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God is so good he always send some form of confirmation when i am trying to do right. this was one of my devotionals for today and it is so right on time as we spent this week praying for the OP Forgiveness by Max Lucado from You'll Get Through This Revenge builds a lonely house. Space enough for one person. The lives of its tenants are reduced to one goal: make someone miserable. They do. Themselves. No wonder God insists that we “keep a sharp eye out for weeds of bitter discontent. A thistle or two gone to seed can ruin a whole garden in no time†(Hebrews 12:15). His healing includes a move out of the house of spite, a shift away from the cramped world of grudge and toward spacious ways of grace, away from hardness and...

"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God" (2 Cor. 4:4). Gracious Lord, we ask that You would remove the blinders that keep ________ from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ! "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day" (John 6:44). Wonderful King, would You draw ____________to Yourself? Please cause his/her/their heart(s) to be stirred by Your Spirit, so that he/she/they know(s) who You are! "When he (the Holy Spirit) comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment…" (John 16:8). Heavenly Father...

Prayer of Spiritual Protection The Prayer of Hosea (Hosea 2:5-7) is one of the most powerful prayers in the arsenal of spiritual warfare - the Hedge Prayer. Hosea’s wife, Gomer, led a life of adultery. Hosea was convinced that he should not divorce her and to pray for her return. Hosea’s unconditional love for Gomer is a picture of God’s unconditional love for His people. The reason Hosea didn’t give up on his wife when the pain was at its most intense is because His love was greater than his pain. God gave us this story to illustrate to us that the proper way to think toward a prodigal is to remember that spiritually, we are often the prodigal. God’s love toward us is the foundation of our love for the prodigal. This prayer...

CBN.com -- The first person you probably have not forgiven is yourself. I think that more people have a lack of forgiveness toward themselves than toward anybody else. They are unwilling to forgive themselves and to recognize that God says, As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us (Psalm 103:12). If you are a believer, He has already cleansed your conscience from dead works so that you might serve the living God (Hebrews 9:14). God cleanses us for service so that we are not left with the guilt of past sin. That should be dead, buried, and forgotten. People must forgive all who need forgiveness. If the first person to forgive is yourself, you need to say, God, before You, I forgive myself...

CBN.com – “I hate myself,†Barbie said as she wiped tears from her eyes. “I hate myself for being in prison when my mother died.†“Your mother was a godly woman,†I said. “She’s at home in heaven and forgave you long ago.†“But I haven’t forgiven myself,†she moaned. “I’m full of guilt and shame.†Pete suffers from the pain of divorce. He relives all the things he said and did that destroyed the relationship. As a single parent, he senses the pain his children endure going from one parent’s home to the other, especially over the holidays. Judy struggles with health problems because of poor eating habits and a lack of exercise. Harry is a recovering alcoholic but his drinking days left him with hepatitis C...

Get Out of Your Boat! But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.†And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.†He said, “Come.†Matthew 14:27-29a (ESV) A rather frightening scene... the disciples are a long way from shore, the winds are battering them, the waves are tossing them, it's hours until dawn and they can probably barely see through the spray and the darkness. These circumstances breed fear, uncertainty, perhaps hopelessness in them. And then, from the storm, from the darkness comes His voice... "Come." Often times, our stand for our marriage may seem similar to this story in Matthew. We may not be able to see the "shore" of marriage...

DO YOU NEED TO KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD? For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith... Ephesians 3:14-17 How many times have you crumbled on the floor crying out to the Lord to help you as you face your marriage crisis? Will you humbly bow down on your knees before the Lord crying out for your husband or wife's salvation and their obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ's voice before you go to church? In some churches you have the opportunity to kneel every Sunday. Some churches talk throughout the service about...

Prayers for February 24, 2014 (prayers for the OP) Father God as we come before you, your word says we must pray for those that persecute us and do wrong to us. Father please convict my hearts so that I am able to forgive ______(OP). I know deep down she is your child and that you wish that none should parish. I know that you love her the same way you love me. Father please go and touch her as only you can Father. Convict her with your love. She is a child of God and human just like me. Help me to remember this daily. Please remove any anger, malice, bitterness or unholy speech from my lips where _____(OP) is concerned, Father. _______(OP) is human just like me. I want her to understand the pain I am going through, but I have not...

Psalm 51:1-17 King David's Prayer of Repentance 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. 2. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3. For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. 4. Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight-- That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. 5. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 6. Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. 7. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter...

Know this...the very core of society as a whole have entered into PERILOUS times, a terminal cancer...infested with and infected by the hand of MAN. Are not the events taking place been told of...Disobedience...the world is in contempt! By the Creator of all things..GOD'S commandments are explicit for the way of brotherly love...that is "IT"...Know this well...MY life was so out of control for over four decades...I and I alone made MY choice's...I lived MY way...I have known the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!...My personal experience is just that, to share as I have been 'inspired' by a Power greater than myself. A profound 'event' now over one an a half decades ago.."A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL AWAKENING"... out of the darkness of night...a...