“Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures. I wish no more than this, O Lord. Into your hands I commend my… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 13
What have you prayed about today? This week? A New Cycle of EU Wednesday Night Classes Starts August 23 Next Steps, opportunities for new people to get plugged into FBC Those are the two items from last Sunday’s bulletin I prayed for today. Each day this week I’ve been praying for different items in the… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 12
Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.” Many of us are discovering when we fast and pray, God does what the Psalmist described above. When we break our… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 11
“let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace” Hebrews 4:16 “Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus” Hebrews 10:19 In his book “Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home” Richard Foster writes of God: “He mourns that we do not draw near to Him. … Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 10
“Prayer ushers us into the Holy of Holies.” Richard Foster Let that sink in for a moment. The place where God resides…His throne room…His presence. In the Old Testament the Jewish High Priest was the only person allowed to enter the Holy of Holies in the temple. Just one person! And he could only do… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 9
All of us face challenges that discourage us from praying. Perhaps you’ve faced these specific challenges: Thinking that prayer is one more item on your already full to-do list. Thinking that when you pray your job is to convince God to do something. Thinking you have to pray like another person whom you admire prays.… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 8
Well, week two is here and I can’t wait to hear about God’s work in your life. Remember the challenge has two parts – Fasting and Praying. Fast one day each week during the five weeks. You choose the day and type of fast. This week you choose the purpose of your fast. Pray for… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 7
The first week of our FIVE WEEK CHALLENGE ends today. We’ve accepted the call to: Fast once a week for these five weeks. You choose the day and type of fast. Pray for two different church members each day for these five weeks. These are to be members for whom you don’t normally pray. My… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 6
God has a wonderful way of surprising us when we fast. He reveals things to us that we didn’t expect. He changes us. He purifies our motives. One man’s story illustrates this truth: “A certain man began fasting when his runaway daughter had not called home for days. He later realized that, at first, he… Read More »
Five Week Challenge: Day 5
THEY FASTED On Sinai’s mount, with radiant face, To intercede for heaven’s grace Upon a stubborn, wayward rece, He fasted. Once lifted from the miry clay, When opposition came his way This soldier-king would often pray With fasting. A seer, possessed of vision keen, Who told the troubled king his dream, Had light… Read More »