Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 62 – Don’t Stop
Be joyful always, pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 by TJ Bates As we reach day 62 of our 100-day prayer, it is good to be reminded by Paul to pray continually and joyfully and to give thanks in all circumstances. What does Paul mean by the word "in"? "Notice he didn't say give thanks for all circumstances, as if we're supposed to enjoy or want trouble or distress.
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 61 – Plans That Never Fall Through
How many times have you spent hours, maybe days or months, to make a plan that will help you reach your goals?
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 60 – Overflow with Hope
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. -Romans 15:13 "Do you know what it's like to overflow with hope? Have you ever experienced it?" "This hope grows steadily as we grow to trust in a loving God. There's a teeter-totter relationship between trust and hope that's easy to observe. When our trust in God is high, our despair and
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 59 – Lenses
by TJ Bates The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. –Psalm 33:10-11 This is good to know when we consider all the terrorism that we face in this world today. Most of us who have grown up in post-World War 11 haven't gone through the terrors of years past, so the seeming chaos of today sends waves of
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 58 – Light and Momentary Troubles
by TJ Bates Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. –2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Hallelujah! Encouraging words when I look in the mirror and see
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 57 – Set Free
by TJ Bates In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting me free. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? –Psalm 118:5-6 Have you had times in your life when you have prayed "in my anguish" and you were delivered and set free? I have, and the writer says, "We're actually in a long line of those who have gone before us and done the same thing." He goes on
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 56 – Real Security
by TJ Bates He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. -Psalm 91:1-4 Since I feel
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 55: Searched and Known
by TJ Bates via TheologyMix.com Oh Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely. O Lord, you hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. -Psalm 139:1-5 Does this verse make you panic thinking God knows
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 54: Nothing Can Separate Us
If God is for us, who can be against us?
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 53 – The Plan
"For I know the plans I have for you," declared the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." -Jeremiah 29:11-13 Israel was in exile when Jeremiah sent his letter to them. They had been stubborn and rebellious
