(Today’s fasting and prayer Scripture— II Timothy 2:22-26—- Flee evil desires, pursue, righteousness, faith, love and peace with those who call on the name of the Lord with a pure heart—- we have escaped the trap and captivity of the devil! This will be my prayer focus that I seek within the hour of 6am, 12pm and 6pm)   LOVING OBEDIENCE BRINGS VICTORY, HONORING OUR LORD ” And Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination,…

(Today’s fasting and prayer Scripture— Ephesians 6:10-20—- We are to be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.  This can only be if we are clothed in the armor of God and are persistent in prayer.  This will be my prayer focus that I seek within the hour of 6am, 12pm and 6pm)   CARRY OUT HIS WILL BY HIS STRENGTH! …for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few. —I Samuel 14:6             When our Lord wants to accomplish something He can do so with many people or a few people.  Nothing can hinder Him from carrying out what He desires. …

(Today’s fasting and prayer Scripture— Matthew 6:5-15—- Praise God for Who He Is— Holy!  Pray for His Kingdom to come and His will to be done, for daily provisions, for forgiveness, to be faithful to forgive others, to be kept from temptation and to be delivered from the evil one.  This will be my prayer focus that I seek within the hour of 6am, 12pm and 6pm)   FOLLOW JESUS— ONLY HE FULLY SATISFIES And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty. —I Samuel 12:21-24             When people are not following our Lord, they are following “empty things that cannot profit…

(Today’s fasting and prayer Scripture— I Timothy 2:1-6—- Pray for government leaders at all levels and that people will come to a knowledge of the Truth and be saved. This will be my prayer focus that I seek within the hour of 6am, 12pm and 6pm)   BRIBERY DESTROYS THE INNOCENT AND BOLSTERS THE WICKED They took bribes and perverted justice. —I Samuel 8:3             God’s Word is very clear as to what bribes do— “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent” (Exodus 23:8).  There are those who actually see the truth of a matter, but bribes will…

(Today’s fasting and prayer Scripture— Luke 18:1-8—- Do not give up praying for family, relatives, friends, neighbors, workmates, classmates, strangers…  Jesus told us to “always pray and not give up.”  Our faith in Jesus will be seen by persevering prayer…  This will be my prayer focus that I seek within the hour of 6am, 12pm and 6pm)   HANNAH’S PRAYER ANSWERED! She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. And she vowed a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son,…

THE IMPACT THROUGH EVERYDAY LIFE I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. —Psalm 77:11 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there—Ruth 1:1 And the women of the neighborhood gave him…

PRAY AGAINST WICKED PERVERSIONS And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go. And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, until it was light. —Judges 19:25-26             That is what worthless men of the Benjaminites of Gibeah did to this woman.  Sexual perverted men allowed their sexual perversions rule over them and attacked the house where this woman and her husband were staying.  They took the woman and abused here all night long.  The woman made it back to the house she was…

 DOING RIGHT— IN MY EYES OR IN GOD’S EYES Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. —Judges 17:6             People, left to themselves, living for themselves, will do what is right in their own eyes.  This is where things become relative and people say there are no absolutes.  They will say, “Well, that is what you believe, but don’t agree.”  Or, they may say, “There are many ways to believe and not just one way” or “That’s good for you, but not me.”  This is the way of man when they do not pay attention to the absolute authority of God and His Word.  They want to be…

CONCEIVED FOR GOD’S PURPOSES The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son.” —Judges 13:1             Imagine the joy of this woman who desired to have a child.  She was “sterile and childless.”  That is utterly painful for a woman who wants to have children.  But nothing is impossible with our Lord.  He who created all things has no problem telling a woman that she is “going to conceive and have a son” even though she is sterile.             The One who created the universe is all-powerful and can do whatever He desires.  In…

PERSPECTIVE AND INTENTIONALITY But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped.  For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked…  They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth…  But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! —Psalm 73:2-3, 9, 16-19 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will…