And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. Mark 1:35 Read the following passages and then answer the following questions. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “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.” Psalm 119: 103-105, “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore, I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a…
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Joins God’s Purpose
“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. John 4:35 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” John 5:17 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Matthew 9:37-38…
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Praying For Each Other
I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those, you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to…
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Knowing Where God Is Working
My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working. . . I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. John 5:17, 19-20 Have you ever noticed God is at work and did not immediately identify it as God’s work? We add confusion to what God is inviting us to. We think we need to stop and pray over it asking for more clarification, when in reality, God is…
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Acknowledging the Lord
He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who is to build my house and my quartz or I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping my commands and my ordinances as he is today.” ” so now in the sight of all Israel, Assembly Of the Lord, and in the hearing of our Lord God, Obzera and follow all the commands of the Lord your God so that you may possess this Goodland and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever. “ as for you Solomon my son,…
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Laboring In Prayer
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Colossians 4:12 Prayer is a strong battle tool against the enemy. What is amazing about it is all we have to do is prayer. Pray for ourselves and for others. Let’s take a look the words laboring. In this verse laboring fervently is wrestling in agony of prayer. Other translations use struggling. Struggling in the Greek word is agonizo. This is where we derive the English word agonize from. To labor, struggle, or agonize speaks of deep desire and…
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Praying To God
What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him. Deuteronomy 4:7 It is so sweet to be able to pray to God. When we pray to God, He is near us. God is ready to hear and aid us at all times, just like he was with the Hebrew people. God was near, hearing, ready to help, interested, vigilant and active in all the details of His people. He is that way today. He is near us, He is ready to help us, He is interested in us. God is vigilant and…
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Receiving The Holy Spirit
“How much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11: 9-10, 13 Are you a Christ follower? A believer? A christian? God has promised the gift of baptism of the Holy Spirit to you. God wants you to receive His gift. You don’t have to and it’s not forced upon you. It’s a gift you have to ask for. First of all, do you want the Holy Spirit? All you have to do is pray and ask for the gift. After you ask, keep praying until you receive it. Sometimes it will happen all at once, and sometimes you have to wait, and…
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God Gives More Grace To The Humble
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded. James 4:6-8. God opposes the proud; however, he gives more grace to the humble. Being humble can be a hard struggle. I don’t know about you, but I do not want God to oppose me. I, personally, want more of His grace. Grace is God’s unearned and undeserved favor, mercy, kindness, consideration, help and spiritual empowerment. This…