Good Morning Praying, Serving, Hearers and Doers of His Word! Amen! God is speaking to you this rainy morning. Spend some time with open Bibles and our devos as you abide, load-up, and prepare to go do what He reveals. He has great plans just for you and He is speaking to your heart this morning. Abide! Worship! Surrender! Then follow prepared and ready for whatever comes! Maybe process with some teammates too.
Before you start, meditate and be still while praying through this song. When I was at Birdsboro in 2009 our guitarist would often play this praise song and it always seemed to pour afterwards. We are in a 10-11 inch deficit of rain and severe drought in our area. I heard we need two rains like this per week for a month just to put a dent in it and catch up some. Yes let it rain! But we are also in a spiritual drought in this nation and world. Pray God's reign and presence would come raining down and flood this dry and weary land with spiritual revival! Come Lord! Reign over us and rain down Your blessings and even fill our aquafers! Thanks Lord! Prepare our hearts. Speak to us through Your Word and bring it alive to those with deaf ears and hard hearts. Come! Bring revival fires and spiritual rains over this nation! Amen! May we be seekers, hearers and doers of Your Word! Send me Lord with Your Word and Spirit ready to follow and tuned into You. Come! Let it rain! Open the floodgates of heaven! Amen! Thank YOU!
Let It Rain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDpF43cSnM0
Sarah Young:
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One year, I agreed to sing a song before one of my son’s sporting events. I practiced for weeks, but I knew the song by heart already. So when I walked onto the field with the teams lined up on both sides of me, I closed my eyes and prayed. I started singing the first few lines. Then, I froze. In that moment I couldn’t remember the next line. A man behind me whispered the words I’d forgotten. As soon as I heard the helpful reminder, I belted out the rest of the lyrics with confidence.
We all need a little help sometimes. In John 14, Jesus explained that we love Him by obeying Him (v. 15), and He promised to ask the Father to give us a Helper—“the Spirit of truth” (v. 17). Jesus said, “The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you” (v. 17). Though Jesus taught the disciples a lot while with them (v. 25), He said “the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you” (v. 26).
As we prayerfully read the Bible, the Holy Spirit helps us interpret, understand, and apply God’s wisdom. His leading always aligns with Scripture—guiding, comforting, and transforming us in love, one helpful reminder at a time.
By Xochitl Dixon
REFLECT & PRAY
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What can you do to better recognize the Holy Spirit’s voice? How do you acknowledge Him daily?
Holy Spirit, please help me recognize Your voice and submit to You as You make me more like Jesus, one helpful reminder at a time.
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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
On the night of His arrest, Jesus celebrated Passover together with His closest followers, which was a commemoration of their ancestors’ liberation from slavery in Egypt (John 13; see Exodus 12:1-14). Christ reminded His disciples that they were special in the world (John 14:16-18, 22), just as God had reminded the Israelites of this through Moses in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 4:5-8; 7:7-9; 10:14).
Jesus’ disciples won’t be removed from this world, but they’re to be distinct or set apart from it. Following God’s commands is what set Israel apart from the rest of the world, and it’s the thrust of Christ’s commands to those who believe in Him.
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