich Buechner suggests that muting the noise pollution from time to time is critical to hearing my life. “Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless …
Sure doesn’t resonate with the soul, “He is an undisciplined Jesus follower.” God’s spectacular gift of grace is often lived out as the removal of all faithful discipline and effort on the part of grace’s recipient. Yes, God’s grace is an expensive, valuable, and luxurious gift given from His heart of love and mercy to …
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Awaken the Wonder of the Holy Spirit For Me In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. Romans 8:26 Awaken the Wonder of the Holy Spirit In Me Do you not know that your …
The Bible reveals a solid link between fasting, prayer, and prophecy. Biblical prophetic promises Contemporary prophetic promises Personal prophetic promises God is speaking His promises in the past, present, and future. Francis Schaeffer captures this truth in the title of his 1972 book, “He is There and He is Not Silent.” From my perspective, fasting …
“Shut in with God in a Secret Place,” a song of unknown authorship, invites me to create a space where I remove every distraction and focus entirely upon God. Truthfully, both removing and focusing are a challenge. Exteriority may be the natural tendency of the sinful heart. Eve and Adam, after their disobedience, practiced exteriority …
Jesus invites me into poverty of spirit and reveals an almost immeasurable urgency by saying, “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:20).” The Living Word connects my entrance into the kingdom of heaven with being poor in spirit. Why then do we …
Props Galore: Day 10 of 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer Read More »
Day eight of our Twenty-One Days of Fasting and Prayer is being marked by an intensity of prayer and pursuit of God. Glory to God! Our noon prayer meeting, last week, featured Dick Eastman’s “Hour that Changes the World” model of prayer. Starting today, for the rest of this week, we will be praying each …