Pray for our Light in the Night Trunk or Treat tomorrow. Thank God for His provisions and volunteers. Pray for a few more cars or servants to join us. Pray for many to be drawn to the Light and for many to see Jesus, feel His love and be drawn to Him. Praise God for our unity with Revival Church. Pray for this to be a stepping stone to more activities together. Pray God would be glorified and He would begin to draw many to Him and for revival to begin. Thank Him for all He will do!
Good Morning Restored, Praying, Obedient Servants! AMEN! This salutation and pronouncement comes right from my devotionals this morning (below). God is always speaking, directing, correcting and loving us and loving through us. Our prayers are informed from our time with Him and in His Word and even through our obediently following Jesus. He has redeemed and restored us and is enabling and empowering us to follow His Way and example as we work at living and loving more like Jesus. That's a step by step journey of faith that produces good and lasting fruit and points others to Jesus and His way. He leads us beside still waters and restores our souls because He has brought rest to our weary souls as we don His easy yoke. That's ceasing to strive in our own strength and leaning on our own understanding. That flows to His leading us to His greater things and good and lasting fruit. That is moving us towards becoming producers of good fruit and maturing in Christlikeness. Amen! May we be a people persisting in prayer and standing firm in faith. Pray on His armor and stand firm in faith today. Pray we distance ourselves from the drama and for our emotions not to hold sway over us or our choices. Pray we would bless and encourage each other and build up His Church together. Pray He would continue to bless and lead our church in our desire to become His dynamic movement with a burning passion for God and missionary zeal to reach the lost. Thank Him for that! Praise God for the servants He has given us and our heart to serve the least of these, feed the hungry, cloth those in need and minister to a lost and weary people. Ask Him to continue His good work in and through you and us and thank Him for answering our prayers and directing our steps!
He loves you and has some really good plans He is working together through many differing circumstances for your, our and others good. Worship. Offer yourself. And follow Him one step of faith at a time. watch for what He's doing and join Him. Keep praying and inviting others in. Who are you inviting Sunday to come worship and fellowship with us? God is bringing in the harvest. PTL! Keep praying for harvest workers and ask Him to lead you to your part in His Good News Delivery Co. We all have a part and He has created you for such a time as this and has gifted and empowered and is interceding for you to be successful in your quest to become more and more like Jesus and doing more and more of what He created you to do! yes rejoice! PTL! and keep at it! Breakthrough is on the way! Amen!
Sarah Young:
Charles Stanley:
The Word for You Today:
The Upper Room: Looking Beyond
Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. - Galatians 6:2 (NRSVUE)
I felt my faith failing me. God seemed far away, and praying felt futile; I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. That Sunday at church
I sat down in the pew, opened the bulletin, and an offering envelope fell into my lap. It was for earthquake relief in Africa.
That was it! That was the answer I was looking for. God was calling me to look outside myself, to turn my attention to others. I felt God’s presence with me in that moment. Out of gratitude to God for showing me a way through my struggle, I stretched my budget and placed an offering into the envelope.
Looking only within ourselves, we can easily lose sight of our place in God’s purposes. The apostle Paul told us to bear one another’s burdens. In this way, we find the abundant life Jesus promised. We find our true identity as Christians when we care for others.
Today's Prayer
O Lord, when we get lost within ourselves, remind us to find our identity as Christ-followers in our service to others. Amen.
Our Daily Bread:
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For years, the Horn of Africa has suffered from a brutal drought that has devastated crops, killed livestock, and imperiled millions. Among the most vulnerable—like the people at Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp who’ve fled from wars and oppression—it’s even more dire. A recent report described a young mother bringing her baby to camp officials. The infant suffered from severe malnutrition, leaving “her hair and skin . . . dry and brittle.” She wouldn’t smile and wouldn’t eat. Her tiny body was shutting down. Specialists immediately intervened. Thankfully, even though the needs are still great, an infrastructure has been built to provide immediate, life-or-death necessities.
These desperate places are exactly where God’s people are called to shine His light and love (Isaiah 58:8). When people are starving, sick, or threatened, God summons His people to be the first to provide food, medicine, and safety—all in Jesus’ name. Isaiah rebuked ancient Israel for thinking they were being faithful with their fasting and prayers while ignoring the actual compassionate work the crisis required: sharing “food with the hungry,” providing “the poor wanderer with shelter,” and clothing “the naked” (v. 7).
God desires for the hungry to be fed—both physically and spiritually. And He works in and through us as He meets the need.
By Winn Collier
REFLECT & PRAY
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What kinds of hunger do you see around you? Where is God inviting you to offer help?
Dear God, please help me be part of how You bring food, love, and comfort to those who are hungry and in distress.
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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In calling out ancient Israel’s sin, Isaiah is told: “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet” (58:1). The word translated “trumpet” refers to a musical instrument made from a ram’s horn, which was used to call entire communities to hear urgent announcements. The nation had turned their religious activities into a way of serving themselves and hoping to gain personal benefit from God, even while exploiting those with less power than them (vv. 3-4). This was a failure so serious, it should be exposed with a trumpet call. To serve God faithfully, the prophet proclaimed, required them to “loose the chains of injustice” (v. 6). Failing to do so was “rebellion” (v. 1).
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