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HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU PRAY FOR A LOST SOUL?

SCRIPTURE: This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. (1 John 5:14) MEDITATION: How do you feel about praying? What type of prayers do you pray? When you pray for a lost soul, do you pray once and wait to see what … Continue reading

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW THE LORD?

SCRIPTURE: I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.   (Romans 9:2) MEDITATION: Paul is a great example of how a believer should feel about the lost. Before he was saved, he had a ruthless passion for persecuting Christians. However, once he himself was converted, he re-channeled his passion in an entirely new … Continue reading

WHO ARE YOU, AND ARE YOU HAPPY WITH WHO YOU ARE?

SCRIPTURE: But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not without effect.  No, I worked harder than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.   (1 Corinthians 15:10) MEDITATION: Have you ever thought about why you were created? … Continue reading

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU STOOD BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD?

SCRIPTURE: Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.   (Hebrews 4:16) MEDITATION: If a person is not a child of the Lord, then they would approach His throne with fear and trembling. However, those who … Continue reading

WHERE DO YOU FIND HOPE WHEN ALL HOPE SEEMS LOST?

BIBLE PASSAGE: “In His name the nations will put their hope.” (Matthew 12:21) MEDITATION: Whenever we feel our nation is becoming more corrupt and immoral, where can we turn to for finding peace and hope for a better way of life? Should we look to our government to calm us and assure us that everything … Continue reading

CAN YOU SENSE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD?

SCRIPTURE: You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.   (Psalm 16:11) MEDITATION: Do you ever feel like you are just wandering through life looking for a purpose and direction? When it preoccupies your mind, it can … Continue reading

IS ANYBODY IN YOUR CORNER AND CHEERING FOR YOU?

SCRIPTURE: He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all; how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?   (Romans 8:32) MEDITATION: The verse preceding Romans 8:32 tells us a lot about God. What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If … Continue reading

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR HEART IS BROKEN AND YOUR SPIRIT IS CRUSHED?

SCRIPTURE: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.   (Psalm 34:18) MEDITATION: Have you ever felt you were so deep in a valley that you would never get out? You felt like the spirit of your life had been sucked out of you and you were left … Continue reading

WHAT STRATEGY SHOULD I USE FOR DEALING WITH STRESS?

SCRIPTURE: We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.   (2 Corinthians 10:5) MEDITATION: Most of us would probably agree that we live in a stressful environment. Some suffer from financial stress; some stress from marital … Continue reading

DO YOU HAVE A FAITH THAT IS EXCITING AND FULL OF JOY?

BIBLE PASSAGE: “Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy.” (1 Peter 1:8) MEDITATION: What is something that would cause others to be attracted to the Lord? For one thing, the lost … Continue reading

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