Good Morning House of Prayer for the Nations and Disciple Makers! Keep on prayin', receiving and following Jesus! There is power in your prayers and things God is awaiting our releasing in prayer. We draw near to God as we pray. He informs our prayers and steps for the day. Praying is something we are all expected to do (fasting too) as well as making disciples (well, doing our part with that). However, some of us have the Good News Deliver Company role of prayer warrior, watchman on the wall, worshiper and all of those are positions as pray-ers. And we all have a part in His Good News Delivery Company! What's your part? Let your roots sink deep into God, His Word and the Living Water that nourishes and leads to great fruit. Yes, keep on prayin'! And keep surrendering and following too.
I'm sharing two devos below: Our Daily Bread and The Upper Room. They really were speaking to my heart
about our relationship with the Father and the abiding in Him that leads to deep roots and eventually good fruit. I love the thought of how much God wants to hear us yelling, "Wait Daddy, I'm coming." He loves when we seek after Him to just hang out with no agenda but to be with Him. And then as we hang out, our roots sink deeper into Him and He will prepare us and lead us into His plans for the day. Amen! He really does have some great plans for you (and us as His Body) to discover that become clearer as we abide and then are activated through our prayers and choices to follow Him forward at His pace and with hearts prepared and wanting to join Him and hang out. He will then use that to show us our purposes and ministry opportunities as we go with Him. That's His easy yoke! Put that on
as you abide, receive, sink deep roots and determine to just hang out, watch what He's doing and then join Him. That's also doing your part in His Good News Delivery Co.
Since we've been talking about prayer and how I shared how I need your covering and prayers and help, I want to share something God made apparent as I was trying to fall asleep. Three times over the past 20+ years someone while laying hands on or pointing to my stomach has prophesied over me that streams of living water will flow from me. And they have and continue. PTL And I'm sure there is more of that to come as God uses me to teach, lead and make disciples and as I pray in power. Now within the past year and a half two church members had dreams about my big belly. The Word that came to both in the dreams was that I would be birthing a new thing our having a baby of new ministry coming. Pray into that please because it is coming alive and because that is where Satan has been attacking. My congestive fluid retention and bad pains are in the stomach area. God is on the move and using me to bring living water and we have begun the process of planting a church. Satan is ticked and after me. I need your covering and prayers for deliverance! Maybe God has allowed some testing over the past two months or so and maybe Satan has set out to deter me and maybe even incapacitate me. BUT GOD! He has other plans and I need to be leaning fully on Him and seeking and following Him alone. I was or Satan was leading me down some rabbit trails too. I've caught on and caught myself (with the help of some accountability from some of you! Thanks!) and have begun repenting and renewing my mind as I abide, sink my roots deeper, pull in nourishment for the journey and crucified some things to allow space for God to mold and lead me forward. Please, please please...keep praying for and covering me. Then ask God how you might need to adjust, correct and/or repent then put on that armor and join me as we follow Him together to what He has for us and our church each day. He does have very good plans for us just as we are. But remember, coming just as you are does not mean staying as you are. He is always wanting us to come hang out with no agenda and to allow Him to mold and lead us forward. Amen! And Satan will be ticked and attacking as we advance the Kingdom. So, let us cover each other, process together, celebrate what God is doing, allow Him to mold and lead us and praise Him in the storms and for the good fruit that's on it's way! Amen! Yes streams of living water are flowing and new life is being birthed! PTL and prepare for battle! God is making a way as we abide, pray and determine to follow Him just as we are, armored up and with open, ready hearts. Yes, PTL!
ODB
What Your Father Wants
The Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. Romans 8:15
Steve grabbed his chainsaw and headed out to the woods. That’s when he heard five-year-old August. “Wait for me, Dad! I want to come!” Grabbing his toy chainsaw, work gloves, and earmuffs, August followed Steve out the door. Steve set out a couple of logs for him a safe distance away. After ten minutes, August was worn out. Cutting logs with a fake chainsaw is hard work! But he was happy to “help” his dad, and his dad was delighted to spend time with his son.
Isn’t this how it is with our heavenly Father? We suppose we’re helping. “Wait for me, Dad! I need to get my chainsaw!” But our chainsaw is the least important thing about us. We’re not helping as much as we think. God cares far more about the first part, “Wait for me, Dad!” He doesn’t need our output.
If you love His Son, Jesus, God has adopted you into His family and given you His Spirit. “The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship” (Romans 8:15). You’re not a servant who earns his place by hard work. You’re a child who’s loved by your Father, no matter what. “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1).
Our heavenly Father is delighted when we serve Him. But He doesn’t need us. He simply wants us.
By Mike Wittmer
REFLECT & PRAY
What do you think of when you consider what God wants from you? How will you spend time with Him
?
Heavenly Father, thank You for adopting me into Your family as Your child.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In John 14-16, Jesus revealed the work of the Holy Spirit, whom he called “the Advocate” and “the Spirit of truth” (14:16-17, 26; 15:26; 16:7, 13). In Romans 8, Paul tells us more about the importance and the work of the Spirit in the life of the believer in Christ. Calling Him “the Spirit of God” and “the Spirit of Christ,” the apostle says that if anyone doesn’t have the Spirit, “they do not belong to Christ” (v. 9). He’s the source of our life (vv. 10-11); He’s the seal and deposit guaranteeing that we belong to God (2 Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 1:13-14). Through the Spirit, God now lives in every believer (Romans 8:11) and we’re called “heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ” (v. 17). The Spirit enables us to affectionately call out, “Abba, Father” (v. 15), empowers us to live godly lives (vv. 5-13), and helps us to pray by interceding for us and with us (v. 26).
K.T. Sim
UR: Firmly Rooted
Just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. - Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)
I studied the slender branch in our garden. My father-in-law had taken the cutting from his parents’ blackberry bush and replanted it in our tiny garden. I anticipated sharing juicy berries with my two preschool-aged sons.
Approaching the garden, I inspected what I hoped to be the beginning of my thriving blackberry bush. However, no buds were visible on the delicate plant. As I stepped closer, something wasn’t right. I wiggled the plant and, much to my shock, it popped right out of the ground! Upon further observation, I found that my sons had pulled it up and replanted it multiple times. The branch no longer had roots. Since the plant had not stayed firmly in the dirt, roots could not form.
Sometimes I get busy and don’t pray or study the Bible, and my spiritual roots shrink like that of the plant. In Colossians 2, Paul encourages believers to continue to follow Jesus and let their roots grow down into him. When we spend time with God in prayer, Bible study, and regular worship with other believers, we build our lives on Jesus. Only then will we have roots strong enough to hold our lives steady and allow the fruit of God’s Spirit to be seen in us.
's PrayerDear Lord, help us build our lives in obedience to your will for us. Guide us as we pray and study your word. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Sarah Update:
Good afternoon, church family,
Hope you are all having a good
.....hey the Lord has brought us through another week!! We look forward to worshipping together, on
. Praying you all are able to join us.
Larry and Enol Paul and their sons made it safely home, and we are looking forward to seeing them
very possibly, in worship,
.
A prayer concern:
This past week, Pastor Adam Robert's niece suddenly passed away and walked into the arms of Jesus.
His Sister, husband and children are devasted at Emily's passing. Please keep The Roberts and the Snibbe
family in your prayers during this difficult time. She will be deeply missed.
Thank you for your prayers for one another.....continue to pray for our communities and for all those that serve
our community and our country.
is flag day.....commemorates the adoption of the official flag of the United States by the Continental Congress on
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